+debian-policy (3.5.4.1) 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
+
+ --
+
+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
+
+ * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
+ closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
+ * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
+ * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
+ package for the time being
+ * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
+ * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
+ * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
+ * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
+ * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
+ * Rename all .text files as .txt
+ * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
+ * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
+ * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
+ Build-Depends arch syntax
+ * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
+ configuration files
+ * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
+ the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
+ version.
+ * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
+ from policy maintenance duties.
+ * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
+ Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
+
+ -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
+
+debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
+ * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
+ * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
+ * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
+ closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
+ closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
+ closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
+ closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
+ * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
+ * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
+ minor version number for this
+ * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
+ correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
+ * Clarify error conditions for package installation
+ (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
+ * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
+ accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
+ * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
+ * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
+ * Removed bashism from debian/rules
+
+ -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
+
+debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
+ peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
+ updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
+ magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
+ * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
+ <cts@nikocity.de>
+ * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
+ closes: Bug#83924
+ * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
+ * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
+ * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
+ management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
+ * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
+ * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
+ xutils closes: Bug#82966
+ * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
+ * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
+ to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
+ * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
+ * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
+ * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
+ illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
+ informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
+ potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
+ closes: Bug#80506
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
+
+debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
+ root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
+ this version.
+ * Document the Enhances relationship
+ * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
+ maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
+ * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
+ policy. closes: Bug#53496
+ * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
+ in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
+ closes: Bug#53700
+ * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
+
+ * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
+ of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
+ * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
+ * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
+ closes: Bug#59403
+ * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
+ that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
+ * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
+ * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
+ as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
+
+debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
+ * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
+ change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
+ going to be buggy.
+ closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
+ * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
+ * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
+ * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
+ * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
+ * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
+ * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
+ non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
+ * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
+ closes: Bug#77404
+ * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
+
+debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
+ not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
+ * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
+ clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
+ policy. closes: Bug#64437
+ * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
+ * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
+ * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
+ * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
+ * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
+ * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
+ * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
+ * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
+ * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
+ * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
+ * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
+ * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
+ incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
+ * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
+ * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
+ * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
+ * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
+ closes: Bug#50832
+ * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
+ telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
+
debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
+ * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
+ * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
+ behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
+ * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
+ * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
+ fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
+ * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
+ on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
* [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
* [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
+ * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
+ * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
+ * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
+ (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
+ is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
* [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
alternative closes: Bug#53755
* [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
* [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
that use X closes: Bug#53762
* [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
- * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since that is where they
- belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
+ * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
+ that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
* Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
* Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
- .
* Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
- * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
- * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
- behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
- * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
- fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
- * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
- * Documented that the library before the symlink hack (which dependend
- on file system specific kinks to work) is no longer required by newer
- versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
* Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
- .
* Other changes:
* Added policy-process to document current procedures.
+ * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
+ to install with older fileutils.
* Installed FHS version 2.1
* Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
+ * Added FHS details to copyright file
+ * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
+ file.
+ * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
+ dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
- --
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
-- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
+
debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
* Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
* Draft releases.
-- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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