1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
42 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
45 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
47 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
55 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
57 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
58 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
59 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
60 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
61 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
62 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
63 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
65 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
67 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
73 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
76 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
77 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
78 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
79 and distribution license' (three times).
80 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
81 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
86 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
88 Proposed by Santiago Vila
89 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
96 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
97 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
101 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
102 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
106 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
108 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
109 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
113 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
114 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
117 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
119 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
120 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
123 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
125 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
126 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
129 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
131 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
132 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
133 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
136 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
142 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
147 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
152 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
153 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
158 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
159 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
160 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
163 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
164 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
169 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
170 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
174 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
175 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
176 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
177 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
178 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
179 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
180 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
181 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
182 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
183 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
184 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
185 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
186 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
187 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
188 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
189 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
190 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
191 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
192 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
193 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
194 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
195 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
196 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
197 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
198 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
199 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
200 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
201 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
202 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
203 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
204 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
205 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
207 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
209 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
211 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
215 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
217 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
218 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
222 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
225 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
226 Wording: Steve Langasek.
227 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
228 Seconded: Julien Cristau
229 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
232 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
233 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
234 Seconded: Russ Allbery
235 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
238 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
239 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
240 Seconded: Russ Allbery
242 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
243 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
244 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
245 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
246 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
247 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
248 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
249 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
252 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
253 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
254 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
255 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
256 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
257 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
258 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
260 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
261 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
262 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
263 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
264 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
265 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
266 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
269 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
270 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
271 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
272 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
273 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
275 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
278 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
279 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
282 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
283 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
286 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
288 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
291 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
295 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
296 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
300 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
301 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
305 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
306 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
309 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
310 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
312 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
313 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
318 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
319 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
323 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
324 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
328 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
329 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
333 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
334 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
338 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
339 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
343 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
344 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
345 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
346 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
347 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
348 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
349 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
350 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
351 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
352 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
353 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
354 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
355 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
356 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
357 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
359 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
360 Source field descriptions.
361 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
362 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
363 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
364 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
365 description says otherwise.
367 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
369 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
372 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
373 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
376 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
377 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
379 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
380 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
384 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
385 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
389 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
390 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
394 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
395 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
396 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
397 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
401 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
402 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
403 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
404 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
405 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
407 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
408 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
412 * Add myself to Uploaders.
415 * Add myself to Uploaders.
416 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
418 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
419 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
420 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
422 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
424 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
426 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
427 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
431 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
432 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
434 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
436 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
437 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
441 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
442 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
443 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
444 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
446 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
447 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
451 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
452 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
456 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
457 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
459 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
461 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
462 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
464 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
466 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
467 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
468 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
471 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
472 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
476 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
477 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
480 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
482 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
483 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
484 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
485 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
486 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
487 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
488 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
489 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
490 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
491 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
492 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
493 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
494 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
495 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
496 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
497 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
498 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
499 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
500 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
501 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
502 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
503 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
504 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
505 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
506 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
507 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
508 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
509 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
510 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
511 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
513 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
514 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
515 links was completed long ago.
516 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
518 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
520 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
523 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
525 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
527 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
529 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
530 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
531 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
532 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
533 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
534 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
535 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
536 Millan (Closes: #209008).
537 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
538 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
540 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
542 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
544 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
545 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
546 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
547 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
548 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
549 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
550 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
552 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
553 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
554 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
555 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
557 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
558 Küster (Closes: #403391).
559 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
560 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
561 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
562 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
563 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
564 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
568 Closes: #186700, #458910
569 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
570 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
574 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
575 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
576 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
577 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
578 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
579 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
580 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
582 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
583 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
585 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
586 * Add an md5sums control file.
587 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
588 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
589 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
590 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
591 currently part of policy.
592 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
593 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
594 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
597 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
599 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
602 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
603 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
604 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
605 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
606 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
607 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
608 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
609 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
610 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
611 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
612 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
613 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
614 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
615 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
616 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
618 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
620 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
621 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
622 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
624 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
625 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
626 list?" (Closes: #412634).
627 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
628 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
629 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
630 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
631 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
632 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
633 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
634 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
635 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
636 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
637 debconf specification.
