1 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
4 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
5 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
6 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
7 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
9 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
11 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
12 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
13 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
14 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
15 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
17 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
18 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
19 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
20 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
21 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
22 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
23 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
24 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
25 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
26 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
27 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
28 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
29 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
30 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
31 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
32 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
34 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
36 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
37 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
38 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
39 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
40 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
41 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
42 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
43 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
45 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
47 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
50 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
51 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
52 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
53 Polo (Closes: #372497).
54 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
55 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
57 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
58 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
59 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
60 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
61 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
62 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
63 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
64 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
65 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
66 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
68 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
69 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
70 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
71 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
72 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
73 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
75 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
77 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
80 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
81 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
82 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
84 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
85 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
87 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
89 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
92 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
93 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
94 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
95 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
96 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
97 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
98 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
99 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
100 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
102 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
103 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
105 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
106 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
107 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
108 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
109 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
110 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
111 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
112 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
117 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
120 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
121 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
122 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
123 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
124 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
125 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
126 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
127 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
128 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
129 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
130 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
131 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
132 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
133 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
134 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
135 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
136 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
137 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
138 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
140 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
141 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
142 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
143 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
144 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
145 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
146 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
148 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
149 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
150 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
151 Hess (Closes: #362247).
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
153 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
154 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
155 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
156 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
157 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
158 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
159 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
160 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
161 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
162 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
163 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
166 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
169 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
171 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
172 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
173 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
174 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
175 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
176 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
177 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
178 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
180 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
182 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
186 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
187 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
188 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
189 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
190 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
191 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
192 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
194 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
195 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
196 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
197 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
200 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
202 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
203 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
205 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
207 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
209 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
211 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
213 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
214 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
215 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
217 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
220 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
222 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
225 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
226 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
227 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
229 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
230 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
232 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
236 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
239 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
240 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
241 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
242 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
243 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
245 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
246 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
247 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
248 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
251 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
252 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
255 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
256 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
258 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
259 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
260 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
262 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
263 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
264 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
265 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
268 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
269 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
270 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
272 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
273 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
274 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
277 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
278 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
279 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
281 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
282 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
283 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
285 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
286 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
287 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
288 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
289 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
290 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
291 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
292 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
294 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
296 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
299 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
300 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
301 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
302 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
303 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
304 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
305 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
306 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
307 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
309 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
310 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
311 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
312 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
313 this section. closes: Bug#248618
314 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
315 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
316 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
317 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
318 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
319 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
320 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
322 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
323 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
324 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
325 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
328 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
329 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
332 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
333 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
334 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
336 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
337 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
338 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
339 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
340 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
341 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
343 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
344 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
346 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
347 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
348 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
349 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
350 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
351 Closes: #185943, #237049
353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
355 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
361 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
362 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
363 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
364 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
365 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
366 running. closes: Bug#187250
367 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
368 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
369 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
370 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
371 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
372 user closes: Bug#176506
374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
376 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
379 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
380 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
381 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
382 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
383 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
384 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
385 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
386 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
387 deb-building toolchain.
388 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
389 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
390 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
391 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
392 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
393 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
394 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
395 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
396 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
397 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
398 sections about changelog files.
400 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
401 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
402 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
403 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
404 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
405 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
407 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
408 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
409 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
410 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
411 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
412 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
413 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
414 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
415 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
416 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
417 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
418 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
419 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
420 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
421 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
422 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
423 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
424 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
425 for the restructuring
427 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
429 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
432 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
434 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
435 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
436 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
437 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
438 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
439 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
441 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
442 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
443 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
444 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
445 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
446 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
447 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
449 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
450 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
451 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
452 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
454 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
456 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
459 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
460 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
461 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
462 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
463 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
464 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
466 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
467 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
468 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
469 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
471 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
472 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
473 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
474 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
475 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
476 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
477 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
478 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
479 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
481 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
482 script should start it, closes: #60979
483 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
484 "should", closes: #170019
485 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
486 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
487 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
488 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
489 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
490 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
491 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
492 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
495 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
497 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
500 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
501 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
502 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
503 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
504 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
505 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
506 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
507 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
508 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
510 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
511 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
512 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
513 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
514 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
515 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
516 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
517 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
518 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
520 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
521 file, closes: Bug#65764
523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
525 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
528 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
529 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
530 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
531 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
532 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
533 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
534 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
535 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
536 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
537 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
538 details. closes: Bug#133030
539 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
540 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
543 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
545 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
547 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
548 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
549 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
550 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
551 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
552 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
553 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
554 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
555 not. closes: Bug#139820
556 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
557 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
558 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
559 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
560 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
561 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
562 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
563 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
564 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
565 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
567 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
569 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
570 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
571 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
572 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
573 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
574 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
575 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
576 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
577 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
578 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
579 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
580 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
581 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
582 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
583 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
584 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
585 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
586 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
587 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
588 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
590 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
591 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
592 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
593 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
594 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
595 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
596 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
598 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
599 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
600 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
601 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
602 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
603 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
604 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
605 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
606 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
608 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
610 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
612 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
613 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
614 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
615 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
616 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
617 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
618 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
619 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
620 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
621 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
622 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
623 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
624 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
625 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
626 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
627 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
628 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
629 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
630 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
631 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
632 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
633 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
634 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
638 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
640 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
641 medium, high, emergency.
