+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+ * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy.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.
+ the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
* Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
- base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927.
+ 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.
+ closes: #174048
* Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
- Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209.
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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
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.
+ script should start it, closes: #60979
* Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
- "should", closes: #170019.
-
- --
+ "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
version.
* Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
from policy maintenance duties.
- * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
+ * 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
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