1 debian-policy (3.5.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
8 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
9 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
10 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
11 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
12 debian/rules to do this
13 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
14 patches are incorporated upstream
18 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
20 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
21 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
22 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
23 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
25 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
26 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
27 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
29 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
32 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
34 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
36 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
37 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
38 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
39 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
40 package for the time being
41 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
42 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
43 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
44 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
45 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
46 * Rename all .text files as .txt
47 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
48 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
49 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
50 Build-Depends arch syntax
51 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
53 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
54 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
56 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
57 from policy maintenance duties.
58 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
59 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
61 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
63 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
67 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
69 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
72 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
73 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
74 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
75 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
76 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
77 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
78 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
79 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
80 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
81 minor version number for this
82 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
83 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
84 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
85 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
86 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
87 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
88 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
89 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
90 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
92 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
94 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
96 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
97 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
98 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
99 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
100 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
102 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
104 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
105 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
106 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
107 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
108 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
109 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
110 xutils closes: Bug#82966
111 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
112 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
113 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
114 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
115 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
116 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
117 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
118 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
119 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
122 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
124 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
126 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
127 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
129 * Document the Enhances relationship
130 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
131 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
132 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
133 policy. closes: Bug#53496
134 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
135 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
137 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
139 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
140 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
141 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
142 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
144 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
145 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
146 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
147 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
148 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
150 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
152 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
155 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
156 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
158 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
159 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
160 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
161 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
162 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
163 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
164 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
165 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
166 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
168 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
172 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
175 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
176 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
177 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
178 policy. closes: Bug#64437
179 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
180 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
181 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
182 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
183 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
184 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
185 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
186 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
187 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
188 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
189 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
190 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
191 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
192 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
193 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
194 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
195 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
197 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
198 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
202 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
205 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
206 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
207 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
208 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
209 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
210 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
211 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
212 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
213 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
214 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
215 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
216 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
217 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
218 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
219 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
220 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
221 alternative closes: Bug#53755
222 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
223 list closes: Bug#53756
224 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
225 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
226 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
227 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
228 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
229 policy closes: Bug#53760
230 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
231 policy closes: Bug#53761
232 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
233 that use X closes: Bug#53762
234 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
235 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
236 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
237 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
238 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
239 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
240 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
241 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
242 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
244 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
245 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
246 to install with older fileutils.
247 * Installed FHS version 2.1
248 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
249 * Added FHS details to copyright file
250 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
252 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
253 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
255 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
257 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
260 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
262 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
264 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
266 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
267 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
269 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
272 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
274 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
275 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
277 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
279 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
281 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
284 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
286 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
288 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
291 #45561, #42447, #48570)
292 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
293 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
294 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
295 directoried (closes: #41547)
296 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
297 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
298 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
299 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
300 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
301 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
302 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
303 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
304 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
305 package criteria (closes: #45318)
306 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
308 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
309 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
310 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
311 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
312 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
313 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
314 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
316 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
317 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
318 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
319 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
321 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
323 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
325 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
326 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
328 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
330 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
332 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
333 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
335 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
337 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
339 * A few typos and omissions corrected
340 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
342 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
343 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
344 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
345 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
346 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
347 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
348 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
349 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
350 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
351 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
352 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
353 this closes: Bug#38612
354 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
355 before. closes: Bug#40864
357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
359 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
363 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
365 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
366 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
367 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
369 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
370 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
371 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
372 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
373 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
374 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
376 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
377 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
378 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
380 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
382 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
383 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
384 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
385 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
386 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
390 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
392 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
393 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
394 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
395 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
396 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
397 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
398 there). closes: Bug#34233
399 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
400 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
401 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
402 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
403 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
405 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
407 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
409 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
410 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
411 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
412 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
415 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
416 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
417 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
418 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
419 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
422 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
423 number. closes: BUG#25911
425 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
426 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
427 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
428 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
429 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
430 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
432 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
433 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
434 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
437 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
438 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
439 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
441 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
442 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
443 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
444 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
446 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
447 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
448 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
450 * Make the package optional, not extra.
