X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=upgrading-checklist.html;h=187d657bd61e234569b76e396653fccfc01e217b;hb=4d448b710fcdc52be791692c2d9ffb579cfb7d8e;hp=bb81e6b57231a2fd205c9928d9733354e8b18738;hpb=07fe03c23c2860a69f2683b391380dae7143ae9a;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html index bb81e6b..187d657 100644 --- a/upgrading-checklist.html +++ b/upgrading-checklist.html @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Created On : Thu Oct 29 20:54:48 1998 Created On Node : tiamat.datasync.com Last Modified By : Manoj Srivastava - Last Modified On : Sat Apr 28 13:36:28 2001 + Last Modified On : Thu Mar 14 11:42:10 2002 Last Machine Used: glaurung.green-gryphon.com - Update Count : 16 + Update Count : 20 Status : Unknown, Use with caution! HISTORY : Description : @@ -53,8 +53,49 @@ picking your way through this list.
+3.5.6.0 Jul 01 + + - Emacs and TeX are no longer mandated by policy to be priority + standard packages [2.2] + - Programs that access docs need to do so via /usr/share/doc, and + not via /usr/doc/ as was the policy previously [12.5] + - Putting documentation in /usr/doc versus /usr/share/doc is now + a ``serious'' policy violation + - For web servers, one should not provide non-local access to the + /usr/share/doc hierarchy. If one can't provide access controls for + the //localhost/doc/ directory, then it is preferred that one + ask permission to expose that information during the install [12.5] + + +3.5.5.0 May 01 + + - Manpages should not rely on header information to have + alternative manpage names available; it should only use + symlinks or .so pages to do this [13.1] + - [Clarified note in 3.5.3.0 upgrading checklist regarding + examples and templates: this refers only to those examples used + by scripts; see section 11.7.3 for the whole story] + - Included a new section 11.9.1 describing the use of + dpkg-statoverride; this does not have the weight of policy + - Clarify Standards-Version: you don't need to rebuild your + packages just to change the Standards-Version! + - Plugins are no longer bound by all the rules of shared + libraries [11.2] + - X Windows related things: + * Clarification of priority levels of X Window System related + packages [12.8.1] + * Rules for defining x-terminal-emulator improved [12.8.3] + * X Font policy rewritten: you must read this if you provide + fonts for the X Window System [12.8.5] + * Packages must not ship /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ [12.8.6] + * X-related packages should usually use the regular FHS + locations; imake-using packages are exempted from this [12.8.7] + * OpenMotif linked binaries have the same rules as + OSF/Motif-linked ones [12.8.8] + + 3.5.4.0 Apr 01 - Policy Manual: + - The system-wide mail directory is now /var/mail, no longer /var/spool/mail. Any packages accessing the mail spool should access it via /var/mail and include a suitable Depends field; @@ -65,39 +106,38 @@ picking your way through this list. 3.5.3.0 Apr 01 - Policy Manual: + - Build-Depends arch syntax has been changed to be less ambiguous. This should not affect any current packages [7.1] - - Examples and templates should now live in - /usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with + - Examples and templates files for use by scripts should now live + in /usr/share/<package> or /usr/lib/<package>, with symbolic links from /usr/share/doc//<package>/examples as needed [11.7.3] 3.5.2.0 Feb 01 - Policy Manual: + - X app-defaults directory has moved from - /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults to /etc/X11/app-defaults [12.8] + /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults to /etc/X11/app-defaults [12.8.6] 3.5.1.0 Feb 01 - Policy Manual: + - dpkg-shlibdeps now uses objdump, so shared libraries have to be run through dpkg-shlibdeps as well as executables [9.1] 3.5.0.0 Jan 01 - Policy Manual: + - Font packages for the X Window System must now declare a - dependency on xutils (>= 4.0.2) [12.8] + dependency on xutils (>= 4.0.2) [12.8.5] 3.2.1.1 Jan 01 - Policy Manual: - Daemon startup scripts in /etc/init.d/ should not contain modifiable parameters; these should be moved to a file in - /etc/default/; see [10.3.2] for details + /etc/default/; see [10.3.2] for details - Files in /usr/share/doc must not be referenced by any program. If such files are needed, they must be placed in /usr/share/<package>/, and symbolic links created as required @@ -110,7 +150,7 @@ picking your way through this list. - A package of priority standard or higher may provide two binaries, one compiled with support for the X Window System, - and the other without [12.8] + and the other without [12.8.1] 3.2.0.0 Aug 00 @@ -124,16 +164,16 @@ picking your way through this list. - Please note that the new release of the X window system (4.x) shall probably need sweeping changes in policy - Policy for packages providing the following X-based features - has been codified [12.8]: - - X server (virtual package xserver) - - X terminal emulator (virtual package x-terminal-emulator) + has been codified: + - X server (virtual package xserver) [12.8.2] + - X terminal emulator (virtual package x-terminal-emulator) [12.8.3] - X window manager (virtual package x-window-manager, and /usr/bin/x-window-manager alternative, with priority - calculation guidelines) - - X fonts (this section has been written from scratch) - - X application defaults + calculation guidelines) [12.8.4] + - X fonts (this section has been written from scratch) [12.8.5] + - X application defaults [12.8.6] - Policy for packages using the X Window System and FHS issues - has been clarified; see [12.8] + has been clarified; see [12.8.7] - No package may contain or make hard links to conffiles [11.7.3] - Noted that newer dpkg versions do not require extreme care in always creating the shared lib before the symlink, so the unpack @@ -179,7 +219,6 @@ picking your way through this list. 3.0.1.0 Jul 99 - Policy Manual: - Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the .la files must go in the run-time library package [11.2] @@ -187,7 +226,6 @@ picking your way through this list. 3.0.0.0 Jun 99 - Policy Manual: - Debian formally moves from the FSSTND to the FHS. This is a major change, and the implications of this move are probably not all known. [10.1] @@ -297,7 +335,7 @@ picking your way through this list. + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported by all news servers and clients - - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system: + - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Window System: + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked