1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
4 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
5 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
6 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
7 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
8 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
9 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
10 Millan (Closes: #209008).
11 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
12 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
14 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
16 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
18 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
19 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
20 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
21 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
22 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
23 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
24 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
26 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
27 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
28 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
29 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
31 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
32 Küster (Closes: #403391).
33 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
34 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
35 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
36 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
37 * Add an md5sums control file.
38 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
39 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
40 currently part of policy.
41 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
42 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
46 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
49 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
50 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
51 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
52 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
53 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
54 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
55 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
56 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
57 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
58 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
59 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
60 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
61 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
62 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
63 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
65 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
67 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
68 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
69 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
71 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
72 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
73 list?" (Closes: #412634).
74 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
75 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
76 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
77 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
78 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
79 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
80 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
81 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
82 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
83 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
84 debconf specification.
85 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
86 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
88 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
90 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
93 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
94 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
95 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
96 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
98 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
101 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
102 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
103 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
104 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
106 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
107 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
108 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
109 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
110 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
111 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
112 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
113 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
114 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
115 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
116 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
117 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
118 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
119 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
120 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
121 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
123 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
125 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
126 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
127 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
128 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
130 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
131 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
132 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
134 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
136 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
139 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
140 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
142 Polo (Closes: #372497).
143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
144 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
147 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
148 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
149 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
150 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
151 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
153 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
155 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
157 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
158 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
159 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
160 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
161 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
162 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
164 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
166 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
168 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
169 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
170 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
171 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
174 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
178 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
181 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
182 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
183 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
184 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
185 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
186 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
187 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
188 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
189 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
191 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
192 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
194 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
195 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
196 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
197 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
198 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
200 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
201 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
206 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
209 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
211 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
212 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
213 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
214 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
215 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
216 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
217 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
218 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
219 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
220 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
221 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
222 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
223 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
224 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
225 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
226 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
227 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
229 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
230 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
231 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
232 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
233 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
234 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
235 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
237 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
238 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
239 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
240 Hess (Closes: #362247).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
242 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
243 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
244 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
245 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
246 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
247 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
248 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
249 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
250 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
251 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
252 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
255 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
258 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
260 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
261 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
262 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
263 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
264 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
265 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
266 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
267 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
269 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
271 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
274 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
275 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
277 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
279 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
280 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
281 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
283 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
284 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
285 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
289 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
291 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
292 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
294 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
295 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
296 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
298 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
300 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
302 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
303 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
304 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
306 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
309 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
311 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
314 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
315 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
316 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
318 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
319 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
321 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
323 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
325 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
329 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
330 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
331 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
332 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
334 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
335 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
336 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
337 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
340 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
341 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
343 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
344 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
345 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
347 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
348 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
349 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
351 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
352 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
353 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
354 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
356 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
357 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
358 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
359 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
361 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
362 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
363 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
366 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
367 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
368 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
370 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
371 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
372 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
374 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
375 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
376 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
377 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
378 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
379 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
380 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
381 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
383 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
385 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
388 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
389 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
390 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
391 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
392 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
393 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
394 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
395 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
396 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
398 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
399 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
400 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
401 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
402 this section. closes: Bug#248618
403 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
404 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
405 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
406 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
407 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
408 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
409 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
410 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
411 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
412 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
413 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
414 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
417 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
418 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
421 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
422 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
423 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
425 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
426 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
427 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
428 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
429 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
430 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
432 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
433 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
435 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
436 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
437 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
438 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
439 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
440 Closes: #185943, #237049
442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
444 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
447 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
450 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
451 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
452 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
453 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
454 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
455 running. closes: Bug#187250
456 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
457 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
458 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
459 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
460 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
461 user closes: Bug#176506
463 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
465 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
468 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
469 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
470 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
471 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
472 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
473 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
474 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
475 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
476 deb-building toolchain.
477 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
478 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
479 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
480 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
481 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
482 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
483 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
484 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
485 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
486 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
487 sections about changelog files.
