1 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
4 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
5 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
6 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
7 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
8 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
9 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
10 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
12 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
13 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
14 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
15 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
17 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
18 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
19 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
22 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:42 -0800
24 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
27 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
28 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
29 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
30 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
31 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
32 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
33 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
34 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
35 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
36 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
37 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
43 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
48 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
49 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
53 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
55 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
60 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
64 Closes: #620870, #532120
65 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
66 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
71 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
72 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
73 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
77 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
78 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
79 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
80 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
81 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
83 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
84 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
85 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
86 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
87 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
88 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
89 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
90 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
91 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
92 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
93 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
94 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
95 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
96 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
97 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
98 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
100 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
102 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
103 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
104 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
105 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
106 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
107 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
108 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
109 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
110 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
111 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
114 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
116 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
117 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
118 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
119 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
124 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
125 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
127 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
128 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
129 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
130 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
133 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
135 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
139 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
140 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
141 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
144 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
145 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
146 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
148 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
149 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
155 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
156 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
157 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
160 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
161 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
166 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
167 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
168 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
169 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
172 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
173 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
174 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
177 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
178 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
183 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
185 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
188 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
191 Closes: #459868, #581011
192 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
193 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
195 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
197 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
198 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
200 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
203 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
205 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
207 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
208 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
212 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
213 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
216 Closes: #501930, #593909
217 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
218 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
222 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
223 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
224 machine. (Closes: #591857)
225 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
226 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
227 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
228 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
229 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
230 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
231 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
232 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
233 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
234 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
236 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
237 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
238 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
239 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
240 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
241 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
242 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
243 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
244 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
245 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
246 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
247 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
248 than the version in oldstable.
249 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
250 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
251 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
252 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
253 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
254 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
255 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
256 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
257 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
258 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
259 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
260 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
261 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
262 package. (Closes: #609160)
264 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
266 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
269 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
274 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
275 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
279 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
280 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
284 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
285 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
289 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
290 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
294 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
295 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
299 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
300 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
304 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
305 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
307 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
309 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
310 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
312 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
314 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
315 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
320 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
321 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
326 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
327 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
331 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
332 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
336 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
337 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
341 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
342 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
346 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
347 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
351 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
352 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
356 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
358 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
359 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
360 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
361 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
362 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
363 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
364 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
365 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
366 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
368 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
369 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
370 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
371 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
372 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
373 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
375 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
377 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
380 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
383 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
386 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
387 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
388 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
389 and distribution license' (three times).
390 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
391 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
394 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
396 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
398 Proposed by Santiago Vila
399 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
406 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
407 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
411 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
412 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
413 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
416 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
418 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
419 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
423 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
424 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
427 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
429 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
430 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
433 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
435 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
436 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
439 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
441 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
442 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
443 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
446 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
447 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
452 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
453 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
457 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
458 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
462 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
468 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
469 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
470 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
473 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
474 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
479 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
480 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
484 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
485 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
486 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
487 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
488 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
489 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
490 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
491 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
492 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
493 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
494 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
495 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
496 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
497 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
498 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
499 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
500 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
501 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
502 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
503 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
504 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
505 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
506 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
507 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
508 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
509 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
510 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
511 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
512 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
513 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
514 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
515 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
517 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
519 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
521 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
524 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
525 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
527 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
528 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
532 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
535 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
536 Wording: Steve Langasek.
537 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
538 Seconded: Julien Cristau
539 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
542 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
543 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
544 Seconded: Russ Allbery
545 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
548 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
549 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
550 Seconded: Russ Allbery
552 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
553 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
554 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
555 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
556 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
557 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
558 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
559 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
562 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
563 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
564 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
565 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
566 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
567 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
568 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
570 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
571 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
572 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
573 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
574 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
575 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
576 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
579 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
580 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
581 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
582 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
583 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
585 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
588 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
589 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
592 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
593 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
596 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
598 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
601 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
605 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
606 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
610 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
611 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
615 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
616 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
617 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
619 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
620 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
622 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
623 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
628 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
629 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
633 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
634 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
636 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
638 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
639 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
643 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
644 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
648 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
649 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
653 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
654 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
655 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
656 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
657 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
658 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
659 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
660 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
661 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
662 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
663 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
664 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
665 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
666 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
667 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
669 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
670 Source field descriptions.
671 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
672 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
673 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
674 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
675 description says otherwise.
