1 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
4 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
9 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
22 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
32 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
36 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
37 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
39 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
41 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
42 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
43 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
47 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
48 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
53 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
55 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
57 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
58 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
59 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
63 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
64 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
65 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
67 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
68 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
69 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
70 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
71 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
72 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
73 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
74 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
75 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
76 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
77 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
78 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
80 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
82 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700
84 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
86 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
87 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
88 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
90 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
91 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
92 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
93 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
98 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
99 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
104 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
108 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
109 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
110 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
111 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
115 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
116 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
120 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
121 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
123 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
126 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
127 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
128 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
131 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
132 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
137 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
139 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
142 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
143 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
144 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
145 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
147 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
148 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
149 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
150 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
151 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
152 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
153 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
154 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
155 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
156 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
157 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
158 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
159 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
160 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
161 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
162 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
163 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
165 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
166 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
167 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
168 good to know which version one is looking at.
169 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
170 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
171 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
172 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
173 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
174 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
175 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
177 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
178 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
179 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
180 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
181 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
183 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
184 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
185 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
187 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
188 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
189 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
190 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
192 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
194 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
197 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
198 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
199 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
200 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
201 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
202 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
203 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
204 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
205 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
206 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
207 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
212 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
213 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
218 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
219 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
220 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
223 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
225 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
226 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
230 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
231 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
234 Closes: #620870, #532120
235 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
236 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
241 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
242 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
243 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
247 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
248 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
249 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
250 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
251 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
253 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
254 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
255 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
256 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
257 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
258 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
259 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
260 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
261 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
262 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
263 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
264 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
265 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
266 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
267 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
268 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
270 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
272 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
273 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
274 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
275 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
276 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
277 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
278 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
279 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
280 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
281 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
284 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
286 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
287 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
288 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
289 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
294 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
295 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
297 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
298 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
299 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
300 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
303 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
305 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
309 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
310 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
311 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
314 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
315 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
316 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
318 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
319 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
325 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
326 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
327 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
330 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
331 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
336 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
337 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
338 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
339 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
342 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
343 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
344 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
347 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
348 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
353 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
355 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
358 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
361 Closes: #459868, #581011
362 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
363 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
365 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
367 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
368 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
370 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
372 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
373 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
375 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
377 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
378 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
382 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
383 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
386 Closes: #501930, #593909
387 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
388 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
389 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
392 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
393 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
394 machine. (Closes: #591857)
395 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
396 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
397 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
398 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
399 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
400 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
401 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
402 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
403 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
404 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
406 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
407 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
408 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
409 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
410 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
411 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
412 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
413 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
414 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
415 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
416 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
417 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
418 than the version in oldstable.
419 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
420 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
421 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
422 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
423 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
424 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
425 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
426 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
427 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
428 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
429 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
430 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
431 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
432 package. (Closes: #609160)
434 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
436 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
438 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
439 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
440 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
444 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
445 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
449 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
450 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
454 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
455 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
459 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
460 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
464 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
465 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
469 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
470 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
474 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
475 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
477 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
479 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
480 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
482 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
484 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
485 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
486 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
490 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
491 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
496 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
497 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
501 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
502 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
506 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
507 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
511 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
512 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
516 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
517 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
521 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
522 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
526 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
528 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
529 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
530 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
531 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
532 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
533 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
534 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
535 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
536 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
538 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
539 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
540 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
541 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
542 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
543 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
545 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
547 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
550 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
553 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
556 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
557 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
558 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
559 and distribution license' (three times).
