+debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
+ non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
+ and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
+ Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
+ DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
+ Millan (Closes: #209008).
+ * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
+ Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
+ (Closes: #430649).
+ * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
+ (Closes: #379150).
+ * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
+ (Closes: #431813).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
+ thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
+ Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
+ * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
+ Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
+ * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
+ used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
+ (Closes: #442070).
+ * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
+ /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
+ * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
+ not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
+ (Closes: #65577).
+ * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
+ Küster (Closes: #403391).
+ * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
+ to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
+ * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
+ Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
+ * Add an md5sums control file.
+ * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
+ * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
+ currently part of policy.
+ * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
+ * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
+
+ --
+
+debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
+ to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
+ * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
+ /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
+ operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
+ * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
+ Allombert (Closes: #361418).
+ * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
+ Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
+ thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
+ * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
+ Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
+ * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
+ Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
+ and Marco d'Itri.
+ * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
+ virtual packages.
+ * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
+ thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
+ * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
+ (Closes: #431813).
+ * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
+ * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
+ list?" (Closes: #412634).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
+ files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
+ * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
+ templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
+ * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
+ specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
+ * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
+ (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
+ Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
+ * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
+ debconf specification.
+ * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
+ * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
+
+debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
+ Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
+ Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
+ * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
+ (Closes: #375728).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
+ (Closes: #376104).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
+ world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
+ * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
+ s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
+ quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
+ (Closes: #377215).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
+ /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
+ premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
+ actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
+ * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
+ Jackson (Closes: #379630).
+ * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
+ Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
+ * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
+ case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
+ the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
+ * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
+ prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
+ thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
+ (Closes: #379974).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
+ (Closes: #386178).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
+ exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
+ to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
+ thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
+ * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
+ package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
+ s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
+ like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
+ Polo (Closes: #372497).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
+ should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
+ (Closes: #372522).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
+ thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
+ * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
+ to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
+ Huehner (Closes: #366032).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
+ Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
+ to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
+ (Closes: #372148).
+ * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
+ thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
+ * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
+ thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
+ * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
+ Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Revert the cgi-lib change.
+ * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
+ Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
+ Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
+ (Closes: #328951).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
+ thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
+ when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
+ * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
+ to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
+ directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
+ static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
+ doing so. (Closes: #329762).
+ * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
+ Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
+ * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
+ (Closes: #364983).
+ * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
+ Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
+ clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
+ * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
+ Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
+ "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
+ Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
+ * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
+ (Closes: #365323).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
+ Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
+ Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
+ (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
+ debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
+ except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
+ may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
+ is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
+ allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
+ language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
+ * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
+ Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
+ * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
+ gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
+ interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
+ to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
+ licenses. (Closes: #355263).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
+ to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
+ legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
+ anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
+ have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
+ uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
+ it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
+ current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
+ (Closes: #357613).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
+ available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
+ * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
+ Hess (Closes: #362247).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
+ mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
+ thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
+ dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
+ dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
+ dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
+ some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
+ dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
+ on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
+ to be on. (Closes: #362975).
+ * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
+ provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
+ (Closes: #341232).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
+ redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
+ (Closes: #349010).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
+ upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
+ thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
+ dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
+ * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
+ Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
+ relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
+ http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Manoj ]
+ * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
+ Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
+ thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
+ thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
+ * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
+ Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
+ summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
+ * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
+ Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
+ (Closes: #334913).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
+ Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
+ unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
+ Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
+ to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
+ "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
+ section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
+ ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
+ thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
+ * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
+ Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
+ non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
+ (Closes: #315470).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
+
+debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
+ to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
+ * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
+ virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
+ (Closes: #313626).
+ * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
+ to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
+ virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ Manoj:
+ * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
+ docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
+ Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
+ modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
+ thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
+ over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
+ constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
+ * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
+ (Closes: #260092).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
+ Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
+ section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
+ *
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
+ archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
+ Robinson (Closes: #284967).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
+ calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
+ and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
+ problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
+ (Closes: #286549).
+ * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
+ thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
+ suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
+ essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
+ (Closes: #291026).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
+ history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
+ directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
+ informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
+ to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
+ * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
+ binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
+ (Closes: #146023).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
+ Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
+ * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
+ thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
+ aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
+ images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
+ files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
+ when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
+ * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
+ Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
+ as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
+ * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
+ Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
+ spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ Manoj:
+ * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
+ in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
+ * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
+ * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
+ * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
+ * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
+ incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
+ caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
+ included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
+ closes: Bug#202054
+ * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
+ version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
+ developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
+ packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
+ this section. closes: Bug#248618
+ * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
+ 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
+ * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
+ 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
+ Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
+ * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
+ Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
+ Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
+ * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
+ Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
+ (Closes: #252392).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
+ Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
+ * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
+ (Closes: #252086).
+ Josip:
+ * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
+ * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
+ footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
+ closes: #50565.
+ * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
+ to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
+ * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
+ * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
+ according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
+ * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
+ closes: #75508.
+ * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
+ source tarballs, closes: #79210.
