1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
4 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
5 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
6 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
7 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
8 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
9 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
10 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
11 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
12 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
13 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
14 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
15 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
16 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
17 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
18 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
20 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
22 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
23 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
24 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
26 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
27 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
28 list?" (Closes: #412634).
29 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
30 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
31 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
32 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
36 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
39 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
40 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
41 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
42 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
44 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
46 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
47 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
48 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
49 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
50 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
52 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
53 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
54 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
55 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
56 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
57 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
58 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
59 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
60 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
61 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
62 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
63 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
64 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
65 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
66 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
67 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
69 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
71 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
72 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
73 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
74 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
76 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
77 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
78 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
80 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
82 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
85 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
86 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
87 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
88 Polo (Closes: #372497).
89 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
90 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
92 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
93 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
94 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
95 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
96 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
97 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
98 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
99 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
101 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
103 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
104 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
105 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
106 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
107 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
108 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
112 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
115 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
116 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
117 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
119 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
120 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
122 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
124 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
127 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
128 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
129 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
130 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
131 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
132 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
133 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
134 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
135 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
137 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
138 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
140 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
141 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
142 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
144 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
145 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
146 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
147 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
150 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
152 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
155 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
156 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
157 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
158 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
159 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
160 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
161 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
162 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
163 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
164 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
165 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
166 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
167 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
168 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
169 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
170 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
171 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
172 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
173 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
174 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
175 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
176 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
177 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
178 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
179 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
180 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
181 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
183 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
184 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
185 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
186 Hess (Closes: #362247).
187 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
188 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
189 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
190 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
191 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
192 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
193 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
194 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
195 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
196 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
197 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
198 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
201 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
204 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
206 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
207 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
208 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
209 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
210 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
211 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
212 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
213 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
215 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
217 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
220 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
221 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
223 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
225 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
226 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
227 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
229 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
230 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
231 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
235 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
237 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
238 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
240 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
242 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
244 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
246 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
248 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
249 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
250 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
251 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
252 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
255 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
257 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
260 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
261 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
262 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
264 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
265 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
267 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
269 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
271 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
274 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
275 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
276 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
277 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
278 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
280 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
281 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
282 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
283 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
286 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
287 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
290 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
291 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
293 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
294 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
295 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
297 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
298 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
299 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
300 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
303 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
304 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
305 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
307 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
308 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
309 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
312 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
313 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
314 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
316 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
317 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
318 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
320 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
321 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
322 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
323 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
324 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
325 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
326 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
327 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
329 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
331 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
334 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
335 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
336 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
337 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
338 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
339 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
340 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
341 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
342 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
344 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
345 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
346 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
347 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
348 this section. closes: Bug#248618
349 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
350 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
351 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
352 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
353 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
354 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
355 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
356 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
357 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
358 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
359 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
362 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
363 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
364 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
367 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
368 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
369 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
371 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
372 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
373 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
374 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
375 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
376 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
378 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
379 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
381 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
382 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
383 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
384 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
385 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
386 Closes: #185943, #237049
388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
390 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
396 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
397 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
398 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
399 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
400 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
401 running. closes: Bug#187250
402 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
403 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
404 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
405 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
406 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
407 user closes: Bug#176506
409 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
411 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
414 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
415 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
416 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
417 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
418 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
419 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
420 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
421 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
422 deb-building toolchain.
423 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
424 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
425 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
426 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
427 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
428 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
429 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
430 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
431 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
432 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
433 sections about changelog files.
435 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
436 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
437 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
438 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
439 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
440 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
442 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
443 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
444 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
445 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
446 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
447 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
448 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
449 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
450 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
451 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
452 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
453 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
454 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
455 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
456 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
457 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
458 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
459 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
460 for the restructuring
462 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
464 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
467 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
469 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
470 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
471 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
472 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
473 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
474 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
476 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
477 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
478 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
479 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
480 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
481 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
482 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
484 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
485 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
486 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
487 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
489 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
491 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
494 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
495 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
496 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
497 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
498 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
499 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
501 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
502 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
503 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
504 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
506 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
507 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
508 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
509 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
510 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
511 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
512 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
513 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
514 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
516 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
517 script should start it, closes: #60979
518 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
519 "should", closes: #170019
520 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
521 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
522 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
523 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
524 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
525 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
526 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
527 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
530 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
532 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
535 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
536 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
537 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
538 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
539 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
540 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
541 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
542 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
543 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
545 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
546 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
547 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
548 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
549 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
550 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
551 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
552 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
553 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
555 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
556 file, closes: Bug#65764
558 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
560 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
562 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
563 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
564 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
565 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
566 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
567 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
568 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
569 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
570 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
571 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
572 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
573 details. closes: Bug#133030
574 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
575 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
578 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
580 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
582 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
583 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
584 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
585 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
586 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
587 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
588 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
589 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
590 not. closes: Bug#139820
591 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
592 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
593 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
594 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
595 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
596 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
597 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
598 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
599 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
600 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
602 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
604 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
605 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
606 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
607 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
608 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
609 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
610 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
611 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
612 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
613 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
614 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
615 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
616 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
617 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
618 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
619 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
620 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
621 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
622 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
623 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
625 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
626 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
627 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
628 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
629 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
630 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
631 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
633 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
634 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
635 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
636 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
637 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
638 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
639 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
640 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
641 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
643 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
645 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
647 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
648 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
649 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
650 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
651 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
652 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
653 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
654 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
655 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
656 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
657 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
658 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
659 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
660 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
661 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
662 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
663 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
664 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
665 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
666 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
667 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
668 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
669 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
671 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
673 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
675 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
676 medium, high, emergency.