642 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
643 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
644 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
645 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
646 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
649 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
650 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
651 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
653 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
654 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
655 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
656 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
657 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
658 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
659 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
662 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
664 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
666 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
667 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
668 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
669 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
671 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
672 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
673 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
674 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
675 debian/rules to do this
676 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
677 patches are incorporated upstream
678 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
679 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
680 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
681 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
682 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
683 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
685 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
686 system closes: Bug#91249
687 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
688 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
689 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
690 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
691 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
692 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
693 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
694 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
695 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
696 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
697 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
698 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
699 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
701 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
703 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
705 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
706 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
707 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
708 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
710 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
711 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
712 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
714 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
719 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
721 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
722 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
723 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
724 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
725 package for the time being
726 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
727 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
728 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
729 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
730 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
731 * Rename all .text files as .txt
732 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
733 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
734 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
735 Build-Depends arch syntax
736 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
738 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
739 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
741 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
742 from policy maintenance duties.
743 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
744 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
746 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
748 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
752 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
754 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
756 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
757 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
758 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
759 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
760 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
761 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
762 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
763 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
764 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
765 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
766 minor version number for this
767 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
768 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
769 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
770 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
771 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
772 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
773 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
774 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
775 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
777 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
779 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
781 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
782 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
783 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
784 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
785 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
787 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
789 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
790 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
791 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
792 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
793 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
794 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
795 xutils closes: Bug#82966
796 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
797 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
798 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
799 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
800 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
801 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
802 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
803 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
804 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
807 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
809 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
811 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
812 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
814 * Document the Enhances relationship
815 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
816 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
817 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
818 policy. closes: Bug#53496
819 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
820 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
822 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
824 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
825 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
826 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
827 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
829 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
830 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
831 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
832 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
833 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
835 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
837 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
839 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
840 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
841 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
843 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
844 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
845 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
846 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
847 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
848 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
849 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
850 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
851 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
853 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
855 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
857 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
859 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
860 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
861 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
862 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
863 policy. closes: Bug#64437
864 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
865 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
866 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
867 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
868 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
869 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
870 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
871 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
872 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
873 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
874 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
875 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
876 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
877 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
878 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
879 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
880 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
882 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
883 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
885 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
887 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
889 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
890 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
891 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
892 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
893 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
894 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
895 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
896 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
897 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
898 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
899 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
900 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
901 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
902 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
903 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
904 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
905 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
906 alternative closes: Bug#53755
907 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
908 list closes: Bug#53756
909 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
910 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
911 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
912 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
913 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
914 policy closes: Bug#53760
915 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
916 policy closes: Bug#53761
917 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
918 that use X closes: Bug#53762
919 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
920 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
921 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
922 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
923 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
924 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
925 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
926 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
927 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
929 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
930 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
931 to install with older fileutils.
932 * Installed FHS version 2.1
933 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
934 * Added FHS details to copyright file
935 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
937 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
938 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
940 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
942 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
944 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
945 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
947 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
949 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
951 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
952 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
954 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
957 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
959 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
960 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
962 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
964 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
966 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
969 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
971 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
973 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
976 #45561, #42447, #48570)
977 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
978 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
979 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
980 directoried (closes: #41547)
981 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
982 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
983 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
984 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
985 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
986 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
987 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
988 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
989 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
990 package criteria (closes: #45318)
991 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
993 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
994 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
995 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
996 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
997 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
998 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
999 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1001 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1002 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1003 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1004 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1006 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1008 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1010 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1011 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1013 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1015 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1018 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1020 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1022 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1025 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1027 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1028 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1029 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1030 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1031 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1032 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1033 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1034 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1035 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1036 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1037 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1038 this closes: Bug#38612
1039 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1040 before. closes: Bug#40864
1042 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1044 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1047 officially uploaded.
