1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
21 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
22 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
23 * Add Pre-Depends and Build-Depends-Indep to the relationships not
24 allowed from main to contrib or non-free and mention that such
25 relationships are okay if the non-free package is only an
26 alternative. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #587279)
28 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
30 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
36 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
39 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
40 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
41 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
42 and distribution license' (three times).
43 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
44 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
49 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
51 Proposed by Santiago Vila
52 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
59 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
60 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
64 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
65 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
66 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
69 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
71 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
76 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
77 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
80 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
82 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
83 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
86 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
88 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
89 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
92 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
94 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
95 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
96 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
99 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
100 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
105 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
110 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
111 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
115 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
116 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
121 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
122 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
123 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
126 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
127 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
132 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
133 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
137 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
138 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
139 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
140 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
141 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
142 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
143 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
144 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
145 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
146 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
147 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
148 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
149 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
150 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
151 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
152 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
153 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
154 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
155 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
156 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
157 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
158 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
159 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
160 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
161 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
162 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
163 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
164 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
165 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
166 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
167 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
168 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
170 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
172 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
174 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
177 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
178 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
180 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
181 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
185 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
188 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
189 Wording: Steve Langasek.
190 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
191 Seconded: Julien Cristau
192 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
195 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
196 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
197 Seconded: Russ Allbery
198 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
201 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
202 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
203 Seconded: Russ Allbery
205 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
206 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
207 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
208 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
209 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
210 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
211 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
212 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
215 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
216 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
217 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
218 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
219 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
220 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
221 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
223 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
224 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
225 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
226 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
227 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
228 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
229 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
232 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
233 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
234 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
235 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
236 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
238 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
241 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
242 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
245 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
246 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
249 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
251 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
254 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
258 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
259 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
263 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
264 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
268 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
269 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
272 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
273 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
275 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
276 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
281 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
282 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
286 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
287 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
291 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
292 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
296 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
297 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
301 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
302 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
306 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
307 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
308 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
309 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
310 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
311 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
312 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
313 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
314 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
315 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
316 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
317 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
318 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
319 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
320 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
322 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
323 Source field descriptions.
324 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
325 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
326 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
327 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
328 description says otherwise.
330 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
332 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
336 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
339 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
340 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
342 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
343 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
347 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
348 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
352 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
353 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
357 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
358 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
359 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
360 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
364 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
365 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
366 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
367 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
368 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
370 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
371 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
375 * Add myself to Uploaders.
378 * Add myself to Uploaders.
379 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
381 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
382 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
383 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
385 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
387 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
389 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
390 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
394 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
397 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
399 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
404 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
407 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
409 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
410 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
414 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
415 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
419 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
420 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
422 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
424 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
425 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
427 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
429 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
430 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
431 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
434 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
435 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
439 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
443 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
445 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
446 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
447 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
448 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
449 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
450 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
451 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
452 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
453 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
454 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
455 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
456 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
457 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
458 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
459 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
460 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
461 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
462 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
463 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
464 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
465 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
466 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
467 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
468 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
469 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
470 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
471 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
472 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
473 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
474 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
476 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
477 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
478 links was completed long ago.
479 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
481 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
483 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
485 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
486 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
488 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
490 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
492 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
493 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
494 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
495 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
496 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
497 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
498 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
499 Millan (Closes: #209008).
500 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
501 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
503 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
505 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
507 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
508 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
509 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
510 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
511 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
512 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
513 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
515 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
516 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
517 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
518 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
520 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
521 Küster (Closes: #403391).
522 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
523 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
524 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
525 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
526 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
527 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
531 Closes: #186700, #458910
532 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
533 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
534 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
536 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
537 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
538 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
539 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
540 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
541 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
542 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
543 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
545 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
546 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
548 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
549 * Add an md5sums control file.
550 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
551 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
552 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
553 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
554 currently part of policy.
555 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
556 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
557 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
560 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
562 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
564 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
565 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
566 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
567 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
568 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
569 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
570 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
571 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
572 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
573 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
574 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
575 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
576 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
577 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
578 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
579 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
581 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
583 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
584 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
585 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
587 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
588 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
589 list?" (Closes: #412634).
590 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
591 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
592 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
593 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
594 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
595 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
596 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
597 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
598 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
599 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
600 debconf specification.
