1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
4 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
5 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
7 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
8 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
9 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
10 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
11 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
12 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
13 currently part of policy.
14 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
18 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
20 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
21 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
22 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
23 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
24 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
25 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
26 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
27 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
28 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
29 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
30 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
31 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
32 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
33 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
34 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
35 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
37 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
39 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
40 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
41 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
43 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
44 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
45 list?" (Closes: #412634).
46 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
47 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
48 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
49 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
50 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
51 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
52 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
53 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
54 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
55 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
56 debconf specification.
57 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
58 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
60 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
62 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
64 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
65 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
66 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
67 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
68 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
70 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
72 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
73 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
74 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
75 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
76 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
78 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
79 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
80 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
81 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
82 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
83 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
84 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
85 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
86 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
87 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
88 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
89 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
90 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
91 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
92 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
93 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
95 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
97 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
98 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
99 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
100 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
102 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
103 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
104 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
106 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
108 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
111 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
112 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
113 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
114 Polo (Closes: #372497).
115 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
116 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
119 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
120 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
121 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
123 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
125 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
127 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
129 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
130 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
131 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
132 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
133 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
134 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
136 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
138 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
140 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
141 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
142 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
143 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
145 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
146 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
150 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
153 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
154 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
155 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
156 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
157 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
158 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
159 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
160 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
161 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
163 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
164 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
166 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
167 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
168 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
169 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
170 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
172 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
173 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
178 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
181 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
183 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
184 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
185 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
186 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
187 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
188 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
189 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
190 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
191 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
192 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
193 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
194 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
195 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
196 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
197 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
198 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
199 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
201 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
202 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
203 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
204 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
205 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
206 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
207 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
209 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
210 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
211 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
212 Hess (Closes: #362247).
213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
214 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
215 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
216 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
217 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
218 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
219 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
220 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
221 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
222 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
223 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
224 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
227 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
230 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
232 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
233 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
234 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
235 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
236 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
237 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
238 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
239 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
241 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
243 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
246 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
247 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
249 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
251 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
252 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
253 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
255 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
256 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
257 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
261 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
263 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
264 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
266 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
268 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
270 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
272 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
274 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
275 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
276 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
278 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
281 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
283 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
286 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
287 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
288 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
290 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
291 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
293 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
295 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
297 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
300 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
301 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
302 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
303 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
304 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
306 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
307 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
308 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
309 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
312 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
313 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
316 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
317 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
319 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
320 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
321 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
323 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
324 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
325 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
326 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
329 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
330 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
331 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
333 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
334 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
335 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
338 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
339 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
340 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
342 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
343 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
344 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
346 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
347 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
348 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
349 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
350 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
351 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
352 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
353 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
355 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
357 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
360 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
361 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
362 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
363 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
364 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
365 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
366 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
367 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
368 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
370 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
371 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
372 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
373 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
374 this section. closes: Bug#248618
375 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
376 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
377 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
378 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
379 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
380 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
381 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
383 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
384 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
385 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
389 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
390 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
393 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
394 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
395 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
397 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
398 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
399 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
400 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
401 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
402 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
404 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
405 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
407 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
408 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
409 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
410 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
411 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
412 Closes: #185943, #237049
414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
416 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
419 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
422 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
423 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
424 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
425 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
426 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
427 running. closes: Bug#187250
428 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
429 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
430 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
431 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
432 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
433 user closes: Bug#176506
435 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
437 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
440 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
441 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
442 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
443 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
444 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
445 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
446 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
447 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
448 deb-building toolchain.
449 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
450 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
451 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
452 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
453 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
454 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
455 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
456 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
457 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
458 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
459 sections about changelog files.
461 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
462 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
463 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
464 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
465 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
466 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
468 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
469 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
470 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
471 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
472 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
473 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
474 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
475 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
476 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
477 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
478 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
479 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
480 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
481 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
482 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
483 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
484 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
485 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
486 for the restructuring
488 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
490 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
495 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
496 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
497 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
498 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
499 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
500 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
502 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
503 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
504 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
505 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
506 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
507 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
508 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
510 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
511 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
512 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
513 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
515 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
517 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
520 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
521 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
522 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
523 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
524 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
525 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
527 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
528 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
529 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
530 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
532 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
533 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
534 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
535 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
536 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
537 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
538 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
539 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
540 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
542 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
543 script should start it, closes: #60979
544 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
545 "should", closes: #170019
546 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
547 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
548 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
549 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
550 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
551 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
552 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
553 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
556 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
558 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
561 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
562 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
563 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
564 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
565 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
566 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
567 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
568 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
569 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
571 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
572 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
573 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
574 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
575 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
576 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
577 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
578 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
579 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
581 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
582 file, closes: Bug#65764
584 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
586 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
588 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
589 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
590 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
591 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
592 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
593 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
594 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
595 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
596 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
597 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
598 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
599 details. closes: Bug#133030
600 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
601 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
604 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
606 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
609 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
610 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
611 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
612 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
613 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
614 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
615 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
616 not. closes: Bug#139820
617 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
618 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
619 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
620 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
621 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
622 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
623 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
624 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
625 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
626 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
628 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
630 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
631 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
632 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
633 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
634 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
635 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
636 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
637 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
638 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
639 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
640 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
641 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
642 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
643 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
644 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
645 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
646 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
647 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
648 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
649 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
651 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
652 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
653 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
654 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
655 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
656 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
657 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
659 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
660 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
661 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
662 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
663 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
664 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
665 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
666 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
667 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
671 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
674 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
675 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
676 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
677 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
678 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
679 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
680 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
681 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
682 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
683 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
684 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
685 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
686 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
687 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
688 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
689 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
690 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
691 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
692 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
693 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
694 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
695 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
697 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
699 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
702 medium, high, emergency.