677 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
679 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
682 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
683 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
685 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
686 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
687 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
689 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
690 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
691 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
694 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
695 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
696 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
697 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
699 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
700 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
701 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
702 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
704 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
705 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
706 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
707 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
711 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
712 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
713 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
714 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
715 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
717 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
718 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
719 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
720 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
722 * Add myself to Uploaders.
725 * Add myself to Uploaders.
726 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
728 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
729 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
730 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
732 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
734 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
736 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
737 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
738 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
739 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
741 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
742 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
743 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
744 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
746 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
747 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
748 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
749 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
751 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
752 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
753 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
754 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
756 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
757 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
758 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
759 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
761 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
762 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
763 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
764 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
766 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
767 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
769 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
771 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
772 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
774 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
776 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
777 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
778 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
781 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
782 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
783 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
786 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
787 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
788 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
789 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
790 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
792 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
793 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
794 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
795 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
796 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
797 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
798 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
799 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
800 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
801 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
802 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
803 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
804 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
805 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
806 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
807 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
808 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
809 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
810 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
811 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
812 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
813 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
814 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
815 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
816 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
817 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
818 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
819 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
820 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
821 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
823 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
824 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
825 links was completed long ago.
826 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
828 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
830 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
833 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
835 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
837 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
839 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
840 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
841 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
842 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
843 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
844 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
845 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
846 Millan (Closes: #209008).
847 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
848 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
850 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
852 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
854 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
855 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
856 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
857 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
858 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
859 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
860 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
862 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
863 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
864 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
865 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
867 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
868 Küster (Closes: #403391).
869 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
870 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
871 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
872 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
873 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
874 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
875 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
876 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
877 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
878 Closes: #186700, #458910
879 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
880 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
881 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
883 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
884 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
885 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
886 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
887 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
888 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
889 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
890 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
892 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
893 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
895 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
896 * Add an md5sums control file.
897 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
898 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
899 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
900 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
901 currently part of policy.
902 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
903 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
904 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
907 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
909 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
911 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
912 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
913 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
914 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
915 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
916 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
917 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
918 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
919 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
920 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
921 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
922 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
923 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
924 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
925 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
926 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
928 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
930 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
931 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
932 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
934 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
935 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
936 list?" (Closes: #412634).
937 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
938 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
939 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
940 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
941 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
942 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
943 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
944 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
945 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
946 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
947 debconf specification.