601 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
602 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
604 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
606 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
609 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
610 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
611 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
612 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
614 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
616 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
617 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
618 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
619 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
620 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
622 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
623 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
624 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
625 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
626 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
627 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
628 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
629 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
630 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
631 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
632 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
633 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
634 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
636 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
637 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
641 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
642 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
643 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
644 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
645 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
646 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
647 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
648 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
650 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
652 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
654 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
655 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
656 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
657 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
658 Polo (Closes: #372497).
659 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
660 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
662 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
663 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
664 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
665 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
666 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
667 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
668 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
669 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
670 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
671 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
673 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
674 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
675 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
676 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
677 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
678 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
680 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
682 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
685 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
686 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
687 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
689 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
690 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
692 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
694 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
696 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
697 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
698 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
699 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
700 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
701 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
702 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
703 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
704 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
705 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
707 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
708 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
709 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
710 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
711 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
712 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
713 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
714 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
715 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
716 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
717 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
720 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
722 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
724 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
725 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
726 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
727 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
728 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
729 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
730 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
731 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
732 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
733 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
734 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
735 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
736 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
737 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
738 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
739 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
740 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
741 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
742 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
743 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
744 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
745 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
746 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
747 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
748 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
749 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
750 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
751 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
753 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
754 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
755 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
756 Hess (Closes: #362247).
757 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
758 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
759 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
760 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
761 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
762 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
763 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
764 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
765 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
766 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
767 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
768 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
770 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
771 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
773 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
774 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
775 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
776 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
777 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
778 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
779 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
780 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
781 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
782 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
783 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
785 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
787 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
790 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
791 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
792 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
793 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
794 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
795 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
796 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
797 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
798 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
799 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
800 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
801 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
802 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
804 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
805 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
806 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
807 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
808 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
809 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
810 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
811 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
812 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
813 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
814 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
815 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
816 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
818 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
819 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
820 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
821 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
822 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
825 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
827 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
829 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
830 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
831 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
832 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
834 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
835 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
836 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
837 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
839 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
841 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
844 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
845 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
846 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
847 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
848 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
849 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
850 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
851 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
852 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
853 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
855 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
856 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
857 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
859 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
860 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
861 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
862 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
863 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
864 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
865 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
867 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
868 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
869 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
870 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
872 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
873 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
874 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
875 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
877 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
878 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
879 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
881 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
882 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
883 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
884 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
885 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
886 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
887 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
888 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
889 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
890 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
891 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
892 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
893 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
894 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
895 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
896 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
897 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
901 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
904 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
905 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
906 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
907 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
908 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
909 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
910 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
911 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
912 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
914 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
915 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
916 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
917 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
918 this section. closes: Bug#248618
919 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
920 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
921 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
922 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
923 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
924 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
925 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
926 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
927 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
928 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
929 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
930 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
932 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
933 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
934 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
937 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
938 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
939 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
941 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
942 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
943 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
944 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
945 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
946 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
948 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
949 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
951 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
952 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
953 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
954 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
955 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
956 Closes: #185943, #237049
958 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
960 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
963 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
966 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
967 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
968 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
969 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
970 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
971 running. closes: Bug#187250
972 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
973 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
974 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
975 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
976 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
977 user closes: Bug#176506
979 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
981 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
984 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
985 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
986 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
987 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
988 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
989 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
990 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
991 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
992 deb-building toolchain.
993 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
994 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
995 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
996 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
997 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
998 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
999 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1000 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1001 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1002 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1003 sections about changelog files.
1005 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1006 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1007 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1008 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1009 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1010 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1012 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1013 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1014 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1015 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1016 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1017 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1018 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1019 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1020 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1021 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1022 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1023 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1024 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1025 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1026 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1027 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1028 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1029 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1030 for the restructuring
1032 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1034 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1039 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1040 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1041 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1042 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1043 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1044 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1046 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1047 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1048 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1049 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1050 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1051 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1052 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1054 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1055 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1056 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1057 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1059 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1061 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1065 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1066 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1067 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1068 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1069 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1071 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1072 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1073 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1074 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1076 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1077 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1078 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1079 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1080 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1081 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1082 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1083 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1084 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1085 offtopic stuff, too.
1086 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1087 script should start it, closes: #60979
1088 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1089 "should", closes: #170019
1090 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1091 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1092 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1093 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1094 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1095 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1096 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1097 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1102 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1106 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1107 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1108 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1109 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1110 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1111 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1112 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1113 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1115 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1116 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1117 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1118 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1119 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1120 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1121 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1122 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1123 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1125 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1126 file, closes: Bug#65764
1128 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1130 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1133 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1134 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1135 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1136 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1137 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1138 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1139 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1140 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1141 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1142 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1143 details. closes: Bug#133030
1144 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1145 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1146 parts of Bug#161455.
