Created On : Thu Oct 29 20:54:48 1998
Created On Node : tiamat.datasync.com
Last Modified By : Manoj Srivastava
- Last Modified On : Fri Mar 21 13:22:56 2003
+ Last Modified On : Sat Jun 7 15:11:50 2003
Last Machine Used: glaurung.green-gryphon.com
- Update Count : 32
+ Update Count : 48
Status : Unknown, Use with caution!
HISTORY :
Description :
<h2>The checklist</h2>
<pre>
+3.6.0 Jun 03
+
+ - Added Games/Simulation and Apps/Educational to menu subpolicy
+ [menu policy]
+ - Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. [C.2.2]
+ - shared libraries must be linked against all libraries that they
+ use symbols from in the same way that binaries are. [10.2]
+ - build-depends-indep need not be satisfied during clean
+ target. [7.6]
+
3.5.10 May 03
- packages providing the x-terminal-emulator virtual package
ought to ensure that they interpret the command line exactly
- like xterm does. [12.8.3]
+ like xterm does. [11.8.3]
- Window managers compliant with the Window Manager Specification
- Project may add 40 points for ranking in the alternatives [12.8.4]
+ Project may add 40 points for ranking in the alternatives [11.8.4]
3.5.9.0 Mar 03
- The section describing the Description: package field once again has
- full details of the long description format. [5.7.2]
+ full details of the long description format. [3.4.2]
- Clarified that if a package has non-build-essential
build-dependencies, it should have them listed in the Build-Depends
- and related fields (i.e. it's not merely optional). [2.4.2]
+ and related fields (i.e. it's not merely optional). [4.2]
- When asked to restart a service that isn't already running,
- the init script should start the service. [10.3.2]
+ the init script should start the service. [9.3.2]
- If the purpose of a package is to provide examples, then the
example files can be installed into <tt>/usr/share/doc/package</tt>
- (rather than <tt>/usr/share/doc/package/examples</tt>). [13.6]
+ (rather than <tt>/usr/share/doc/package/examples</tt>). [12.6]
3.5.8.0 Nov 02
- It is no longer necessary to keep a log of changes to the upstream
sources in the copyright file. Instead, all such changes should be
- documented in the changelog file. [13.7]
+ documented in the changelog file. [12.7]
- <tt>Build-Depends</tt>, <tt>Build-Conflicts</tt>,
<tt>Build-Depends-Indep</tt>, and
<tt>Build-Conflicts-Indep</tt> must also be satisfied when the
policy]
- It is no longer recommended to create symlinks from nonexistent
manual pages to undocumented(7). Missing manual pages for programs
- are still a bug. [13.1]
+ are still a bug. [12.1]
3.5.7.0 Aug 02
- Packages no longer have to ask permission to call MAKEDEV in
- postinst, merely notifying the user ought to be enough. [11.6]
+ postinst, merely notifying the user ought to be enough. [10.6]
- cryptographic software may now be included in the main
- archive. [2.1.5]
+ archive. [2.2.4]
- task packages are no longer permitted; tasks are now created by a
- special Tasks: field in the control file. [2.3.8]
+ special Tasks: field in the control file. [3.9]
- window managers that support netwm can now add 20 points when
they add themselves as an alternative for
- /usr/bin/x-window-manager [12.8.4]
+ /usr/bin/x-window-manager [11.8.4]
- The default compilation options have now changed, one should
provide debugging symbols in all cases, and optionally step
back optimization to -O0, depending on the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
- environment variable. [11.1]
+ environment variable. [10.1]
- Added mention of build-arch, build-indep, etc, in describing
the relationships with `Build-Depends', `Build-Conflicts',
`Build-Depends-Indep', and `Build-Conflicts-Indep'. May need to
- review the new rules. [7.6, 5.2]
+ review the new rules. [7.6, 4.9]
- Changed rules on how, and when, to invoke ldconfig in maintainer
- scripts. Long rationale. [9]
+ scripts. Long rationale. [8]
- [Added the last note in 3.5.6 upgrading checklist item regarding
build rules, please see below]
3.5.6.0 Jul 01
- Emacs and TeX are no longer mandated by policy to be priority
- standard packages [2.2]
+ standard packages [2.5]
- Programs that access docs need to do so via /usr/share/doc, and
- not via /usr/doc/ as was the policy previously [12.5]
+ not via /usr/doc/ as was the policy previously [11.5]
- Putting documentation in /usr/doc versus /usr/share/doc is now
- a ``serious'' policy violation. [13.3]
+ a ``serious'' policy violation. [12.3]
- 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 http://localhost/doc/ directory, then it is preferred that one
- ask permission to expose that information during the install. [12.5]
+ ask permission to expose that information during the install. [11.5]
- There are new rules for build-indep/build-arch targets and
there is a new Build-Depend-Indep semantic. [7]
- 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]
+ symlinks or .so pages to do this [12.1]
- [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
+ by scripts; see section 10.7.3 for the whole story]
+ - Included a new section 10.9.1 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]
+ libraries [10.2]
- 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]
+ packages [11.8.1]
+ * Rules for defining x-terminal-emulator improved [11.8.3]
* 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]
+ fonts for the X Window System [11.8.5]
+ * Packages must not ship /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ [11.8.6]
* X-related packages should usually use the regular FHS
- locations; imake-using packages are exempted from this [12.8.7]
+ locations; imake-using packages are exempted from this [11.8.7]
* OpenMotif linked binaries have the same rules as
- OSF/Motif-linked ones [12.8.8]
+ OSF/Motif-linked ones [11.8.8]
3.5.4.0 Apr 01
- 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;
- details in [12.6]
+ details in [11.6]
- The perl policy is now part of Debian policy proper. Perl
programs and modules should follow the current Perl policy
- [12.9; perl-policy]
+ [11.9; perl-policy]