677 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
678 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
679 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
680 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
681 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
684 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
685 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
686 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
688 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
689 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
690 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
691 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
692 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
693 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
694 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
697 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
699 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
702 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
703 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
704 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
706 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
707 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
708 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
709 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
710 debian/rules to do this
711 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
712 patches are incorporated upstream
713 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
714 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
715 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
716 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
717 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
718 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
720 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
721 system closes: Bug#91249
722 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
723 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
724 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
725 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
726 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
727 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
728 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
729 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
730 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
731 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
732 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
733 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
734 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
736 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
738 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
740 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
741 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
742 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
743 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
745 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
746 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
747 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
749 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
752 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
754 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
756 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
757 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
758 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
759 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
760 package for the time being
761 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
762 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
763 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
764 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
765 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
766 * Rename all .text files as .txt
767 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
768 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
769 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
770 Build-Depends arch syntax
771 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
773 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
774 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
776 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
777 from policy maintenance duties.
778 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
779 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
781 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
783 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
785 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
787 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
789 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
791 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
792 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
793 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
794 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
795 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
796 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
797 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
798 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
799 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
800 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
801 minor version number for this
802 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
803 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
804 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
805 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
806 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
807 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
808 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
809 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
810 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
812 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
814 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
817 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
818 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
819 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
820 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
822 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
824 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
825 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
826 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
827 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
828 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
829 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
830 xutils closes: Bug#82966
831 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
832 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
833 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
834 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
835 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
836 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
837 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
838 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
839 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
842 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
844 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
846 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
847 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
849 * Document the Enhances relationship
850 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
851 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
852 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
853 policy. closes: Bug#53496
854 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
855 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
857 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
859 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
860 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
861 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
862 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
864 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
865 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
866 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
867 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
868 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
870 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
872 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
874 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
875 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
876 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
878 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
879 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
880 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
881 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
882 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
883 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
884 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
885 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
886 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
888 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
890 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
892 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
894 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
895 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
896 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
897 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
898 policy. closes: Bug#64437
899 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
900 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
901 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
902 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
903 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
904 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
905 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
906 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
907 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
908 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
909 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
910 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
911 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
912 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
913 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
914 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
915 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
917 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
918 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
920 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
922 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
924 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
925 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
926 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
927 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
928 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
929 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
930 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
931 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
932 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
933 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
934 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
935 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
936 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
937 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
938 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
939 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
940 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
941 alternative closes: Bug#53755
942 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
943 list closes: Bug#53756
944 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
945 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
946 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
947 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
948 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
949 policy closes: Bug#53760
950 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
951 policy closes: Bug#53761
952 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
953 that use X closes: Bug#53762
954 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
955 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
956 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
957 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
958 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
959 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
960 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
961 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
962 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
964 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
965 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
966 to install with older fileutils.
967 * Installed FHS version 2.1
968 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
969 * Added FHS details to copyright file
970 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
972 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
973 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
975 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
977 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
979 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
980 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
982 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
984 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
987 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
989 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
992 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
994 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
995 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
997 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
999 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1001 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1004 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1006 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1008 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1011 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1012 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1013 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1014 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1015 directoried (closes: #41547)
1016 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1017 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1018 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1019 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1020 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1021 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1022 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1023 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1024 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1025 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1026 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1028 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1029 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1030 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1031 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1032 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1033 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1034 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1036 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1037 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1038 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1039 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1041 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1043 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1045 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1046 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1048 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1050 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1053 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1055 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1057 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1060 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1062 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1063 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1064 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1065 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1066 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1067 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1068 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1069 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1070 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1071 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1072 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1073 this closes: Bug#38612
1074 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1075 before. closes: Bug#40864
1077 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1079 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1082 officially uploaded.