560 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
561 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
566 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
568 Proposed by Santiago Vila
569 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
572 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
576 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
577 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
581 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
582 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
583 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
586 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
588 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
589 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
593 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
594 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
596 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
597 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
599 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
600 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
603 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
605 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
606 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
609 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
611 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
612 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
613 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
616 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
617 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
622 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
623 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
627 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
628 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
629 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
632 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
633 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
634 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
636 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
638 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
639 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
640 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
643 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
644 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
647 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
649 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
650 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
654 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
655 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
656 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
657 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
658 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
659 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
660 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
661 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
662 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
663 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
664 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
665 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
666 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
667 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
668 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
669 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
670 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
671 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
672 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
673 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
674 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
675 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
676 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
677 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
678 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
679 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
680 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
681 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
682 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
683 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
684 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
685 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
687 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
689 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
691 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
694 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
695 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
697 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
698 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
702 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
705 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
706 Wording: Steve Langasek.
707 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
708 Seconded: Julien Cristau
709 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
712 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
713 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
714 Seconded: Russ Allbery
715 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
718 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
719 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
720 Seconded: Russ Allbery
722 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
723 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
724 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
725 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
726 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
727 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
728 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
729 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
730 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
732 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
733 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
734 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
735 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
736 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
737 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
738 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
739 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
740 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
741 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
742 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
743 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
744 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
745 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
746 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
747 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
749 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
750 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
751 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
752 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
753 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
755 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
758 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
759 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
760 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
761 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
762 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
763 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
766 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
768 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
771 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
772 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
775 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
776 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
777 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
778 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
780 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
781 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
782 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
783 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
785 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
786 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
787 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
788 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
789 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
790 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
792 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
793 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
794 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
795 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
798 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
799 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
800 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
803 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
804 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
805 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
806 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
808 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
809 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
810 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
813 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
814 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
815 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
816 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
818 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
819 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
820 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
821 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
823 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
824 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
825 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
826 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
827 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
828 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
829 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
830 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
831 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
832 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
833 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
834 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
835 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
836 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
837 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
839 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
840 Source field descriptions.
841 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
842 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
843 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
844 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
845 description says otherwise.
847 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
849 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
852 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
853 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
854 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
855 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
856 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
857 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
859 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
860 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
862 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
864 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
865 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
866 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
867 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
869 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
870 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
871 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
872 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
874 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
875 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
876 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
877 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
881 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
882 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
883 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
884 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
885 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
887 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
888 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
889 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
890 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
892 * Add myself to Uploaders.
895 * Add myself to Uploaders.
896 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
898 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
899 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
900 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
902 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
904 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
906 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
907 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
908 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
909 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
911 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
912 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
913 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
914 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
916 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
917 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
918 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
919 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
921 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
922 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
923 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
924 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
926 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
927 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
928 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
929 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
931 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
932 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
933 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
934 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
936 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
937 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
938 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
939 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
941 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
942 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
943 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
944 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
946 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
947 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
948 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
949 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
951 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
952 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
953 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
954 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
956 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
957 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
958 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
959 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
960 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
962 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
963 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
964 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
965 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
966 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
967 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
968 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
969 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
970 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
971 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
972 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
973 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
974 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
975 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
976 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
977 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
978 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
979 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
980 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
981 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
982 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
983 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
984 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
985 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
986 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
987 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
988 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
989 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
990 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
991 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
993 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
994 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
995 links was completed long ago.
996 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
998 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1000 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1003 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1005 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1007 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1010 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1011 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1012 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1013 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1014 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1015 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1016 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1017 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1018 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1020 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1022 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1024 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1025 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1026 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1027 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1028 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1029 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1030 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1032 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1033 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1034 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1035 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1037 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1038 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1039 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1040 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1041 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1042 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1043 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1044 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1045 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1046 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1047 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1048 Closes: #186700, #458910
1049 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1050 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1051 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1053 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1054 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1055 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1056 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1057 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1058 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1059 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1060 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1062 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1063 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1065 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1066 * Add an md5sums control file.
1067 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1068 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1069 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1070 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1071 currently part of policy.
1072 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1073 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1074 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1077 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1079 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1082 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1083 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1084 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1085 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1086 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1087 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1088 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1089 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1090 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1091 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1092 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1093 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1094 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1095 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1096 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1098 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1100 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1101 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1102 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1104 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1105 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1106 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1107 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1108 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1109 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1110 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1111 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1112 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1113 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1114 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1115 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1116 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1117 debconf specification.