489 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
490 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
491 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
492 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
493 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
494 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
496 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
497 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
498 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
499 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
500 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
501 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
502 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
503 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
504 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
505 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
506 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
507 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
508 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
509 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
510 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
511 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
512 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
513 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
514 for the restructuring
516 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
518 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
523 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
524 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
525 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
526 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
527 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
528 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
530 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
531 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
532 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
533 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
534 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
535 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
536 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
538 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
539 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
540 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
541 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
543 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
545 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
548 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
549 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
550 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
551 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
552 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
553 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
555 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
556 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
557 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
558 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
560 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
561 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
562 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
563 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
564 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
565 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
566 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
567 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
568 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
570 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
571 script should start it, closes: #60979
572 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
573 "should", closes: #170019
574 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
575 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
576 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
577 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
578 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
579 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
580 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
581 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
584 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
586 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
589 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
590 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
591 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
592 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
593 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
594 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
595 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
596 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
597 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
599 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
600 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
601 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
602 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
603 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
604 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
605 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
606 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
607 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
609 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
610 file, closes: Bug#65764
612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
614 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
616 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
617 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
618 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
619 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
620 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
621 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
622 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
623 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
624 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
625 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
626 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
627 details. closes: Bug#133030
628 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
629 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
632 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
634 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
636 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
637 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
638 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
639 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
640 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
641 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
642 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
643 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
644 not. closes: Bug#139820
645 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
646 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
647 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
648 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
649 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
650 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
651 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
652 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
653 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
654 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
656 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
658 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
659 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
660 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
661 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
662 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
663 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
664 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
665 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
666 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
667 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
668 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
669 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
670 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
671 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
672 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
673 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
674 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
675 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
676 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
677 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
679 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
680 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
681 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
682 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
683 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
684 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
685 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
687 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
688 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
689 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
690 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
691 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
692 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
693 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
694 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
695 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
697 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
699 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
702 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
703 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
704 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
705 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
706 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
707 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
708 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
709 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
710 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
711 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
712 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
713 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
714 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
715 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
716 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
717 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
718 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
719 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
720 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
721 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
722 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
723 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
725 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
727 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
729 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
730 medium, high, emergency.
731 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
732 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
733 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
734 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
735 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
738 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
739 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
740 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
742 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
743 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
744 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
745 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
746 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
747 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
748 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
751 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
753 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
755 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
756 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
757 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
758 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
760 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
761 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
762 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
763 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
764 debian/rules to do this
765 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
766 patches are incorporated upstream
767 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
768 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
769 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
770 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
771 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
772 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
774 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
775 system closes: Bug#91249
776 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
777 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
778 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
779 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
780 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
781 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
782 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
783 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
784 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
785 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
786 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
787 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
788 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
790 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
792 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
794 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
795 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
796 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
797 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
799 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
800 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
801 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
803 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
806 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
808 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
810 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
811 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
812 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
813 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
814 package for the time being
815 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
816 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
817 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
818 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
819 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
820 * Rename all .text files as .txt
821 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
822 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
823 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
824 Build-Depends arch syntax
825 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
827 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
828 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
830 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
831 from policy maintenance duties.
832 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
833 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
835 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
837 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
839 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
841 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
843 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
845 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
846 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
847 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
848 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
849 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
850 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
851 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
852 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
853 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
854 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
855 minor version number for this
856 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
857 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
858 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
859 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
860 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
861 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
862 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
863 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
864 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
866 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
868 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
870 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
871 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
872 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
873 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
874 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
876 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
878 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
879 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
880 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
881 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
882 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
883 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
884 xutils closes: Bug#82966
885 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
886 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
887 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
888 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
889 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
890 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
891 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
892 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
893 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
896 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
898 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
900 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
901 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
903 * Document the Enhances relationship
904 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
905 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
906 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
907 policy. closes: Bug#53496
908 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
909 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
911 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
913 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
914 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
915 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
916 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
918 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
919 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
920 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
921 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
922 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
924 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
926 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
928 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
929 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
930 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
932 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
933 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
934 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
935 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
936 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
937 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
938 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
939 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
940 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
942 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
944 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
946 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
948 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
949 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
950 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
951 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
952 policy. closes: Bug#64437
953 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
954 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
955 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
956 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
957 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
958 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
959 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
960 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
961 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
962 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
963 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
964 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
965 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
966 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
967 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
968 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
969 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
971 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
972 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
974 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
976 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
979 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
980 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
981 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
982 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
983 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
984 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
985 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
986 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
987 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
988 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
989 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
990 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
991 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
992 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
993 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
994 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
995 alternative closes: Bug#53755
996 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
997 list closes: Bug#53756
998 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
999 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1000 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1001 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1002 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1003 policy closes: Bug#53760
1004 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1005 policy closes: Bug#53761
1006 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1007 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1008 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1009 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1010 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1011 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1012 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1013 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1014 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1015 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1016 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1018 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1019 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1020 to install with older fileutils.
1021 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1022 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1023 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1024 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1026 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1027 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1029 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1031 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1034 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1036 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1038 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1041 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1043 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1046 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1049 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1051 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1053 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1055 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1058 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1060 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1062 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1065 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1066 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1067 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1068 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1069 directoried (closes: #41547)
1070 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1071 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1072 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1073 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1074 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1075 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1076 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1077 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1078 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1079 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1080 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1082 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1083 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1084 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1085 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1086 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1087 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1088 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1090 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1091 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1092 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1093 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1095 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1097 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1099 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1100 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1102 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1104 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1107 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1111 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1114 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1116 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1117 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1118 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1119 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1120 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1121 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1122 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1123 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1124 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1125 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1126 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1127 this closes: Bug#38612
1128 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1129 before. closes: Bug#40864
1131 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1133 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1136 officially uploaded.