1083 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1085 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1086 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1087 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1089 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1090 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1091 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1092 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1093 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1094 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1096 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1097 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1098 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1100 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1102 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1103 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1104 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1105 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1106 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1110 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1113 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1114 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1115 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1116 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1117 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1118 there). closes: Bug#34233
1119 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1120 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1121 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1122 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1123 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1125 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1127 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1130 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1131 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1132 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1135 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1136 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1137 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1138 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1139 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1142 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1143 number. closes: BUG#25911
1145 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1146 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1147 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1148 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1149 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1150 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1152 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1153 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1154 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1157 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1158 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1159 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1161 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1162 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1163 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1164 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1166 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1167 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1168 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1170 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1172 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1173 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1174 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1175 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1176 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1177 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1178 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1179 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1182 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1184 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1185 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1190 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1194 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1196 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1199 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1200 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1201 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1202 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1203 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1204 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1205 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1207 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1208 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1210 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1212 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1214 * non-maintainer release
1215 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1216 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1218 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1219 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1220 * no content changes
1221 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1223 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1225 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1229 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1231 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1233 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1235 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1236 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1237 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1239 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1240 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1242 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1243 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1244 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1245 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1247 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1248 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1249 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1250 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1251 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1252 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1253 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1255 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1256 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1257 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1260 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1261 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1262 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1264 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1265 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1266 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1268 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1269 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1271 * New version numbering scheme:
1273 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1274 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1275 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1278 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1279 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1280 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1281 differ between the manuals.
1283 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1284 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1285 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1286 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1288 * Packaging changes:
1290 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1291 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1293 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1295 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1297 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1301 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1302 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1303 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1305 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1306 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1309 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1310 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1311 file extension as the referenced file
1313 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1314 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1316 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1317 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1318 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1319 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1322 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1323 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1324 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1326 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1327 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1328 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1329 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1332 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1333 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1336 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1337 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1338 reasonable default configuration
1340 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1341 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1342 by all news servers and clients
1344 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1345 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1346 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1347 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1348 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1350 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1351 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1354 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1356 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1357 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1359 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1362 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1363 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1365 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1366 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1368 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1370 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1372 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1375 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1376 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1377 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1379 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1381 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1382 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1383 * Don't use debstd anymore
1385 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1387 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1390 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1391 contrib/non-free policy
1392 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1393 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1394 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1395 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1396 - new section about `Daemons'
1397 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1398 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1399 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1400 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1401 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1402 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1403 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1404 * SGML source code included in package
1405 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1407 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1409 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1412 - completely reworked structure
1413 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1414 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1415 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1416 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1417 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1418 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1419 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1420 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1421 - mention "orphaned packages"
1422 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1423 distributions' policy
1424 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1425 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1426 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1427 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1428 - added section about arch spec strings
1429 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1430 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1431 - added section about "menus"
1432 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1433 the new documentation policy soon
1434 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1435 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1437 - added section about editors and pagers
1438 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1439 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1440 - added section about device files
1441 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1442 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1443 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1445 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1446 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1447 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1448 - Added new section about obsolete names
1449 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1450 * Fixed package's description
1452 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1454 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1456 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1458 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1460 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1462 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1463 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1464 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1465 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1467 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1469 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1471 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1472 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1473 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1475 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1476 and upload it "byhand" too.
1478 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1480 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1483 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1484 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1485 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1486 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1487 functionality must not have the same name.
1488 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1489 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1490 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1491 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1492 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1493 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1494 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1496 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1497 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1498 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1499 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1500 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1501 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1502 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1503 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1506 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1508 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1510 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1512 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1513 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1514 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1515 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1516 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1519 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1521 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1523 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1525 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1526 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1527 description of deb file format.
1528 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1529 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1531 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1533 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1534 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1536 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1538 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1540 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1541 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1542 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1543 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1544 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1545 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1546 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1547 packages in section on Procedure
1548 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1549 a package maintainer
1550 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1551 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1552 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1554 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1555 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1556 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1557 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1558 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1559 on various shlib files
1560 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1561 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1562 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1564 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1566 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1568 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1569 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1570 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1572 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1573 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1574 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1575 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1576 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1578 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1580 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1582 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1584 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1586 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1587 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1588 compatibility go in contrib.
1590 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1591 instructions in policy manual.
1592 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1595 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1597 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1599 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1600 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1601 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1602 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1604 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1605 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1608 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1610 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1612 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1613 * More detail about changelog format names.
1615 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1616 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1620 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1622 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1624 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1626 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1628 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1630 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1632 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1634 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1635 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1636 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1638 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1640 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1642 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1644 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1646 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1650 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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