452 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
453 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
454 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
455 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
456 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
457 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
458 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
459 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
462 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
464 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
465 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
468 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
470 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
472 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
474 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
476 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
478 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
479 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
480 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
481 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
482 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
483 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
484 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
485 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
487 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
488 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
490 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
492 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
494 * non-maintainer release
495 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
496 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
498 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
499 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
501 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
503 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
505 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
509 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
511 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
513 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
515 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
516 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
517 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
519 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
520 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
522 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
523 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
524 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
525 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
527 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
528 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
529 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
530 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
531 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
532 and restart options and to comply with the console message
533 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
535 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
536 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
537 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
540 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
541 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
542 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
544 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
545 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
546 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
548 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
549 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
551 * New version numbering scheme:
553 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
554 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
555 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
558 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
559 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
560 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
561 differ between the manuals.
563 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
564 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
565 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
566 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
570 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
571 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
573 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
575 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
577 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
579 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
581 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
582 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
583 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
585 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
586 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
589 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
590 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
591 file extension as the referenced file
593 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
594 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
596 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
597 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
598 start, stop, restart, force-reload
599 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
602 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
603 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
604 be installed into /etc/cron.d
606 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
607 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
608 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
609 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
612 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
613 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
616 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
617 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
618 reasonable default configuration
620 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
621 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
622 by all news servers and clients
624 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
625 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
626 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
627 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
628 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
630 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
631 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
634 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
636 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
637 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
639 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
642 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
643 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
645 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
646 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
648 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
650 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
652 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
654 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
655 - X library package is now called xlib6g
656 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
657 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
659 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
661 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
662 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
663 * Don't use debstd anymore
665 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
667 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
669 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
670 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
671 contrib/non-free policy
672 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
673 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
674 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
675 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
676 - new section about `Daemons'
677 - updated section about `Configuration files'
678 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
679 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
680 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
681 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
682 * Paper about libc6 migration:
683 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
684 * SGML source code included in package
685 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
687 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
689 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
692 - completely reworked structure
693 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
694 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
695 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
696 - removed all those ugly footnotes
697 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
698 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
699 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
700 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
701 - mention "orphaned packages"
702 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
703 distributions' policy
704 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
705 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
706 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
707 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
708 - added section about arch spec strings
709 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
710 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
711 - added section about "menus"
712 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
713 the new documentation policy soon
714 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
715 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
717 - added section about editors and pagers
718 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
719 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
720 - added section about device files
721 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
722 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
723 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
725 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
726 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
727 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
728 - Added new section about obsolete names
729 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
730 * Fixed package's description
732 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
734 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
736 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
738 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
740 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
742 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
743 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
744 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
745 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
747 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
749 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
751 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
752 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
753 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
755 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
756 and upload it "byhand" too.
758 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
760 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
763 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
764 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
765 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
766 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
767 functionality must not have the same name.
768 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
769 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
770 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
771 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
772 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
773 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
774 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
776 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
777 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
778 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
779 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
780 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
781 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
782 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
783 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
786 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
788 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
790 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
792 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
793 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
794 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
795 a package into. (Guy Maor)
796 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
799 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
801 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
803 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
805 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
806 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
807 description of deb file format.
808 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
809 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
811 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
813 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
814 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
816 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
818 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
820 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
821 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
822 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
823 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
824 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
825 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
826 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
827 packages in section on Procedure
828 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
830 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
831 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
832 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
834 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
835 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
836 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
837 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
838 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
839 on various shlib files
840 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
841 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
842 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
844 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
846 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
848 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
849 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
850 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
852 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
853 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
854 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
855 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
856 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
858 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
860 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
862 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
864 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
866 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
867 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
868 compatibility go in contrib.
870 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
871 instructions in policy manual.
872 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
875 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
877 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
879 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
880 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
881 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
882 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
884 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
885 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
888 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
890 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
892 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
893 * More detail about changelog format names.
895 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
896 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
900 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
902 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
904 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
906 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
908 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
910 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
912 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
914 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
915 * More verbosity about netiquette.
916 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
918 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
920 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
922 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
924 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
926 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
930 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100