1118 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1119 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1121 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1123 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1126 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1128 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1129 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1134 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1135 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1136 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1137 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1139 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1140 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1141 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1142 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1143 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1144 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1145 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1146 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1147 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1148 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1149 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1150 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1151 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1153 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1156 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1158 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1159 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1160 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1161 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1163 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1164 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1165 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1167 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1169 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1172 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1173 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1174 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1175 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1177 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1179 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1180 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1181 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1182 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1184 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1185 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1186 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1187 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1188 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1190 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1191 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1192 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1193 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1194 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1195 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1197 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1199 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1202 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1203 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1204 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1207 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1209 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1211 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1214 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1215 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1216 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1217 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1218 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1219 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1220 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1221 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1222 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1224 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1225 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1227 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1228 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1229 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1231 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1233 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1234 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1237 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1239 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1242 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1244 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1245 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1246 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1247 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1248 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1249 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1250 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1251 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1252 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1253 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1254 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1255 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1256 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1257 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1258 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1259 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1260 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1261 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1262 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1263 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1264 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1265 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1266 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1267 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1268 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1270 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1271 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1272 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1273 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1275 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1276 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1277 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1278 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1279 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1280 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1281 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1282 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1283 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1284 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1285 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1288 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1291 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1293 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1294 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1295 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1296 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1297 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1298 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1299 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1300 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1304 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1308 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1310 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1312 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1313 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1314 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1316 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1317 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1318 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1322 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1324 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1325 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1327 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1329 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1331 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1333 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1335 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1336 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1337 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1339 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1342 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1344 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1347 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1348 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1349 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1351 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1352 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1354 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1356 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1358 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1362 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1363 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1364 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1365 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1367 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1368 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1369 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1370 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1373 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1374 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1377 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1378 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1379 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1380 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1381 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1382 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1384 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1385 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1386 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1387 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1390 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1391 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1392 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1394 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1395 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1396 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1398 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1399 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1400 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1401 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1403 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1404 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1405 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1407 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1408 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1409 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1410 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1411 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1412 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1413 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1414 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1416 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1418 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1421 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1422 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1423 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1424 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1425 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1426 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1427 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1428 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1429 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1431 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1432 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1433 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1434 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1435 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1436 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1437 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1438 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1439 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1440 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1441 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1442 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1443 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1444 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1445 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1446 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1449 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1450 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1451 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1454 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1455 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1456 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1458 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1459 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1460 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1461 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1462 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1463 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1465 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1466 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1468 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1469 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1470 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1471 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1472 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1473 Closes: #185943, #237049
1475 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1477 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1483 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1484 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1485 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1486 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1487 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1488 running. closes: Bug#187250
1489 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1490 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1491 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1492 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1493 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1494 user closes: Bug#176506
1496 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1498 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1502 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1503 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1504 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1505 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1506 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1507 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1508 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1509 deb-building toolchain.
1510 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1511 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1512 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1513 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1514 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1515 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1516 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1517 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1518 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1519 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1520 sections about changelog files.
1522 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1523 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1524 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1525 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1526 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1527 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1529 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1530 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1531 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1532 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1533 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1534 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1535 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1536 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1537 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1538 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1539 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1540 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1541 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1542 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1543 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1544 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1545 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1546 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1547 for the restructuring
1549 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1551 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1554 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1556 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1557 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1558 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1559 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1560 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1561 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1563 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1564 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1565 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1566 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1567 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1568 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1569 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1571 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1572 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1573 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1574 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1576 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1578 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1581 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1582 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1583 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1584 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1585 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1586 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1588 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1589 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1590 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1591 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1593 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1594 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1595 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1596 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1597 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1598 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1599 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1600 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1601 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1602 offtopic stuff, too.
1603 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1604 script should start it, closes: #60979
1605 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1606 "should", closes: #170019
1607 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1608 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1609 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1610 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1611 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1612 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1613 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1614 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1617 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1619 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1622 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1623 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1624 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1625 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1626 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1627 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1628 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1629 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1630 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1632 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1633 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1634 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1635 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1636 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1637 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1638 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1639 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1640 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1642 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1643 file, closes: Bug#65764
1645 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1647 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1649 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1650 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1651 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1652 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1653 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1654 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1655 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1656 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1657 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1658 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1659 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1660 details. closes: Bug#133030
1661 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1662 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1663 parts of Bug#161455.
1665 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1667 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1669 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1670 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1671 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1672 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1673 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1674 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1675 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1676 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1677 not. closes: Bug#139820
1678 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1679 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1680 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1681 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1682 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1683 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1684 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1685 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1686 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1687 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1689 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1691 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1692 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1693 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1694 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1695 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1696 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1697 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1698 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1699 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1700 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1701 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1702 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1703 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1704 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1705 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1706 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1707 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1708 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1709 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1710 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1712 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1713 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1714 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1715 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1716 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1717 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1718 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1720 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1721 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1722 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1723 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1724 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1725 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1726 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1727 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1728 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1730 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1732 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1734 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1735 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1736 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1737 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1738 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1739 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1740 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1741 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1742 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1743 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1744 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1745 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1746 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1747 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1748 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1749 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1750 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1751 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1752 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1753 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1754 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1755 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1756 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1758 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1760 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1762 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1763 medium, high, emergency.
