distribution.
</p>
-
<p>
This manual also describes Debian policy as it relates to
creating Debian packages. It is not a tutorial on how to build
</p>
<p>
- In this manual, the words <em>must</em>, <em>should</em> and
+ The appendices to this manual are not necessarily normative,
+ either. Please see <ref id="pkg-scope"> for more information.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ In the normative part of this manual,
+ the words <em>must</em>, <em>should</em> and
<em>may</em>, and the adjectives <em>required</em>,
<em>recommended</em> and <em>optional</em>, are used to
distinguish the significance of the various guidelines in
<sect>
<heading>New versions of this document</heading>
+
<p>
- The current version of this document is always accessible
- from the Debian FTP server <ftpsite>ftp.debian.org</ftpsite>
- as
- <ftppath>/debian/doc/package-developer/policy.txt.gz</ftppath>
- (also available from the same directory are several other
- formats: <file>policy.html.tar.gz</file>, <file>policy.pdf.gz</file>
- and <file>policy.ps.gz</file>) or from the <url
- id="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/" name="Debian
- Policy Manual"> webpage.</p>
+ This manual is distributed via the Debian package
+ <package>debian-policy</package>.
+ </p>
<p>
- In addition, this manual is distributed via the Debian package
- <file>debian-policy</file>.
+ The current version of this document is also available from
+ the Debian web mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/debian-policy/"
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/"></tt>
+ and from the Debian archive mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/policy.txt.gz"
+ id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/policy.txt.gz"></tt>.
+ Also available from the same directory are several other
+ formats: <file>policy.html.tar.gz</file>, <file>policy.pdf.gz</file>
+ and <file>policy.ps.gz</file>.
</p>
<p>
- The <tt>debian-policy</tt> package also includes the file
+ The <package>debian-policy</package> package also includes the file
<file>upgrading-checklist.txt</file> which indicates policy
changes between versions of this document.
</p>
doing that has been reached.</p></sect1>
- <sect1 id="virtual_pkg_sect">
+ <sect1 id="virtual_pkg">
<heading>Virtual packages</heading>
<p>
<p>
The latest version of the authoritative list of virtual
- package names can be found on
- <ftpsite>ftp.debian.org</ftpsite> in
- <ftppath>/debian/doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.txt</ftppath>
- or your local mirror. In addition, it is included in the
- <tt>debian-policy</tt> package. The procedure for updating
- the list is described at the top of the file.</p></sect1>
+ package names can be found in the <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
+ It's also available from the Debian web mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt"
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt"></tt>
+ and from the Debian archive mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.txt"
+ id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.txt"></tt>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The procedure for updating the list is described in the preface
+ to the list.
+ </p>
+
+ </sect1>
<sect1>
<heading>Base system</heading>
<p>
In the past, people specified the full version number
in the Standards-Version field, for example "2.3.0.0".
- Since minor patch-level changes don"t introduce new
+ Since minor patch-level changes don't introduce new
policy, it was thought it would be better to relax
policy and only require the first 3 components to be
specified, in this example "2.3.0". All four
<p>
The version number format is:
- [<var>epoch</var><tt>:</tt>]<var>upstream_version</var>[<tt>-</tt><var>debian_revision</var>]
+ [<var>epoch</var><tt>:</tt>]<var>upstream_version</var>[<tt>-</tt><var>debian_revision</var>]
</p>
<p>
The effect is as if the package(s) which provide a
particular virtual package name had been listed by name
everywhere the virtual package name appears. (See also <ref
- id="virtual_pkg_sect">)
+ id="virtual_pkg">)
</p>
<p>
<sect>
<heading>Menus</heading>
- <p>
- Menu entries should follow the current menu policy found in
- the <tt>menu-policy</tt> files in the <tt>debian-policy</tt>
- package. It may also be found on the Debian FTP site
- <ftpsite>ftp.debian.org</ftpsite> as the file
- <ftppath>/debian/doc/package-developer/menu-policy.txt.gz</ftppath>,
- or in the equivalent location on your local mirror.
- </p>
-
<p>
The Debian <tt>menu</tt> package provides a standard
interface between packages providing applications and
operation should register a menu entry for those
applications, so that users of the <tt>menu</tt> package
will automatically get menu entries in their window
- managers, as well in shells like <tt>pdmenu</tt>.</p>
+ managers, as well in shells like <tt>pdmenu</tt>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Menu entries should follow the current menu policy.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The menu policy can be found in the <tt>menu-policy</tt>
+ files in the <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
+ They are also available from the Debian web mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/"
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/"></tt>
+ and from the Debian archive mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/menu-policy.txt.gz"
+ id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/menu-policy.txt.gz"></tt>.
+ </p>
<p>
Please also refer to the <em>Debian Menu System</em>
<sect>
<heading>Multimedia handlers</heading>
- <p>
- Packages which provide the ability to view/show/play,
- compose, edit or print MIME types should register themselves
- as such following the current MIME support policy found in
- the <tt>mime-policy</tt> files in the <tt>debian-policy</tt>
- package. It may also be found on the Debian FTP site
- <ftpsite>ftp.debian.org</ftpsite> as the file
- <ftppath>/debian/doc/package-developer/mime-policy.txt.gz</ftppath>,
- or in the equivalent location on your local mirror.
- </p>
-
<p>
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, RFCs 2045-2049)
is a mechanism for encoding files and data streams and
view, edit or display MIME types they don't support
directly.
</p>
+
+ <p>
+ Packages which provide the ability to view/show/play,
+ compose, edit or print MIME types should register themselves
+ as such following the current MIME support policy.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The MIME support policy can be found in the <tt>mime-policy</tt>
+ files in the <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
+ They are also available from the Debian web mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/mime-policy/"
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/mime-policy/"></tt>
+ and from the Debian archive mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/mime-policy.txt.gz"
+ id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/mime-policy.txt.gz"></tt>.
+ </p>
+
</sect>
<sect>
file (for more information see <manref name="logrotate"
section="8">):
<example compact="compact">
-/var/log/foo/* {
+/var/log/foo/*.log {
rotate 12
weekly
compress
<sect>
<heading>Perl programs and modules</heading>
+
+ <p>
+ Perl programs and modules should follow the current Perl policy.
+ </p>
+
<p>
- Perl programs and modules should follow the current Perl
- policy as defined in the file found on
- <ftpsite>ftp.debian.org</ftpsite> in
- <ftppath>/debian/doc/package-developer/perl-policy.txt.gz</ftppath>
- or your local mirror. In addition, it is included in the
- <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
+ The Perl policy can be found in the <tt>perl-policy</tt>
+ files in the <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.
+ They are also available from the Debian web mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/"
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/"></tt>
+ and from the Debian archive mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/package-developer/perl-policy.txt.gz"
+ id="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/perl-policy.txt.gz"></tt>.
</p>
</sect>
<heading>Emacs lisp programs</heading>
<p>
- Please refer to the "Debian Emacs Policy" (documented in
- <file>debian-emacs-policy.gz</file> of the
- <prgn>emacsen-common</prgn> package) for details of how to
+ Please refer to the "Debian Emacs Policy" for details of how to
package emacs lisp programs.
</p>
+
+ <p>
+ The Emacs policy is available in
+ <file>debian-emacs-policy.gz</file> of the
+ <package>emacsen-common</package> package.
+ It is also available from the Debian web mirrors at
+ <tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/debian-emacs-policy"
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/debian-emacs-policy"></tt>.
+ </p>
</sect>
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