638 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
639 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
641 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
643 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
646 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
647 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
648 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
649 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
651 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
653 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
654 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
655 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
656 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
657 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
659 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
660 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
661 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
662 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
663 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
664 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
665 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
666 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
667 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
668 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
669 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
670 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
671 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
672 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
673 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
674 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
676 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
678 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
679 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
680 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
681 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
683 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
684 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
685 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
687 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
689 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
692 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
693 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
694 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
695 Polo (Closes: #372497).
696 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
697 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
699 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
700 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
701 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
702 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
704 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
705 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
706 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
707 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
708 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
710 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
711 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
712 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
713 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
714 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
715 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
719 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
721 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
722 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
723 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
724 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
726 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
727 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
729 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
731 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
733 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
734 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
735 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
736 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
737 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
738 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
739 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
740 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
741 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
742 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
744 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
745 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
746 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
747 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
748 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
749 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
750 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
751 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
752 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
753 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
754 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
757 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
759 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
761 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
762 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
763 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
764 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
765 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
766 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
767 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
768 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
769 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
770 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
771 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
772 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
773 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
774 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
775 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
776 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
777 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
778 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
779 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
780 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
781 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
782 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
783 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
784 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
785 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
786 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
787 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
788 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
790 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
791 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
792 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
793 Hess (Closes: #362247).
794 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
795 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
796 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
797 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
798 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
799 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
800 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
801 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
802 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
803 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
804 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
805 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
807 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
808 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
810 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
811 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
812 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
813 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
814 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
815 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
816 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
817 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
818 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
819 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
820 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
822 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
824 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
827 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
828 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
829 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
830 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
831 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
832 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
833 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
834 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
836 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
837 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
838 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
841 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
842 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
843 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
844 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
845 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
846 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
847 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
848 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
849 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
850 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
851 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
853 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
854 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
855 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
856 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
857 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
858 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
859 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
862 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
864 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
866 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
867 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
868 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
869 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
871 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
872 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
873 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
874 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
876 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
878 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
882 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
883 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
884 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
885 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
886 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
887 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
888 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
889 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
890 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
892 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
893 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
894 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
896 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
897 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
898 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
899 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
900 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
901 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
902 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
904 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
905 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
906 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
907 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
909 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
910 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
911 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
912 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
913 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
914 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
915 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
916 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
918 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
919 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
920 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
921 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
922 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
923 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
924 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
925 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
926 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
927 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
928 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
929 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
930 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
931 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
932 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
933 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
934 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
936 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
938 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
941 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
942 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
943 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
944 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
945 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
946 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
947 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
948 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
949 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
951 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
952 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
953 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
954 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
955 this section. closes: Bug#248618
956 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
957 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
958 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
959 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
960 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
961 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
962 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
963 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
964 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
965 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
966 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
967 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
969 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
970 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
971 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
974 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
975 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
976 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
978 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
979 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
980 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
981 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
982 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
983 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
985 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
986 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
988 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
989 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
990 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
991 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
992 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
993 Closes: #185943, #237049
995 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
997 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1003 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1004 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1005 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1006 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1007 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1008 running. closes: Bug#187250
1009 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1010 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1011 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1012 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1013 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1014 user closes: Bug#176506
1016 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1018 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1022 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1023 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1024 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1025 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1026 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1027 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1028 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1029 deb-building toolchain.
1030 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1031 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1032 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1033 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1034 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1035 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1036 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1037 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1038 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1039 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1040 sections about changelog files.
1042 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1043 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1044 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1045 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1046 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1047 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1049 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1050 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1051 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1052 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1053 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1054 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1055 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1056 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1057 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1058 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1059 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1060 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1061 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1062 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1063 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1064 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1065 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1066 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1067 for the restructuring
1069 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1071 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1076 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1077 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1078 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1079 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1080 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1081 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1083 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1084 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1085 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1086 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1087 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1088 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1089 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1091 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1092 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1093 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1094 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1096 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1098 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1102 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1103 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1104 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1105 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1106 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1108 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1109 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1110 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1111 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1113 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1114 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1115 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1116 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1117 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1118 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1119 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1120 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1121 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1122 offtopic stuff, too.
1123 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1124 script should start it, closes: #60979
1125 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1126 "should", closes: #170019
1127 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1128 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1129 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1130 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1131 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1132 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1133 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1134 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1137 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1139 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1143 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1144 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1145 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1146 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1147 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1148 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1149 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1150 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1152 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1153 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1154 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1155 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1156 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1157 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1158 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1159 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1160 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1162 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1163 file, closes: Bug#65764
1165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1167 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1170 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1171 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1172 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1173 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1174 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1175 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1176 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1177 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1178 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1179 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1180 details. closes: Bug#133030
1181 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1182 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1183 parts of Bug#161455.