1137 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1139 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1140 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1141 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1143 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1144 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1145 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1146 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1147 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1148 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1150 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1151 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1152 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1154 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1156 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1157 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1158 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1159 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1160 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1162 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1164 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1167 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1168 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1169 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1170 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1171 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1172 there). closes: Bug#34233
1173 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1174 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1175 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1176 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1177 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1179 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1181 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1184 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1185 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1186 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1189 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1190 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1191 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1192 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1193 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1196 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1197 number. closes: BUG#25911
1199 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1200 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1201 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1202 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1203 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1204 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1206 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1207 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1208 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1211 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1212 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1213 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1215 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1216 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1217 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1218 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1220 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1221 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1222 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1224 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1226 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1227 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1228 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1229 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1230 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1231 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1232 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1233 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1236 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1238 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1239 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1242 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1244 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1248 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1250 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1253 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1254 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1255 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1256 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1257 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1258 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1259 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1261 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1262 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1264 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1266 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1268 * non-maintainer release
1269 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1270 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1272 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1273 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1274 * no content changes
1275 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1277 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1279 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1283 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1285 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1287 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1289 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1290 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1291 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1293 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1294 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1296 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1297 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1298 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1299 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1301 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1302 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1303 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1304 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1305 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1306 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1307 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1309 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1310 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1311 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1314 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1315 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1316 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1318 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1319 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1320 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1322 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1323 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1325 * New version numbering scheme:
1327 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1328 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1329 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1332 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1333 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1334 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1335 differ between the manuals.
1337 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1338 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1339 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1340 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1342 * Packaging changes:
1344 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1345 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1347 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1349 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1351 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1355 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1356 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1357 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1359 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1360 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1363 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1364 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1365 file extension as the referenced file
1367 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1368 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1370 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1371 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1372 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1373 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1376 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1377 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1378 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1380 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1381 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1382 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1383 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1386 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1387 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1390 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1391 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1392 reasonable default configuration
1394 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1395 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1396 by all news servers and clients
1398 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1399 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1400 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1401 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1402 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1404 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1405 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1408 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1410 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1411 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1413 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1416 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1417 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1419 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1420 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1422 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1424 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1426 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1429 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1430 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1431 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1433 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1435 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1436 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1437 * Don't use debstd anymore
1439 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1441 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1444 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1445 contrib/non-free policy
1446 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1447 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1448 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1449 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1450 - new section about `Daemons'
1451 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1452 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1453 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1454 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1455 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1456 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1457 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1458 * SGML source code included in package
1459 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1461 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1463 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1466 - completely reworked structure
1467 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1468 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1469 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1470 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1471 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1472 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1473 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1474 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1475 - mention "orphaned packages"
1476 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1477 distributions' policy
1478 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1479 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1480 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1481 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1482 - added section about arch spec strings
1483 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1484 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1485 - added section about "menus"
1486 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1487 the new documentation policy soon
1488 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1489 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1491 - added section about editors and pagers
1492 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1493 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1494 - added section about device files
1495 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1496 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1497 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1499 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1500 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1501 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1502 - Added new section about obsolete names
1503 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1504 * Fixed package's description
1506 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1508 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1510 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1512 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1514 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1516 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1517 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1518 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1519 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1523 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1525 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1526 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1527 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1529 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1530 and upload it "byhand" too.
1532 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1534 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1538 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1539 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1540 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1541 functionality must not have the same name.
1542 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1543 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1544 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1545 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1546 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1547 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1548 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1550 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1551 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1552 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1553 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1554 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1555 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1556 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1557 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1560 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1562 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1564 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1566 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1567 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1568 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1569 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1570 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1573 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1575 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1577 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1579 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1580 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1581 description of deb file format.
1582 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1583 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1585 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1587 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1588 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1590 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1592 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1594 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1595 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1596 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1597 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1598 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1599 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1600 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1601 packages in section on Procedure
1602 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1603 a package maintainer
1604 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1605 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1606 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1608 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1609 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1610 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1611 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1612 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1613 on various shlib files
1614 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1615 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1616 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1618 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1620 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1622 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1623 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1624 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1626 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1627 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1628 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1629 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1630 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1632 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1634 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1636 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1638 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1640 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1641 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1642 compatibility go in contrib.
1644 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1645 instructions in policy manual.
1646 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1649 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1651 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1653 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1654 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1655 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1656 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1658 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1659 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1662 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1664 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1666 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1667 * More detail about changelog format names.
1669 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1670 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1674 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1676 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1678 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1680 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1682 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1684 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1686 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1688 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1689 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1690 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1692 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1694 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1696 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1698 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1700 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1704 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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