1048 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1050 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1051 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1052 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1054 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1055 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1056 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1057 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1058 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1059 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1061 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1062 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1063 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1065 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1067 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1068 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1069 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1070 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1071 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1073 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1075 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1078 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1079 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1080 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1081 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1082 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1083 there). closes: Bug#34233
1084 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1085 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1086 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1087 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1088 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1090 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1092 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1095 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1096 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1097 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1100 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1101 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1102 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1103 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1104 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1107 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1108 number. closes: BUG#25911
1110 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1111 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1112 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1113 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1114 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1115 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1117 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1118 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1119 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1122 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1123 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1124 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1126 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1127 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1128 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1129 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1131 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1132 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1133 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1135 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1137 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1138 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1139 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1140 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1141 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1142 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1143 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1144 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1147 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1149 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1150 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1153 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1155 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1159 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1161 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1164 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1165 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1166 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1167 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1168 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1169 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1170 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1172 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1173 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1175 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1177 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1179 * non-maintainer release
1180 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1181 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1183 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1184 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1185 * no content changes
1186 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1188 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1190 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1194 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1196 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1198 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1200 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1201 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1202 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1204 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1205 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1207 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1208 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1209 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1210 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1212 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1213 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1214 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1215 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1216 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1217 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1218 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1220 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1221 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1222 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1225 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1226 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1227 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1229 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1230 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1231 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1233 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1234 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1236 * New version numbering scheme:
1238 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1239 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1240 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1243 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1244 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1245 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1246 differ between the manuals.
1248 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1249 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1250 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1251 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1253 * Packaging changes:
1255 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1256 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1258 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1260 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1262 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1266 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1267 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1268 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1270 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1271 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1274 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1275 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1276 file extension as the referenced file
1278 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1279 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1281 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1282 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1283 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1284 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1287 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1288 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1289 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1291 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1292 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1293 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1294 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1297 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1298 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1301 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1302 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1303 reasonable default configuration
1305 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1306 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1307 by all news servers and clients
1309 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1310 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1311 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1312 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1313 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1315 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1316 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1319 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1321 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1322 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1324 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1327 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1328 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1330 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1331 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1333 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1335 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1337 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1339 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1340 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1341 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1342 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1344 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1346 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1347 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1348 * Don't use debstd anymore
1350 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1352 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1355 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1356 contrib/non-free policy
1357 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1358 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1359 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1360 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1361 - new section about `Daemons'
1362 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1363 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1364 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1365 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1366 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1367 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1368 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1369 * SGML source code included in package
1370 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1372 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1374 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1376 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1377 - completely reworked structure
1378 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1379 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1380 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1381 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1382 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1383 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1384 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1385 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1386 - mention "orphaned packages"
1387 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1388 distributions' policy
1389 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1390 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1391 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1392 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1393 - added section about arch spec strings
1394 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1395 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1396 - added section about "menus"
1397 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1398 the new documentation policy soon
1399 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1400 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1402 - added section about editors and pagers
1403 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1404 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1405 - added section about device files
1406 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1407 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1408 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1410 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1411 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1412 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1413 - Added new section about obsolete names
1414 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1415 * Fixed package's description
1417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1419 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1421 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1425 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1428 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1429 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1430 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1432 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1434 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1436 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1437 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1438 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1440 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1441 and upload it "byhand" too.
1443 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1445 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1449 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1450 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1451 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1452 functionality must not have the same name.
1453 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1454 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1455 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1456 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1457 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1458 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1459 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1461 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1462 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1463 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1464 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1465 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1466 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1467 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1468 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1471 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1473 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1475 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1477 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1478 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1479 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1480 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1481 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1484 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1486 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1488 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1490 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1491 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1492 description of deb file format.
1493 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1494 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1496 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1498 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1499 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1501 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1503 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1505 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1506 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1507 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1508 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1509 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1510 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1511 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1512 packages in section on Procedure
1513 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1514 a package maintainer
1515 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1516 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1517 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1519 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1520 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1521 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1522 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1523 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1524 on various shlib files
1525 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1526 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1527 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1529 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1531 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1533 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1534 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1535 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1537 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1538 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1539 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1540 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1541 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1543 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1545 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1547 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1549 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1551 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1552 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1553 compatibility go in contrib.
1555 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1556 instructions in policy manual.
1557 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1560 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1562 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1564 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1565 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1566 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1567 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1569 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1570 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1573 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1575 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1577 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1578 * More detail about changelog format names.
1580 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1581 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1585 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1587 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1589 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1591 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1593 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1595 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1597 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1599 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1600 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1601 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1603 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1605 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1607 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1609 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1611 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1615 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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