1185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1187 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1190 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1191 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1192 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1193 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1194 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1195 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1196 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1197 not. closes: Bug#139820
1198 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1199 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1200 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1201 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1202 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1203 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1204 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1205 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1206 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1207 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1209 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1211 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1212 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1213 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1214 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1215 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1216 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1217 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1218 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1219 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1220 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1221 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1222 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1223 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1224 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1225 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1226 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1227 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1228 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1229 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1230 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1232 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1233 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1234 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1235 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1236 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1237 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1238 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1240 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1241 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1242 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1243 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1244 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1245 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1246 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1247 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1248 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1252 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1255 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1256 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1257 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1258 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1259 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1260 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1261 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1262 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1263 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1264 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1265 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1266 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1267 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1268 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1269 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1270 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1271 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1272 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1273 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1274 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1275 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1276 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1278 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1280 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1283 medium, high, emergency.
1284 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1285 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1286 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1287 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1288 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1291 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1292 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1293 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1295 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1296 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1297 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1298 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1299 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1300 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1301 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1304 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1306 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1309 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1310 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1311 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1313 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1314 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1315 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1316 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1317 debian/rules to do this
1318 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1319 patches are incorporated upstream
1320 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1321 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1322 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1323 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1324 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1325 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1327 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1328 system closes: Bug#91249
1329 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1330 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1331 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1332 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1333 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1334 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1335 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1336 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1337 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1338 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1339 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1340 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1341 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1343 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1345 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1347 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1348 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1349 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1350 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1352 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1353 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1354 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1356 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1359 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1361 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1364 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1365 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1366 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1367 package for the time being
1368 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1369 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1370 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1371 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1372 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1373 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1374 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1375 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1376 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1377 Build-Depends arch syntax
1378 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1380 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1381 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1383 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1384 from policy maintenance duties.
1385 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1386 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1390 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1394 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1396 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1399 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1400 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1401 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1402 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1403 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1404 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1405 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1406 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1407 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1408 minor version number for this
1409 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1410 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1411 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1412 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1413 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1414 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1415 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1416 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1417 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1419 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1421 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1423 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1424 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1425 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1426 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1427 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1429 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1431 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1432 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1433 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1434 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1435 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1436 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1437 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1438 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1439 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1440 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1441 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1442 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1443 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1444 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1445 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1446 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1449 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1451 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1454 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1456 * Document the Enhances relationship
1457 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1458 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1459 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1460 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1461 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1462 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1464 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1466 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1467 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1468 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1469 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1471 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1472 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1473 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1474 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1475 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1477 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1479 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1482 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1483 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1485 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1486 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1487 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1488 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1489 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1490 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1491 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1492 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1493 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1495 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1497 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1499 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1502 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1503 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1504 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1505 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1506 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1507 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1508 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1509 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1510 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1511 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1512 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1513 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1514 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1515 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1516 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1517 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1518 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1519 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1520 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1521 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1522 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1524 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1525 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1527 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1529 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1531 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1532 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1533 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1534 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1535 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1536 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1537 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1538 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1539 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1540 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1541 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1542 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1543 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1544 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1545 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1546 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1547 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1548 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1549 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1550 list closes: Bug#53756
1551 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1552 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1553 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1554 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1555 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1556 policy closes: Bug#53760
1557 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1558 policy closes: Bug#53761
1559 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1560 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1561 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1562 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1563 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1564 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1565 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1566 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1567 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1568 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1569 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1571 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1572 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1573 to install with older fileutils.
1574 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1575 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1576 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1577 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1579 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1580 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1584 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1586 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1587 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1589 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1591 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1593 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1594 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1596 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1599 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1601 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1602 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1604 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1606 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1608 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1610 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1611 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1613 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1615 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1617 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1618 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1619 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1620 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1621 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1622 directoried (closes: #41547)
1623 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1624 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1625 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1626 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1627 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1628 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1629 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1630 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1631 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1632 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1633 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1635 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1636 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1637 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1638 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1639 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1640 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1641 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1643 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1644 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1645 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1646 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1648 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1650 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1652 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1653 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1655 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1657 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1659 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1660 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1662 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1664 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1667 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1669 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1670 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1671 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1672 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1673 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1674 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1675 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1676 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1677 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1678 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1679 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1680 this closes: Bug#38612
1681 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1682 before. closes: Bug#40864
1684 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1686 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1688 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1689 officially uploaded.