+ Andi:
+ * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
+ * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
+ * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
+ * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
+ * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
+ Closes: #185943, #237049
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ Josip:
+ * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
+ closes: #193748.
+ Manoj:
+ * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
+ hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
+ * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
+ * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
+ --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
+ running. closes: Bug#187250
+ * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
+ the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
+ * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
+ removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
+ * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
+ user closes: Bug#176506
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ Josip:
+ * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
+ + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
+ sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
+ In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
+ fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
+ and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
+ is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
+ optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
+ deb-building toolchain.
+ + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
+ chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
+ Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
+ properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
+ + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
+ with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
+ everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
+ Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
+ talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
+ and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
+ sections about changelog files.
+ Manoj:
+ * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
+ * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
+ * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
+ wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
+ number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
+ bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
+ closes: Bug#174982
+ * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
+ resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
+ machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
+ * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
+ mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
+ * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
+ during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
+ * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
+ behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
+ way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
+ * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
+ been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
+ * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
+ consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
+ * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
+ * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
+ changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
+ * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
+ for the restructuring
+
+ -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
+
+debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ Josip:
+ * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
+ closes: #182792.
+ * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
+ confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
+ * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
+ * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
+ * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
+ * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
+ Manoj:
+ * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
+ extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
+ * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
+ Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
+ * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
+ changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
+ since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
+ closes: Bug#184518
+ * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
+ * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
+ footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
+ means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
+
+ -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
+
+debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ Josip:
+ * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
+ the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
+ * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
+ base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
+ * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
+ the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
+ closes: #174048
+ * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
+ Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
+ * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
+ fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
+ closes: #103459
+ * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
+ * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
+ but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
+ the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
+ If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
+ requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
+ please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
+ through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
+ explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
+ offtopic stuff, too.
+ * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
+ script should start it, closes: #60979
+ * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
+ "should", closes: #170019
+ * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
+ This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
+ in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
+ * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
+ that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
+ * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
+ imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
+ * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
+ closes: #183544
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
+
+debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ Manoj
+ * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
+ postsint. closes: Bug#120585
+ * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
+ obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
+ * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
+ * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
+ debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
+ debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
+ is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
+ closes: Bug#164035
+ * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
+ * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
+ * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
+ conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
+ effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
+ other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
+ the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
+ * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
+ * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
+ Josip
+ * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
+ file, closes: Bug#65764
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
+
+debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
+ * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
+ may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
+ * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
+ * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
+ * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
+ * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
+ symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
+ previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
+ * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
+ * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
+ details. closes: Bug#133030
+ * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
+ * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
+ parts of Bug#161455.
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
+ * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
+ * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
+ the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
+ * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
+ * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
+ the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
+ since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
+ not. closes: Bug#139820
+ * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
+ requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
+ * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
+ * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
+ should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
+ * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
+ * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
+ special field in the control file (and these should be added only
+ after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
+ * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
+ closes: Bug#109672
+ * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
+ closes: Bug#146756
+ * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
+ * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
+ maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
+ * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
+ * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
+ * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
+ window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
+ * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
+ disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
+ * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
+ build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
+ * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
+ the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
+ since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
+ * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
+ packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
+ * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
+ * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
+ * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
+ * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
+ closes: Bug#143770
+ * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
+ * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
+ and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
+ * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
+ * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
+ * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
+ * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
+ closes: Bug#150456
+ * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
+ * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
+ this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
+ * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
+ * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
+ * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
+ * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
+ * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
+ * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
+ FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
+ * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
+ exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
+ * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
+ * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
+ scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
+ configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
+ either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
+ or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
+ does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
+ conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
+ * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
+ * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
+ * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
+ * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
+ * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
+ * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
+ wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
+ there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
+ * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
+ * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
+ * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
+
+debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
+ medium, high, emergency.
+ * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
+ which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
+ * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
+ closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
+ * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
+ closes: Bug#102199
+
+ * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
+ * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
+ * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
+ closes: Bug#100631
+ * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
+ debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
+ * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
+ informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
+ its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
+ the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
+ * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
+ closes: Bug#105538
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
+ 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
+ merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
+ * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
+ 3.0.0 onwards
+ * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
+ * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
+ * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
+ * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
+ debian/rules to do this
+ * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
+ patches are incorporated upstream
+ * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
+ * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
+ * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
+ clearer (add "for use by scripts")
+ * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
+ * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
+ closes: Bug#89674
+ * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
+ system closes: Bug#91249
+ * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
+ * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
+ * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
+ * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
+ * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
+ * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
+ to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
+ * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
+ * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
+ * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
+ * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
+ mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
+ * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
+
+ -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
+
+debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
+ * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
+ * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
+ grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
+ Julian's fixes:
+ * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
+ * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
+ * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
+ closes: Bug#86436
+ * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
+ closes: Bug#87233
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low