1 debian-policy (3.5.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual closes: Bug#86507
4 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
8 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
12 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
14 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
16 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
17 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
18 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
19 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
20 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
21 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
22 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
23 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
24 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
25 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
26 minor version number for this
27 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
28 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
29 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
30 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
31 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
32 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
33 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
34 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
35 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
37 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
39 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
41 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
42 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
43 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
44 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
45 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
47 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
49 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
50 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
51 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
52 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
53 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
54 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
55 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
56 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
57 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
58 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
59 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
60 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
61 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
62 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
63 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
64 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
67 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
69 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
71 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
72 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
74 * Document the Enhances relationship
75 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
76 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
77 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
78 policy. closes: Bug#53496
79 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
80 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
82 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
84 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
85 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
86 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
87 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
89 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
90 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
91 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
92 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
93 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
95 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
97 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
100 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
101 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
103 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
104 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
105 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
106 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
107 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
108 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
109 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
110 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
111 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
113 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
117 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
120 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
121 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
122 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
123 policy. closes: Bug#64437
124 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
125 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
126 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
127 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
128 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
129 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
130 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
131 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
132 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
133 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
134 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
135 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
136 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
137 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
138 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
139 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
140 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
142 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
143 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
147 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
150 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
151 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
152 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
153 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
154 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
155 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
156 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
157 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
158 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
159 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
160 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
161 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
162 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
163 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
164 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
165 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
166 alternative closes: Bug#53755
167 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
168 list closes: Bug#53756
169 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
170 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
171 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
172 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
173 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
174 policy closes: Bug#53760
175 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
176 policy closes: Bug#53761
177 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
178 that use X closes: Bug#53762
179 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
180 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
181 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
182 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
183 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
184 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
185 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
186 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
187 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
189 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
190 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
191 to install with older fileutils.
192 * Installed FHS version 2.1
193 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
194 * Added FHS details to copyright file
195 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
197 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
198 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
202 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
205 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
207 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
209 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
212 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
214 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
217 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
219 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
220 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
222 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
224 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
226 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
229 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
231 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
233 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
236 #45561, #42447, #48570)
237 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
238 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
239 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
240 directoried (closes: #41547)
241 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
242 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
243 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
244 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
245 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
246 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
247 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
248 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
249 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
250 package criteria (closes: #45318)
251 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
253 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
254 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
255 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
256 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
257 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
258 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
259 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
261 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
262 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
263 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
264 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
266 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
268 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
270 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
271 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
273 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
275 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
278 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
280 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
282 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
284 * A few typos and omissions corrected
285 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
287 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
288 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
289 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
290 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
291 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
292 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
293 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
294 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
295 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
296 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
297 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
298 this closes: Bug#38612
299 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
300 before. closes: Bug#40864
302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
304 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
306 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
308 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
310 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
311 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
312 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
314 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
315 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
316 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
317 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
318 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
319 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
321 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
322 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
323 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
325 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
327 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
328 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
329 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
330 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
331 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
335 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
337 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
338 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
339 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
340 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
341 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
342 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
343 there). closes: Bug#34233
344 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
345 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
346 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
347 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
348 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
350 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
352 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
354 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
355 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
356 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
357 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
360 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
361 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
362 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
363 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
364 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
367 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
368 number. closes: BUG#25911
370 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
371 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
372 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
373 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
374 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
375 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
377 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
378 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
379 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
382 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
383 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
384 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
386 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
387 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
388 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
389 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
391 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
392 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
393 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
395 * Make the package optional, not extra.
397 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
398 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
399 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
400 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
401 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
402 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
403 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
404 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
407 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
409 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
410 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
413 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
415 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
417 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
419 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
421 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
423 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
424 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
425 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
426 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
427 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
428 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
429 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
430 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
432 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
433 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
435 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
437 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
439 * non-maintainer release
440 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
441 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
443 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
444 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
446 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
448 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
450 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
454 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
456 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
458 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
460 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
461 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
462 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
464 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
465 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
467 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
468 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
469 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
470 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
472 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
473 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
474 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
475 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
476 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
477 and restart options and to comply with the console message
478 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
480 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
481 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
482 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
485 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
486 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
487 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
489 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
490 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
491 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
493 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
494 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
496 * New version numbering scheme:
498 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
499 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
500 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
503 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
504 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
505 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
506 differ between the manuals.
508 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
509 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
510 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
511 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
515 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
516 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
518 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
520 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
522 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
524 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
526 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
527 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
528 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
530 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
531 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
534 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
535 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
536 file extension as the referenced file
538 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
539 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
541 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
542 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
543 start, stop, restart, force-reload
544 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
547 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
548 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
549 be installed into /etc/cron.d
551 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
552 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
553 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
554 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
557 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
558 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
561 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
562 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
563 reasonable default configuration
565 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
566 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
567 by all news servers and clients
569 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
570 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
571 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
572 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
573 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
575 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
576 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
579 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
581 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
582 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
584 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
587 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
588 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
590 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
591 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
593 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
595 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
597 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
599 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
600 - X library package is now called xlib6g
601 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
602 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
604 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
606 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
607 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
608 * Don't use debstd anymore
610 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
612 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
614 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
615 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
616 contrib/non-free policy
617 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
618 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
619 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
620 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
621 - new section about `Daemons'
622 - updated section about `Configuration files'
623 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
624 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
625 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
626 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
627 * Paper about libc6 migration:
628 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
629 * SGML source code included in package
630 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
632 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
634 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
636 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
637 - completely reworked structure
638 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
639 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
640 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
641 - removed all those ugly footnotes
642 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
643 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
644 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
645 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
646 - mention "orphaned packages"
647 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
648 distributions' policy
649 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
650 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
651 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
652 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
653 - added section about arch spec strings
654 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
655 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
656 - added section about "menus"
657 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
658 the new documentation policy soon
659 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
660 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
662 - added section about editors and pagers
663 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
664 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
665 - added section about device files
666 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
667 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
668 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
670 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
671 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
672 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
673 - Added new section about obsolete names
674 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
675 * Fixed package's description
677 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
679 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
681 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
683 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
685 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
687 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
688 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
689 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
690 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
692 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
694 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
696 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
697 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
698 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
700 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
701 and upload it "byhand" too.
703 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
705 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
708 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
709 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
710 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
711 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
712 functionality must not have the same name.
713 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
714 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
715 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
716 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
717 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
718 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
719 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
721 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
722 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
723 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
724 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
725 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
726 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
727 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
728 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
733 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
735 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
737 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
738 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
739 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
740 a package into. (Guy Maor)
741 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
744 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
746 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
748 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
750 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
751 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
752 description of deb file format.
753 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
754 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
756 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
758 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
759 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
761 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
763 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
765 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
766 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
767 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
768 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
769 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
770 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
771 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
772 packages in section on Procedure
773 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
775 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
776 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
777 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
779 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
780 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
781 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
782 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
783 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
784 on various shlib files
785 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
786 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
787 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
789 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
791 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
793 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
794 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
795 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
797 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
798 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
799 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
800 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
801 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
803 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
805 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
807 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
809 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
811 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
812 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
813 compatibility go in contrib.
815 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
816 instructions in policy manual.
817 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
820 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
822 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
824 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
825 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
826 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
827 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
829 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
830 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
833 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
835 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
837 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
838 * More detail about changelog format names.
840 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
841 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
845 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
847 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
849 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
851 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
853 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
855 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
857 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
859 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
860 * More verbosity about netiquette.
861 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
863 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
865 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
867 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
869 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
871 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
875 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
878 mode: debian-changelog