948 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
949 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
951 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
953 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
955 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
956 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
957 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
958 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
959 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
961 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
963 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
964 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
965 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
966 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
967 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
969 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
970 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
971 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
972 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
973 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
974 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
975 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
976 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
977 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
978 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
979 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
980 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
981 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
982 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
983 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
986 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
988 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
989 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
990 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
991 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
992 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
993 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
994 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
995 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
999 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1002 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1003 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1004 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1005 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1006 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1007 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1009 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1010 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1011 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1012 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1013 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1014 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1015 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1016 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1017 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1018 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1020 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1021 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1022 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1023 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1024 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1025 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1027 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1029 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1032 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1033 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1034 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1036 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1037 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1039 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1041 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1044 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1045 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1046 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1047 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1048 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1049 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1050 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1051 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1052 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1054 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1055 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1056 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1057 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1058 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1059 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1060 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1061 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1062 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1063 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1064 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1067 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1069 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1072 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1073 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1074 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1075 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1076 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1077 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1078 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1079 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1080 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1081 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1082 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1083 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1084 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1085 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1086 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1087 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1088 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1089 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1090 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1091 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1092 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1093 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1094 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1095 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1096 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1097 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1098 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1100 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1101 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1102 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1103 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1105 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1106 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1107 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1108 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1109 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1110 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1111 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1112 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1113 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1114 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1115 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1117 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1118 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1121 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1123 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1124 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1125 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1126 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1127 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1128 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1129 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1130 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1132 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1134 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1138 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1140 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1142 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1143 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1144 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1145 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1146 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1147 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1148 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1152 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1154 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1155 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1156 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1157 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1158 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1159 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1161 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1163 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1164 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1165 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1166 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1167 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1169 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1172 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1174 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1177 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1178 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1179 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1181 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1182 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1184 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1186 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1188 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1192 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1193 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1194 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1195 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1197 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1198 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1199 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1200 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1203 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1204 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1207 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1208 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1210 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1211 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1212 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1214 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1215 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1216 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1217 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1219 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1220 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1221 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1222 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1224 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1225 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1226 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1229 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1230 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1231 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1233 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1234 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1235 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1237 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1238 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1239 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1240 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1241 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1242 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1243 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1244 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1246 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1248 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1251 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1252 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1253 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1254 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1255 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1256 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1257 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1258 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1259 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1261 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1262 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1263 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1264 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1265 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1266 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1267 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1268 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1269 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1270 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1271 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1272 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1274 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1275 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1276 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1280 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1281 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1284 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1285 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1286 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1288 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1289 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1290 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1291 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1292 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1293 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1295 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1296 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1298 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1299 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1300 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1301 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1302 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1303 Closes: #185943, #237049
1305 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1307 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1313 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1314 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1315 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1316 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1317 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1318 running. closes: Bug#187250
1319 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1320 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1321 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1322 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1323 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1324 user closes: Bug#176506
1326 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1328 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1332 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1333 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1334 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1335 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1336 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1337 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1338 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1339 deb-building toolchain.
1340 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1341 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1342 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1343 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1344 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1345 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1346 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1347 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1348 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1349 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1350 sections about changelog files.
1352 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1353 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1354 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1355 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1356 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1357 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1359 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1360 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1361 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1362 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1363 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1364 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1365 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1366 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1367 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1368 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1369 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1370 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1371 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1372 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1373 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1374 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1375 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1376 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1377 for the restructuring
1379 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1381 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1386 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1387 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1388 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1389 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1390 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1391 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1393 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1394 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1395 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1396 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1397 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1398 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1399 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1401 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1402 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1403 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1404 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1406 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1408 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1412 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1413 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1414 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1415 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1416 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1418 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1419 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1420 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1421 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1423 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1424 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1425 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1426 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1427 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1428 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1429 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1430 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1431 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1432 offtopic stuff, too.
1433 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1434 script should start it, closes: #60979
1435 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1436 "should", closes: #170019
1437 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1438 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1439 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1440 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1441 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1442 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1443 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1444 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1447 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1449 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1452 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1453 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1454 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1455 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1456 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1457 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1458 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1459 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1460 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1462 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1463 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1464 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1465 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1466 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1467 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1468 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1469 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1470 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1472 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1473 file, closes: Bug#65764
1475 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1477 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1480 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1481 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1482 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1483 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1484 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1485 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1486 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1487 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1488 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1489 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1490 details. closes: Bug#133030
1491 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1492 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1493 parts of Bug#161455.
1495 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1497 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1500 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1501 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1502 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1503 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1504 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1505 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1506 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1507 not. closes: Bug#139820
1508 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1509 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1510 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1511 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1512 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1513 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1514 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1515 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1516 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1517 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1519 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1521 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1522 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1523 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1524 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1525 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1526 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1527 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1528 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1529 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1530 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1531 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1532 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1533 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1534 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1535 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1536 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1537 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1538 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1539 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1540 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1542 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1543 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1544 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1545 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1546 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1547 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1548 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1550 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1551 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1552 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1553 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1554 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1555 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1556 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1557 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1558 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1560 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1562 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1564 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1565 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1566 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1567 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1568 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1569 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1570 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1571 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1572 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1573 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1574 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1575 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1576 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1577 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1578 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1579 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1580 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1581 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1582 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1583 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1584 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1585 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1586 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1588 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1590 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1592 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1593 medium, high, emergency.
