+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
+
+ * 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
* Draft releases.
-- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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