703 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
704 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
705 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
706 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
707 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
710 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
711 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
712 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
714 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
715 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
716 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
717 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
718 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
719 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
720 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
723 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
725 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
727 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
728 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
729 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
730 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
732 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
733 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
734 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
735 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
736 debian/rules to do this
737 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
738 patches are incorporated upstream
739 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
740 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
741 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
742 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
743 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
744 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
746 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
747 system closes: Bug#91249
748 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
749 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
750 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
751 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
752 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
753 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
754 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
755 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
756 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
757 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
758 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
759 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
760 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
762 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
764 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
766 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
767 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
768 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
769 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
771 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
772 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
773 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
775 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
778 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
780 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
782 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
783 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
784 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
785 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
786 package for the time being
787 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
788 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
789 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
790 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
791 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
792 * Rename all .text files as .txt
793 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
794 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
795 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
796 Build-Depends arch syntax
797 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
799 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
800 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
802 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
803 from policy maintenance duties.
804 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
805 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
807 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
809 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
811 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
813 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
815 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
817 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
818 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
819 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
820 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
821 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
822 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
823 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
824 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
825 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
826 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
827 minor version number for this
828 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
829 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
830 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
831 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
832 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
833 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
834 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
835 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
836 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
838 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
840 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
842 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
843 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
844 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
845 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
846 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
848 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
850 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
851 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
852 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
853 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
854 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
855 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
856 xutils closes: Bug#82966
857 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
858 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
859 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
860 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
861 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
862 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
863 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
864 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
865 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
868 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
870 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
872 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
873 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
875 * Document the Enhances relationship
876 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
877 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
878 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
879 policy. closes: Bug#53496
880 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
881 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
883 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
885 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
886 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
887 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
888 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
890 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
891 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
892 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
893 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
894 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
896 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
898 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
900 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
901 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
902 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
904 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
905 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
906 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
907 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
908 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
909 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
910 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
911 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
912 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
914 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
916 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
918 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
920 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
921 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
922 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
923 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
924 policy. closes: Bug#64437
925 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
926 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
927 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
928 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
929 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
930 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
931 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
932 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
933 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
934 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
935 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
936 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
937 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
938 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
939 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
940 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
941 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
943 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
944 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
946 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
948 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
950 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
951 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
952 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
953 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
954 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
955 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
956 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
957 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
958 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
959 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
960 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
961 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
962 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
963 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
964 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
965 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
966 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
967 alternative closes: Bug#53755
968 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
969 list closes: Bug#53756
970 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
971 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
972 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
973 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
974 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
975 policy closes: Bug#53760
976 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
977 policy closes: Bug#53761
978 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
979 that use X closes: Bug#53762
980 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
981 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
982 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
983 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
984 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
985 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
986 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
987 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
988 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
990 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
991 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
992 to install with older fileutils.
993 * Installed FHS version 2.1
994 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
995 * Added FHS details to copyright file
996 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
998 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
999 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1001 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1003 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1006 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1008 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1010 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1013 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1015 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1018 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1021 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1023 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1025 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1027 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1030 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1032 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1034 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1037 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1038 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1039 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1040 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1041 directoried (closes: #41547)
1042 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1043 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1044 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1045 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1046 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1047 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1048 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1049 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1050 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1051 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1052 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1054 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1055 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1056 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1057 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1058 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1059 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1060 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1062 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1063 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1064 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1065 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1067 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1069 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1071 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1072 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1074 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1076 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1079 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1081 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1083 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1086 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1088 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1089 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1090 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1091 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1092 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1093 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1094 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1095 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1096 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1097 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1098 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1099 this closes: Bug#38612
1100 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1101 before. closes: Bug#40864
1103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1105 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1108 officially uploaded.