1594 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1595 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1596 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1597 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1598 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1601 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1602 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1603 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1605 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1606 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1607 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1608 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1609 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1610 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1611 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1614 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1616 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1618 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1619 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1620 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1621 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1623 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1624 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1625 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1626 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1627 debian/rules to do this
1628 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1629 patches are incorporated upstream
1630 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1631 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1632 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1633 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1634 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1635 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1637 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1638 system closes: Bug#91249
1639 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1640 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1641 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1642 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1643 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1644 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1645 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1646 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1647 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1648 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1649 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1650 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1651 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1653 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1655 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1657 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1658 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1659 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1660 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1662 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1663 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1664 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1666 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1671 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1673 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1674 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1675 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1676 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1677 package for the time being
1678 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1679 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1680 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1681 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1682 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1683 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1684 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1685 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1686 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1687 Build-Depends arch syntax
1688 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1690 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1691 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1693 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1694 from policy maintenance duties.
1695 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1696 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1698 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1700 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1702 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1704 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1706 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1708 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1709 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1710 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1711 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1712 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1713 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1714 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1715 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1716 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1717 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1718 minor version number for this
1719 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1720 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1721 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1722 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1723 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1724 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1725 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1726 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1727 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1729 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1731 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1734 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1735 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1736 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1737 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1739 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1741 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1742 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1743 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1744 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1745 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1746 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1747 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1748 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1749 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1750 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1751 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1752 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1753 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1754 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1755 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1756 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1761 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1763 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1764 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1766 * Document the Enhances relationship
1767 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1768 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1769 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1770 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1771 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1772 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1774 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1776 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1777 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1778 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1779 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1781 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1782 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1783 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1784 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1785 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1787 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1789 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1791 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1792 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1793 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1795 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1796 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1797 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1798 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1799 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1800 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1801 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1802 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1803 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1805 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1807 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1809 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1811 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1812 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1813 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1814 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1815 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1816 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1817 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1818 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1819 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1820 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1821 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1822 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1823 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1824 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1825 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1826 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1827 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1828 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1829 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1830 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1831 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1832 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1834 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1835 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1837 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1839 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1841 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1842 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1843 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1844 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1845 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1846 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1847 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1848 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1849 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1850 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1851 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1852 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1853 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1854 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1855 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1856 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1857 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1858 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1859 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1860 list closes: Bug#53756
1861 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1862 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1863 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1864 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1865 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1866 policy closes: Bug#53760
1867 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1868 policy closes: Bug#53761
1869 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1870 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1871 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1872 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1873 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1874 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1875 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1876 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1877 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1878 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1879 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1881 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1882 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1883 to install with older fileutils.
1884 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1885 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1886 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1887 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1889 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1890 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1892 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1894 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1896 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1897 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1901 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1903 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1904 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1906 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1909 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1911 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1912 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1914 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1916 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1918 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1920 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1921 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1923 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1925 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1927 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1928 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1929 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1930 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1931 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1932 directoried (closes: #41547)
1933 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1934 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1935 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1936 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1937 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1938 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1939 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1940 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1941 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1942 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1943 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1945 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1946 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1947 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1948 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1949 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1950 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1951 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1953 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1954 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1955 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1956 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1958 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1960 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1962 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1963 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1965 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1967 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1969 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1970 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1972 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1974 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1976 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1977 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1979 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1980 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1981 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1982 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1983 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1984 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1985 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1986 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1987 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1988 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1989 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1990 this closes: Bug#38612
1991 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1992 before. closes: Bug#40864
1994 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1996 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1998 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1999 officially uploaded.