3.5.3.0 Apr 01
- 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]
+ needed [10.7.3]
3.5.2.0 Feb 01
- X app-defaults directory has moved from
- /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults to /etc/X11/app-defaults [12.8.6]
+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults to /etc/X11/app-defaults [11.8.6]
3.5.1.0 Feb 01
- dpkg-shlibdeps now uses objdump, so shared libraries have to be
- run through dpkg-shlibdeps as well as executables [9.1]
+ run through dpkg-shlibdeps as well as executables [8.1]
3.5.0.0 Jan 01
- Font packages for the X Window System must now declare a
- dependency on xutils (>= 4.0.2) [12.8.5]
+ dependency on xutils (>= 4.0.2) [11.8.5]
3.2.1.1 Jan 01
- 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 [9.3.2] 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
- in /usr/share/doc/<package>/ [13.3]
+ in /usr/share/doc/<package>/ [12.3]
- Much of the packaging manual has now been imported into the
policy document
- A package of priority standard or higher may provide two
binaries, one compiled with support for the X Window System,
- and the other without [12.8.1]
+ and the other without [11.8.1]
3.2.0.0 Aug 00
- By default executables should not be built with the debugging
option -g. Instead, it is recommended to support building the
- package with debugging information optionally. Details in [11.1]
+ package with debugging information optionally. Details in [10.1]
- Policy for packages where the upstream uses HTML changelog
files has been expanded. In short, a plain text changelog file
- should always be generated for the upstream changes [13.8]
- - Please note that the new release of the X window system (4.x)
+ should always be generated for the upstream changes [12.8]
+ - Please note that the new release of the X window system (3.2)
shall probably need sweeping changes in policy
- Policy for packages providing the following X-based features
has been codified:
- - X server (virtual package xserver) [12.8.2]
- - X terminal emulator (virtual package x-terminal-emulator) [12.8.3]
+ - X server (virtual package xserver) [11.8.2]
+ - X terminal emulator (virtual package x-terminal-emulator) [11.8.3]
- X window manager (virtual package x-window-manager, and
/usr/bin/x-window-manager alternative, with priority
- calculation guidelines) [12.8.4]
+ calculation guidelines) [11.8.4]
- X fonts (this section has been written from scratch) [12.8.5]
- - X application defaults [12.8.6]
+ - X application defaults [11.8.6]
- Policy for packages using the X Window System and FHS issues
- has been clarified; see [12.8.7]
+ has been clarified; see [11.8.7]
- 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
- order be correct [9]
+ order be correct [8]
3.1.1.0 Nov 99
- /usr/doc/<package> has to be a symlink pointing to
/usr/share/doc/<package>, to be maintained by postinst
- and prerm scripts. Details are in [13.4]
+ and prerm scripts. Details are in [defunct]
- Introduced source dependencies (Build-Depends, etc.) [7.1, 7.6]
- /etc/rc.boot has been deprecated in favour of /etc/rcS.d.
(Packages should not be touching this directory, but should use
- update-rc.d instead) [10.3.4]
+ update-rc.d instead) [9.3.4]
- update-rc.d is now the *only* allowable way of accessing the
/etc/rc?.d/[SK]??* links. Any scripts which manipulate them
directly must be changed to use update-rc.d instead. (This is
because the file-rc package handles this information in an
- incompatible way.) [10.3.3]
+ incompatible way.) [9.3.3]
- Architecture-specific examples go in /usr/lib/<package>/examples
with symlinks from /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/* or from
- /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples itself [13.7]
+ /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples itself [12.7]
- Updated FHS to a 2.1 draft; this reverts /var/state to
- /var/lib [10.1.1]
- - Added MIME sub-policy document [10.7; mime-policy]
+ /var/lib [9.1.1]
+ - Added MIME sub-policy document [9.7; mime-policy]
- VISUAL is allowed as a (higher priority) alternative to EDITOR [12.4]
- Modified liblockfile description, which affects
mailbox-accessing programs. Please see the policy document for
- details [12.6]
+ details [11.6]
- If a package provides a changelog in HTML format, a text-only
version should also be included. (Such a version may be prepared
- using lynx -dump -nolist.) [13.8]
+ using lynx -dump -nolist.) [12.7]
- Description of how to handle version numbers based on dates
- added [4.1]
+ added [3.2.1]
3.0.1.0 Jul 99
- 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]
+ .la files must go in the run-time library package [10.2]
3.0.0.0 Jun 99
- 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]
+ not all known. [9.1]
- Only 3 digits of the Standards version need be included in
- control files, though all four digits are still permitted. [2.4.1]
+ control files, though all four digits are still permitted. [4.1]
- The location of the GPL has changed to
/usr/share/common-licenses. This may require changing the
copyright files to point to the correct location of the GPL and
- other major licenses [13.6]
+ other major licenses [12.6]
- Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries must
- include the .la files in the -dev packages [11.2]
- - Use logrotate to rotate log files [11.8]
+ include the .la files in the -dev packages [10.2]
+ - Use logrotate to rotate log files [10.8]
- section 5.8 has been rewritten (Programs for the X Window
- System) [now 12.8]
+ System) [now 11.8]
- There is now an associated menu policy, in a separate document,
- that carries the full weight of Debian policy [10.6; menu-policy]
+ that carries the full weight of Debian policy [9.6; menu-policy]
- Programs which need to modify the files /var/run/utmp,
- /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/lastlog must be installed setgid utmp [12.3]
+ /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/lastlog must be installed setgid utmp [11.3]
2.5.0.0 Oct 98
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