1148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1150 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1153 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1154 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1155 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1156 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1157 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1158 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1159 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1160 not. closes: Bug#139820
1161 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1162 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1163 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1164 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1165 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1166 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1167 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1168 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1169 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1170 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1172 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1174 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1175 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1176 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1177 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1178 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1179 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1180 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1181 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1182 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1183 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1184 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1185 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1186 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1187 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1188 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1189 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1190 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1191 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1192 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1193 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1195 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1196 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1197 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1198 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1199 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1200 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1201 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1203 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1204 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1205 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1206 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1207 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1208 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1209 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1210 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1211 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1215 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1218 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1219 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1220 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1221 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1222 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1223 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1224 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1225 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1226 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1227 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1228 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1229 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1230 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1231 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1232 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1233 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1234 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1235 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1236 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1237 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1238 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1239 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1241 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1243 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1246 medium, high, emergency.
1247 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1248 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1249 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1250 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1251 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1254 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1255 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1256 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1258 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1259 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1260 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1261 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1262 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1263 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1264 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1267 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1269 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1272 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1273 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1274 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1276 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1277 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1278 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1279 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1280 debian/rules to do this
1281 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1282 patches are incorporated upstream
1283 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1284 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1285 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1286 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1287 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1288 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1290 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1291 system closes: Bug#91249
1292 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1293 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1294 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1295 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1296 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1297 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1298 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1299 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1300 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1301 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1302 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1303 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1304 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1306 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1308 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1311 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1312 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1313 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1315 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1316 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1317 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1319 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1322 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1324 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1327 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1328 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1329 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1330 package for the time being
1331 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1332 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1333 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1334 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1335 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1336 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1337 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1338 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1339 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1340 Build-Depends arch syntax
1341 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1343 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1344 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1346 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1347 from policy maintenance duties.
1348 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1349 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1351 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1353 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1357 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1359 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1362 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1363 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1364 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1365 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1366 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1367 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1368 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1369 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1370 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1371 minor version number for this
1372 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1373 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1374 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1375 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1376 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1377 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1378 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1379 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1380 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1382 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1384 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1387 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1388 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1389 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1390 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1392 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1394 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1395 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1396 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1397 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1398 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1399 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1400 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1401 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1402 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1403 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1404 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1405 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1406 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1407 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1408 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1409 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1412 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1414 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1416 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1417 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1419 * Document the Enhances relationship
1420 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1421 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1422 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1423 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1424 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1425 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1427 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1429 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1430 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1431 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1432 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1434 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1435 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1436 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1437 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1438 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1440 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1442 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1445 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1446 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1448 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1449 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1450 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1451 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1452 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1453 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1454 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1455 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1456 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1458 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1460 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1462 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1465 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1466 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1467 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1468 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1469 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1470 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1471 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1472 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1473 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1474 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1475 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1476 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1477 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1478 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1479 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1480 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1481 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1482 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1483 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1484 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1485 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1487 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1488 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1490 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1492 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1494 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1495 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1496 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1497 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1498 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1499 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1500 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1501 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1502 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1503 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1504 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1505 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1506 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1507 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1508 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1509 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1510 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1511 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1512 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1513 list closes: Bug#53756
1514 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1515 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1516 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1517 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1518 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1519 policy closes: Bug#53760
1520 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1521 policy closes: Bug#53761
1522 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1523 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1524 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1525 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1526 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1527 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1528 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1529 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1530 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1531 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1532 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1534 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1535 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1536 to install with older fileutils.
1537 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1538 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1539 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1540 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1542 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1543 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1545 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1547 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1550 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1552 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1554 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1556 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1557 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1559 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1562 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1564 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1565 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1567 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1569 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1571 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1573 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1574 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1576 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1578 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1580 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1581 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1582 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1583 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1584 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1585 directoried (closes: #41547)
1586 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1587 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1588 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1589 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1590 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1591 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1592 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1593 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1594 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1595 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1596 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1598 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1599 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1600 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1601 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1602 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1603 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1604 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1606 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1607 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1608 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1609 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1611 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1613 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1615 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1616 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1618 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1620 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1622 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1623 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1625 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1627 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1629 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1630 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1632 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1633 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1634 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1635 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1636 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1637 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1638 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1639 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1640 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1641 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1642 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1643 this closes: Bug#38612
1644 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1645 before. closes: Bug#40864
1647 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1649 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1651 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1652 officially uploaded.