1109 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1111 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1112 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1113 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1115 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1116 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1117 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1118 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1119 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1120 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1122 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1123 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1124 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1126 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1128 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1129 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1130 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1131 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1132 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1134 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1136 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1139 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1140 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1141 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1142 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1143 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1144 there). closes: Bug#34233
1145 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1146 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1147 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1148 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1149 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1153 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1156 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1157 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1158 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1161 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1162 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1163 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1164 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1165 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1168 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1169 number. closes: BUG#25911
1171 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1172 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1173 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1174 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1175 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1176 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1178 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1179 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1180 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1183 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1184 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1185 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1187 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1188 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1189 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1190 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1192 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1193 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1194 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1196 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1198 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1199 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1200 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1201 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1202 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1203 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1204 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1205 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1208 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1210 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1211 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1214 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1216 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1220 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1222 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1225 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1226 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1227 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1228 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1229 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1230 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1231 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1233 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1234 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1236 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1238 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1240 * non-maintainer release
1241 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1242 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1244 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1245 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1246 * no content changes
1247 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1249 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1251 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1255 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1257 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1259 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1261 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1262 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1263 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1265 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1266 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1268 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1269 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1270 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1271 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1273 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1274 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1275 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1276 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1277 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1278 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1279 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1281 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1282 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1283 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1286 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1287 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1288 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1290 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1291 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1292 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1294 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1295 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1297 * New version numbering scheme:
1299 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1300 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1301 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1304 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1305 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1306 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1307 differ between the manuals.
1309 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1310 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1311 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1312 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1314 * Packaging changes:
1316 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1317 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1319 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1321 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1323 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1327 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1328 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1329 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1331 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1332 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1335 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1336 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1337 file extension as the referenced file
1339 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1340 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1342 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1343 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1344 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1345 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1348 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1349 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1350 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1352 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1353 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1354 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1355 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1358 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1359 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1362 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1363 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1364 reasonable default configuration
1366 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1367 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1368 by all news servers and clients
1370 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1371 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1372 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1373 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1374 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1376 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1377 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1380 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1382 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1383 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1385 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1388 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1389 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1391 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1392 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1394 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1396 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1398 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1401 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1402 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1403 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1405 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1407 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1408 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1409 * Don't use debstd anymore
1411 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1413 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1415 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1416 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1417 contrib/non-free policy
1418 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1419 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1420 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1421 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1422 - new section about `Daemons'
1423 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1424 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1425 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1426 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1427 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1428 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1429 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1430 * SGML source code included in package
1431 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1433 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1435 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1438 - completely reworked structure
1439 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1440 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1441 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1442 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1443 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1444 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1445 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1446 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1447 - mention "orphaned packages"
1448 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1449 distributions' policy
1450 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1451 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1452 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1453 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1454 - added section about arch spec strings
1455 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1456 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1457 - added section about "menus"
1458 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1459 the new documentation policy soon
1460 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1461 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1463 - added section about editors and pagers
1464 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1465 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1466 - added section about device files
1467 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1468 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1469 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1471 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1472 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1473 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1474 - Added new section about obsolete names
1475 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1476 * Fixed package's description
1478 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1480 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1482 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1484 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1486 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1488 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1489 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1490 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1491 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1493 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1495 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1497 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1498 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1499 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1501 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1502 and upload it "byhand" too.
1504 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1506 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1509 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1510 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1511 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1512 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1513 functionality must not have the same name.
1514 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1515 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1516 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1517 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1518 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1519 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1520 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1522 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1523 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1524 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1525 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1526 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1527 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1528 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1529 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1532 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1534 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1536 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1538 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1539 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1540 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1541 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1542 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1545 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1547 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1549 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1551 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1552 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1553 description of deb file format.
1554 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1555 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1557 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1559 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1560 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1562 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1564 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1566 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1567 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1568 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1569 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1570 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1571 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1572 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1573 packages in section on Procedure
1574 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1575 a package maintainer
1576 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1577 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1578 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1580 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1581 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1582 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1583 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1584 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1585 on various shlib files
1586 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1587 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1588 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1590 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1592 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1594 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1595 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1596 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1598 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1599 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1600 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1601 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1602 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1604 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1606 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1608 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1610 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1612 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1613 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1614 compatibility go in contrib.
1616 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1617 instructions in policy manual.
1618 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1621 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1623 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1625 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1626 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1627 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1628 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1630 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1631 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1634 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1636 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1638 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1639 * More detail about changelog format names.
1641 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1642 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1646 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1648 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1650 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1652 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1654 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1656 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1658 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1660 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1661 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1662 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1664 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1666 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1668 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1670 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1672 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1676 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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