1690 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1692 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1693 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1694 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1696 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1697 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1698 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1699 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1700 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1701 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1703 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1704 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1705 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1707 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1709 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1710 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1711 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1712 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1713 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1715 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1717 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1719 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1720 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1721 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1722 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1723 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1724 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1725 there). closes: Bug#34233
1726 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1727 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1728 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1729 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1730 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1732 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1734 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1736 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1737 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1738 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1739 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1742 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1743 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1744 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1745 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1746 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1749 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1750 number. closes: BUG#25911
1752 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1753 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1754 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1755 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1756 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1757 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1759 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1760 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1761 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1764 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1765 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1766 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1768 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1769 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1770 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1771 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1773 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1774 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1775 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1777 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1779 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1780 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1781 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1782 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1783 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1784 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1785 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1786 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1789 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1791 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1792 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1795 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1797 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1799 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1801 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1803 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1805 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1806 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1807 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1808 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1809 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1810 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1811 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1812 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1814 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1815 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1817 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1819 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1821 * non-maintainer release
1822 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1823 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1825 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1826 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1827 * no content changes
1828 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1830 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1832 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1836 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1838 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1840 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1842 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1843 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1844 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1846 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1847 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1849 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1850 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1851 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1852 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1854 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1855 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1856 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1857 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1858 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1859 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1860 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1862 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1863 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1864 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1867 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1868 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1869 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1871 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1872 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1873 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1875 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1876 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1878 * New version numbering scheme:
1880 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1881 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1882 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1885 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1886 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1887 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1888 differ between the manuals.
1890 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1891 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1892 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1893 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1895 * Packaging changes:
1897 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1898 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1900 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1902 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1904 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1906 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1908 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1909 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1910 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1912 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1913 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1916 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1917 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1918 file extension as the referenced file
1920 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1921 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1923 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1924 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1925 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1926 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1929 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1930 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1931 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1933 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1934 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1935 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1936 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1939 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1940 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1943 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1944 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1945 reasonable default configuration
1947 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1948 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1949 by all news servers and clients
1951 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1952 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1953 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1954 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1955 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1957 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1958 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1961 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1963 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1964 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1966 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1969 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1970 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1972 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1973 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1975 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1977 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1979 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1981 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1982 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1983 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1984 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1986 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1988 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1989 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1990 * Don't use debstd anymore
1992 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1994 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1996 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1997 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1998 contrib/non-free policy
1999 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2000 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2001 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2002 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2003 - new section about `Daemons'
2004 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2005 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2006 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2007 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2008 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2009 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2010 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2011 * SGML source code included in package
2012 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2014 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2016 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2018 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2019 - completely reworked structure
2020 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2021 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2022 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2023 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2024 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2025 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2026 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2027 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2028 - mention "orphaned packages"
2029 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2030 distributions' policy
2031 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2032 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2033 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2034 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2035 - added section about arch spec strings
2036 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2037 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2038 - added section about "menus"
2039 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2040 the new documentation policy soon
2041 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2042 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2044 - added section about editors and pagers
2045 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2046 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2047 - added section about device files
2048 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2049 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2050 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2052 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2053 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2054 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2055 - Added new section about obsolete names
2056 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2057 * Fixed package's description
2059 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2061 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2063 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2065 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2067 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2069 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2070 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2071 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2072 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2074 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2076 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2078 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2079 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2080 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2082 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2083 and upload it "byhand" too.
2085 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2087 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2090 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2091 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2092 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2093 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2094 functionality must not have the same name.
2095 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2096 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2097 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2098 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2099 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2100 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2101 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2103 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2104 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2105 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2106 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2107 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2108 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2109 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2110 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2113 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2115 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2117 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2119 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2120 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2121 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2122 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2123 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2126 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2128 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2130 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2132 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2133 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2134 description of deb file format.
2135 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2136 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2138 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2140 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2141 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2143 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2145 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2147 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2148 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2149 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2150 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2151 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2152 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2153 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2154 packages in section on Procedure
2155 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2156 a package maintainer
2157 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2158 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2159 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2161 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2162 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2163 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2164 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2165 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2166 on various shlib files
2167 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2168 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2169 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2171 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2173 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2175 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2176 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2177 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2179 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2180 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2181 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2182 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2183 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2185 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2187 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2189 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2191 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2193 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2194 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2195 compatibility go in contrib.
2197 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2198 instructions in policy manual.
2199 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2202 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2204 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2206 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2207 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2208 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2209 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2211 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2212 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2215 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2217 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2219 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2220 * More detail about changelog format names.
2222 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2223 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2227 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2229 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2231 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2233 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2235 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2237 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2239 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2241 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2242 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2243 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2245 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2247 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2249 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2251 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2253 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2257 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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