-debian-policy (3.9.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+debian-policy (3.9.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Policy: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
+ * Makefile: use gzip -n when compressing generated files.
+ * debian/control, Makefile:
+ - add missing Build-Depends on sp (opensp). Closes: #812663
+ - migrate to openjade and opensp.
+ * Policy: Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
+ Wording: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
+ Closes: #555979
+ * Policy: [9.2.2] document 32-bit UIDs ranges.
+ Wording: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #765499
+ * Policy: [5.1] empty field values in control files are only permitted in
+ the debian/control file of a source package.
+ Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
+ Closes: #666726
+ * Policy: [4.9] debian/rules: required targets must not attempt network
+ access.
+ Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
+ Closes: #770016
+ * Policy: [12.3] recommend to ship additional documentation for package 'pkg'
+ in a separate package 'pkg-doc' and install it into /usr/share/doc/pkg.
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Closes: #106073
+ [ Stefano Zacchiroli ]
+ * autopkgtest: new document containing the specification of automatic,
+ as-installed (AKA autopkgtest, or DEP-8) package tests
+ Closes: #799779
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:33:51 +0100
+
+debian-policy (3.9.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Fix FTBFS with emacs 24.4. Thanks to David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
+ for the help. Closes: #769219
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:55:55 +0100
+
+debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
+ the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
+ * debian/control:
+ - Build-Depends emacs-nox|emacs instead of emacs23. Closes: #753999
+ Thanks Gabriele Giacone and Rob Browning.
+ * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
+ * Policy: [11.5.1] Web servers: Fix use of metasyntactic variables and
+ applications Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
+ * Policy: [5.6.21] Files: Fix typo "by" -> be. Closes: #753353.
+ Thanks Benedikt Wildenhain.
+ * Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
+ Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Closes: #731810
+ * Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
+ Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
+ Closes: #741304
+ * Perl Policy: @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
+ Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Closes: #748480
+ * Perl Policy: Explain %Config earlier
+ Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
+ Closes: #748479
+ * Perl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch
+ Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
+ Closes: #748380
+ * Perl Policy: Packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-*
+ dependency
+ Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
+ Closes: #750017
+ * Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories
+ Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #742756
+ * Policy: Discourage statically linked binaries
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Closes: #555980
+ * Policy: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Closes: #593611
+ * Policy: Change default web document root to /var/www/html
+ Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Arno Töll <arno@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de>
+ Closes: #491547
+ * virtual-package-names-list: Update java runtime list
+ Wording: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
+ Seconded: Tony Mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Closes: #754876
+ * virtual-package-names-list: Add httpd-wsgi
+ Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
+ Seconded: Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
+ Closes: #588497
+ [ Jonathan Nieder ]
+ * Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when /lib<qual>
+ or /usr/lib<qual> does.
+ Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #613143
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:03:20 +0200
+
+debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #697433
+ * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #679326
+ * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
+ Closes: #690293
+ * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #698030
+ * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
+ Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #669915
+ * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
+ Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Closes: #715804
+ * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
+ Closes: #701081
+ * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
+ Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
+ Closes: #720507
+ * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #707183
+ * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
+ Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Closes: #707077
+ * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
+ Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #706778
+ * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
+ Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #671355
+ * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
+ Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Closes: #668394
+ * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
+ * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
+ Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
+ * Update dak reference from old katie name.
+ Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
+ * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
+ * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
+ * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
+ Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
+ * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
+ Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
+ * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
+ Closes: #705403
+ * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
+ * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
+ * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
+ * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
+
+ -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
+
+debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
+ implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
+ review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
+ (Closes: #374029)
+ * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
+ Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
+ * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
+ Closes: #661933
+ * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
+ Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #663918
+ * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
+ Closes: #641153
+ * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #654958
+ * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
+ Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #676561
+ * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #571776
+ * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
+ Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
+ Closes: #591791
+ * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #661816
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
+
+debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
* Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
* Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
+ * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
+ of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
+ * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
+ contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
+ * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
+ (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
+ or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
+ of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
+ * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
+ and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
+ * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
+ reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
+ Morris. (Closes: #658009)
+ * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
+ copyright notice.
+ * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
+ specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
+ non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
+ good to know which version one is looking at.
+ * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
* Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
* Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
* Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
+ * Expand package long description to include all documents.
* Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
Charles Plessy.
* Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
maintainability.
+ * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
+ add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
+ and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
+ for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
- -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:42 -0800
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low