X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2Fchangelog;h=b7b614b87b582105a4cac0955accba7706ca02c9;hb=f89783dabbfed9db41daa96a6cbca081ebaaf372;hp=dd0e935219c6cc10922849fde6dc60a95d5c2fca;hpb=f9c32f210d878edfb0d463df92de270777c0ccb4;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index dd0e935..25c429e 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,4 +1,296 @@ -debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low +debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + [ Colin Watson ] + * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks. + + [ Bill Allombert ] + * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better + looking .txt file. + Closes: #567845 + * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz. + Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430) + * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information + and distribution license' (three times). + Proposed by Jonathan Nieder. + Seconded: Steve Langasek + Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Gregor Herrmann + Closes: #566220 + * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved + ranges. + Proposed by Santiago Vila + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Luk Claes + Seconded: Raphael Hertzog + Seconded: Steve Langasek + Closes: #582495 + + [ Russ Allbery ] + * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards + Wording: Manoj Srivastava + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Seconded: Andrew McMillan + Seconded: Steve Langasek + Closes: #530687 + * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Raphael Hertzog + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Closes: #562506 + * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Seconded: Andrew McMillan + Seconded: Steve Langasek + Closes: #224509 + * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version + Wording: Niko Tyni + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Brendan O'Dea + Seconded: Damyan Ivanov + Closes: #579457 + * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL + Wording: Niko Tyni + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Raphael Hertzog + Closes: #579461 + * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg, + renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform + capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134) + * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature + is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the + dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy + was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141) + * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a + new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425) + * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and + don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594) + * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current + sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which + contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666) + * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This + list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already + noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date. + * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839) + + -- Bill Allombert Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200 + +debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low + + [ Bill Allombert ] + * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format. + Proposed by Jari Aalto. + Closes: #544353 + * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document. + Proposed by Enrico Zini. + Closes: #550192 + + [ Manoj Srivastava ] + * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for + pointing this out. + * [c74ac74]: + Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories + Wording: Steve Langasek. + Seconded: Aurelien Jarno + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Kurt Roeckx + Closes: #542865 + * [7ac3ee6]: + virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages + Wording: Manoj Srivastava + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi + Closes: #518199 + * [8fd91a0] + README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode + Wording: Manoj Srivastava + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Closes: #545548 + * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]: + policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors + wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions + policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions + Wording: Manoj Srivastava + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Kurt Roeckx + Closes: #556972 + This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional + directories in the root file system allowed under the policy. + * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line + policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line + Wording: Ben Finney + Seconded: Kurt Roeckx + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" + must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote + reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise. + * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package + policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon + wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Kurt Roeckx + Closes: #391836 + Create a virtual cron daemon package that: + - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries + - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d + - Correct support of /etc/crontab + - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months, + ranges, step values + - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly} + + [ Russ Allbery ] + * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + Seconded: Andrew McMillan + * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to + avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk. + (Closes: #552757) + + -- Bill Allombert Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100 + +debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Raphael Hertzog + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + Closes: #530967 + * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables + Wording: Guillem Jover + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Andrew McMillan + Closes: #527871 + * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Raphael Hertzog + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + Closes: #514919 + * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf + Wording: Steve Langasek + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Kurt Roeckx + Seconded: Adeodato Simó + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Closes: #519941 + * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog + Closes: #522217 + * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog + Closes: #493007 + * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding + Wording: Colin Watson + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + Closes: #537707 + * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Closes: #533852 + * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog + Closes: #538665 + * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements + Wording: Cyril Brulebois + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Manoj Srivastava + Closes: #525190 + * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop + warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577) + * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section + on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771) + * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an + approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408) + * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in + the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389) + * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual + and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent + revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438) + * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples. + * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications + for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and + add more details about the contents of the Description field in + a *.changes file. + * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and + Source field descriptions. + * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the + sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams + and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537) + * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field + description says otherwise. + + -- Russ Allbery Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700 + +debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low + + [ Russ Allbery ] + * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting + Wording: Andrew McMillan + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Holger Levsen + Seconded: Bill Allombert + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Closes: #206684 + * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception + Wording: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Bill Allombert + Closes: #522219 + * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Andrew McMillan + Closes: #522364 + * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category + Wording: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Julien Danjou + Closes: #522218 + * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere): + - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list. + - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835) + * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry. + (Closes: #519706) + + [ Colin Watson ] + * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our + preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby + search-and-replace capitalisation bug. + * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by + debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies. + Closes: #533257 + * Policy: State requirements for source package names + Wording: Colin Watson + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Closes: #525151 + * Add myself to Uploaders. + + [ Bill Allombert ] + * Add myself to Uploaders. + * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required). + * debian/rules: + - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form + `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'. + - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums. + + -- Bill Allombert Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200 + +debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts Wording: Steve Langasek @@ -10,12 +302,89 @@ debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low Seconded: Ben Pfaff Seconded: Guillem Jover Closes: #489460 + * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Seconded: Kurt Roeckx + Closes: #241333 + * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Kurt Roeckx + Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog + Closes: #143941 + * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog + Closes: #416450 + * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog + Closes: #473019 + * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Jörg Sommer + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Closes: #479080 + * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660 + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Kurt Roeckx + Seconded: Andrew McMillan + Closes: #470994 + * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh + Wording: Kel Modderman + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh + Closes: #513955 + * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile + Wording: Colin Watson + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Bill Allombert + Closes: #514326 + * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with # + Wording: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Julien Cristau + Seconded: Adeodato Simó + Seconded: Guillem Jover + Closes: #446712 + * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions + in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion + on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger + for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418) + * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies + in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the + explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong + for wording review. (Closes: #163666) + * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main, + contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social + Contract. (Closes: #473439) * Use : notation rather than . notation in multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039) * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi Noritada. (Closes: #487701) - - -- Russ Allbery Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700 + * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with + extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985) + * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf + messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification" + uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624) + * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for + extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option + behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685) + * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero + status on success to avoid double-negatives. + * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the + portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category + lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804) + * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to + be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far + fewer packages. + * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now + handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc + links was completed long ago. + * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright. + + -- Russ Allbery Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low