1764 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1765 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1766 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1767 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1768 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1771 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1772 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1773 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1775 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1776 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1777 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1778 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1779 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1780 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1781 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1784 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1786 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1788 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1789 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1790 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1791 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1793 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1794 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1795 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1796 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1797 debian/rules to do this
1798 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1799 patches are incorporated upstream
1800 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1801 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1802 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1803 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1804 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1805 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1807 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1808 system closes: Bug#91249
1809 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1810 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1811 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1812 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1813 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1814 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1815 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1816 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1817 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1818 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1819 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1820 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1821 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1823 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1825 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1827 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1828 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1829 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1830 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1832 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1833 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1834 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1836 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1839 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1841 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1843 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1844 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1845 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1846 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1847 package for the time being
1848 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1849 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1850 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1851 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1852 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1853 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1854 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1855 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1856 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1857 Build-Depends arch syntax
1858 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1860 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1861 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1863 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1864 from policy maintenance duties.
1865 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1866 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1868 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1870 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1872 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1874 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1876 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1878 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1879 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1880 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1881 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1882 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1883 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1884 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1885 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1886 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1887 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1888 minor version number for this
1889 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1890 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1891 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1892 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1893 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1894 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1895 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1896 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1897 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1899 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1901 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1903 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1904 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1905 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1906 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1907 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1909 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1911 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1912 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1913 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1914 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1915 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1916 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1917 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1918 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1919 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1920 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1921 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1922 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1923 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1924 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1925 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1926 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1929 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1931 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1933 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1934 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1936 * Document the Enhances relationship
1937 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1938 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1939 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1940 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1941 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1942 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1944 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1946 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1947 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1948 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1949 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1951 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1952 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1953 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1954 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1955 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1957 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1959 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1961 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1962 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1963 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1965 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1966 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1967 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1968 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1969 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1970 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1971 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1972 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1973 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1975 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1977 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1979 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1981 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1982 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1983 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1984 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1985 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1986 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1987 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1988 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1989 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1990 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1991 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1992 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1993 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1994 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1995 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1996 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1997 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1998 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1999 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2000 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2001 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2002 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2004 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2005 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2007 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2009 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2011 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2012 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2013 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2014 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2015 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2016 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2017 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2018 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2019 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2020 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2021 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2022 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2023 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2024 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2025 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2026 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2027 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2028 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2029 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2030 list closes: Bug#53756
2031 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2032 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2033 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2034 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2035 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2036 policy closes: Bug#53760
2037 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2038 policy closes: Bug#53761
2039 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2040 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2041 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2042 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2043 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2044 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2045 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2046 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2047 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2048 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2049 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2051 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2052 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2053 to install with older fileutils.
2054 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2055 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2056 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2057 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2059 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2060 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2062 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2064 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2066 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2067 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2069 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2071 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2073 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2074 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2076 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2079 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2081 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2082 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2084 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2086 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2088 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2090 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2091 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2093 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2095 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2097 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2098 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2099 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2100 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2101 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2102 directoried (closes: #41547)
2103 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2104 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2105 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2106 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2107 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2108 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2109 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2110 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2111 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2112 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2113 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2115 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2116 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2117 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2118 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2119 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2120 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2121 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2123 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2124 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2125 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2126 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2128 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2130 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2132 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2133 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2135 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2137 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2139 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2140 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2144 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2146 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2147 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2149 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2150 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2151 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2152 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2153 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2154 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2155 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2156 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2157 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2158 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2159 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2160 this closes: Bug#38612
2161 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2162 before. closes: Bug#40864
2164 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2166 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2168 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2169 officially uploaded.