1653 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1655 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1656 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1657 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1659 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1660 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1661 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1662 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1663 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1664 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1666 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1667 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1668 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1670 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1672 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1673 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1674 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1675 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1676 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1678 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1680 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1682 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1683 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1684 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1685 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1686 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1687 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1688 there). closes: Bug#34233
1689 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1690 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1691 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1692 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1693 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1695 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1697 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1699 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1700 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1701 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1702 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1705 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1706 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1707 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1708 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1709 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1712 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1713 number. closes: BUG#25911
1715 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1716 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1717 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1718 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1719 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1720 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1722 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1723 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1724 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1727 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1728 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1729 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1731 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1732 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1733 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1734 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1736 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1737 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1738 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1740 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1742 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1743 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1744 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1745 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1746 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1747 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1748 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1749 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1752 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1754 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1755 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1758 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1760 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1762 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1764 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1766 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1768 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1769 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1770 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1771 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1772 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1773 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1774 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1775 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1777 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1778 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1780 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1782 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1784 * non-maintainer release
1785 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1786 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1788 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1789 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1790 * no content changes
1791 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1793 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1795 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1799 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1801 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1803 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1805 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1806 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1807 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1809 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1810 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1812 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1813 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1814 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1815 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1817 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1818 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1819 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1820 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1821 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1822 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1823 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1825 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1826 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1827 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1830 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1831 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1832 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1834 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1835 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1836 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1838 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1839 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1841 * New version numbering scheme:
1843 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1844 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1845 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1848 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1849 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1850 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1851 differ between the manuals.
1853 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1854 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1855 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1856 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1858 * Packaging changes:
1860 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1861 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1863 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1865 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1867 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1869 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1871 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1872 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1873 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1875 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1876 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1879 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1880 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1881 file extension as the referenced file
1883 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1884 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1886 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1887 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1888 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1889 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1892 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1893 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1894 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1896 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1897 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1898 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1899 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1902 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1903 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1906 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1907 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1908 reasonable default configuration
1910 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1911 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1912 by all news servers and clients
1914 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1915 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1916 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1917 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1918 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1920 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1921 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1924 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1926 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1927 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1929 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1932 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1933 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1935 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1936 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1938 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1940 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1942 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1944 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1945 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1946 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1947 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1949 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1951 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1952 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1953 * Don't use debstd anymore
1955 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1957 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1959 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1960 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1961 contrib/non-free policy
1962 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1963 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1964 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1965 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1966 - new section about `Daemons'
1967 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1968 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1969 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1970 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1971 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1972 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1973 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1974 * SGML source code included in package
1975 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1977 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1979 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1981 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1982 - completely reworked structure
1983 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1984 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1985 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1986 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1987 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1988 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1989 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1990 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1991 - mention "orphaned packages"
1992 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1993 distributions' policy
1994 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1995 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1996 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1997 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1998 - added section about arch spec strings
1999 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2000 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2001 - added section about "menus"
2002 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2003 the new documentation policy soon
2004 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2005 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2007 - added section about editors and pagers
2008 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2009 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2010 - added section about device files
2011 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2012 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2013 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2015 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2016 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2017 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2018 - Added new section about obsolete names
2019 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2020 * Fixed package's description
2022 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2024 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2026 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2028 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2030 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2032 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2033 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2034 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2035 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2037 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2039 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2041 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2042 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2043 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2045 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2046 and upload it "byhand" too.
2048 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2050 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2053 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2054 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2055 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2056 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2057 functionality must not have the same name.
2058 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2059 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2060 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2061 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2062 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2063 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2064 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2066 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2067 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2068 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2069 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2070 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2071 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2072 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2073 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2076 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2078 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2080 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2082 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2083 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2084 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2085 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2086 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2089 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2091 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2093 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2095 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2096 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2097 description of deb file format.
2098 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2099 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2101 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2103 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2104 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2106 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2108 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2110 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2111 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2112 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2113 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2114 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2115 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2116 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2117 packages in section on Procedure
2118 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2119 a package maintainer
2120 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2121 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2122 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2124 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2125 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2126 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2127 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2128 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2129 on various shlib files
2130 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2131 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2132 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2134 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2136 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2138 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2139 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2140 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2142 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2143 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2144 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2145 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2146 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2148 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2150 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2152 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2154 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2156 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2157 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2158 compatibility go in contrib.
2160 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2161 instructions in policy manual.
2162 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2165 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2167 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2169 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2170 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2171 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2172 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2174 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2175 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2178 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2180 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2182 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2183 * More detail about changelog format names.
2185 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2186 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2190 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2192 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2194 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2196 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2198 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2200 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2202 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2204 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2205 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2206 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2208 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2210 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2212 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2214 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2216 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2220 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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