2170 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2172 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2173 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2174 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2176 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2177 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2178 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2179 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2180 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2181 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2183 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2184 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2185 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2187 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2189 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2190 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2191 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2192 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2193 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2195 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2197 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2199 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2200 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2201 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2202 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2203 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2204 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2205 there). closes: Bug#34233
2206 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2207 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2208 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2209 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2210 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2212 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2214 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2216 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2217 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2218 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2219 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2222 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2223 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2224 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2225 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2226 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2229 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2230 number. closes: BUG#25911
2232 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2233 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2234 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2235 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2236 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2237 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2239 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2240 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2241 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2244 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2245 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2246 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2248 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2249 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2250 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2251 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2253 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2254 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2255 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2257 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2259 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2260 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2261 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2262 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2263 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2264 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2265 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2266 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2269 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2271 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2272 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2275 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2277 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2279 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2281 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2283 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2285 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2286 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2287 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2288 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2289 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2290 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2291 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2292 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2294 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2295 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2297 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2299 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2301 * non-maintainer release
2302 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2303 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2305 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2306 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2307 * no content changes
2308 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2310 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2312 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2316 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2318 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2320 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2322 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2323 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2324 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2326 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2327 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2329 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2330 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2331 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2332 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2334 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2335 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2336 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2337 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2338 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2339 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2340 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2342 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2343 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2344 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2347 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2348 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2349 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2351 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2352 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2353 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2355 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2356 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2358 * New version numbering scheme:
2360 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2361 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2362 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2365 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2366 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2367 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2368 differ between the manuals.
2370 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2371 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2372 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2373 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2375 * Packaging changes:
2377 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2378 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2380 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2382 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2384 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2386 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2388 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2389 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2390 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2392 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2393 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2396 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2397 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2398 file extension as the referenced file
2400 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2401 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2403 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2404 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2405 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2406 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2409 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2410 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2411 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2413 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2414 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2415 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2416 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2419 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2420 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2423 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2424 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2425 reasonable default configuration
2427 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2428 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2429 by all news servers and clients
2431 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2432 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2433 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2434 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2435 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2437 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2438 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2441 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2443 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2444 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2446 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2449 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2450 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2452 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2453 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2455 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2457 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2459 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2461 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2462 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2463 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2464 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2466 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2468 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2469 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2470 * Don't use debstd anymore
2472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2474 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2476 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2477 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2478 contrib/non-free policy
2479 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2480 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2481 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2482 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2483 - new section about `Daemons'
2484 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2485 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2486 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2487 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2488 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2489 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2490 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2491 * SGML source code included in package
2492 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2496 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2498 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2499 - completely reworked structure
2500 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2501 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2502 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2503 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2504 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2505 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2506 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2507 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2508 - mention "orphaned packages"
2509 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2510 distributions' policy
2511 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2512 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2513 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2514 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2515 - added section about arch spec strings
2516 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2517 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2518 - added section about "menus"
2519 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2520 the new documentation policy soon
2521 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2522 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2524 - added section about editors and pagers
2525 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2526 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2527 - added section about device files
2528 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2529 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2530 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2532 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2533 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2534 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2535 - Added new section about obsolete names
2536 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2537 * Fixed package's description
2539 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2541 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2543 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2545 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2547 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2549 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2550 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2551 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2552 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2554 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2556 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2558 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2559 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2560 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2562 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2563 and upload it "byhand" too.
2565 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2567 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2570 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2571 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2572 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2573 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2574 functionality must not have the same name.
2575 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2576 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2577 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2578 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2579 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2580 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2581 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2583 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2584 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2585 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2586 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2587 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2588 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2589 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2590 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2593 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2595 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2597 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2599 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2600 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2601 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2602 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2603 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2606 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2608 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2610 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2612 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2613 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2614 description of deb file format.
2615 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2616 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2618 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2620 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2621 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2623 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2625 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2627 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2628 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2629 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2630 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2631 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2632 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2633 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2634 packages in section on Procedure
2635 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2636 a package maintainer
2637 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2638 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2639 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2641 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2642 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2643 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2644 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2645 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2646 on various shlib files
2647 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2648 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2649 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2651 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2653 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2655 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2656 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2657 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2659 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2660 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2661 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2662 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2663 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2665 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2667 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2669 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2671 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2673 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2674 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2675 compatibility go in contrib.
2677 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2678 instructions in policy manual.
2679 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2682 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2684 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2686 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2687 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2688 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2689 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2691 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2692 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2695 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2697 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2699 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2700 * More detail about changelog format names.
2702 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2703 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2707 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2709 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2711 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2713 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2715 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2717 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2719 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2721 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2722 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2723 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2725 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2727 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2729 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2731 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2733 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2737 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100