2000 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2002 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2003 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2004 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2006 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2007 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2008 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2009 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2010 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2011 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2013 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2014 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2015 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2017 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2019 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2020 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2021 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2022 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2023 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2027 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2029 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2030 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2031 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2032 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2033 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2034 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2035 there). closes: Bug#34233
2036 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2037 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2038 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2039 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2040 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2042 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2044 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2046 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2047 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2048 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2049 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2052 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2053 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2054 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2055 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2056 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2059 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2060 number. closes: BUG#25911
2062 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2063 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2064 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2065 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2066 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2067 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2069 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2070 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2071 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2074 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2075 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2076 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2078 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2079 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2080 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2081 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2083 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2084 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2085 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2087 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2089 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2090 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2091 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2092 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2093 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2094 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2095 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2096 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2099 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2101 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2102 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2105 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2107 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2109 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2111 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2113 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2115 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2116 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2117 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2118 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2119 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2120 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2121 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2122 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2124 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2125 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2127 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2129 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2131 * non-maintainer release
2132 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2133 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2135 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2136 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2137 * no content changes
2138 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2140 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2142 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2146 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2148 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2150 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2152 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2153 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2154 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2156 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2157 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2159 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2160 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2161 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2162 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2164 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2165 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2166 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2167 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2168 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2169 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2170 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2172 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2173 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2174 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2177 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2178 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2179 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2181 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2182 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2183 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2185 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2186 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2188 * New version numbering scheme:
2190 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2191 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2192 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2195 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2196 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2197 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2198 differ between the manuals.
2200 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2201 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2202 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2203 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2205 * Packaging changes:
2207 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2208 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2210 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2212 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2214 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2216 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2218 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2219 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2220 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2222 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2223 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2226 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2227 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2228 file extension as the referenced file
2230 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2231 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2233 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2234 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2235 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2236 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2239 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2240 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2241 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2243 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2244 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2245 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2246 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2249 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2250 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2253 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2254 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2255 reasonable default configuration
2257 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2258 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2259 by all news servers and clients
2261 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2262 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2263 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2264 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2265 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2267 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2268 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2271 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2273 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2274 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2276 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2279 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2280 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2282 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2283 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2285 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2287 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2289 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2291 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2292 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2293 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2294 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2296 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2298 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2299 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2300 * Don't use debstd anymore
2302 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2304 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2306 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2307 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2308 contrib/non-free policy
2309 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2310 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2311 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2312 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2313 - new section about `Daemons'
2314 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2315 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2316 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2317 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2318 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2319 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2320 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2321 * SGML source code included in package
2322 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2326 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2328 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2329 - completely reworked structure
2330 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2331 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2332 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2333 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2334 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2335 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2336 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2337 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2338 - mention "orphaned packages"
2339 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2340 distributions' policy
2341 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2342 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2343 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2344 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2345 - added section about arch spec strings
2346 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2347 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2348 - added section about "menus"
2349 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2350 the new documentation policy soon
2351 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2352 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2354 - added section about editors and pagers
2355 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2356 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2357 - added section about device files
2358 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2359 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2360 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2362 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2363 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2364 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2365 - Added new section about obsolete names
2366 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2367 * Fixed package's description
2369 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2371 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2373 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2375 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2377 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2379 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2380 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2381 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2382 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2384 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2386 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2388 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2389 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2390 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2392 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2393 and upload it "byhand" too.
2395 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2397 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2400 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2401 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2402 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2403 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2404 functionality must not have the same name.
2405 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2406 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2407 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2408 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2409 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2410 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2411 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2413 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2414 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2415 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2416 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2417 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2418 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2419 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2420 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2425 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2427 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2429 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2430 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2431 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2432 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2433 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2436 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2438 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2440 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2442 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2443 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2444 description of deb file format.
2445 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2446 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2448 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2450 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2451 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2453 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2455 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2457 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2458 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2459 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2460 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2461 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2462 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2463 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2464 packages in section on Procedure
2465 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2466 a package maintainer
2467 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2468 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2469 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2471 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2472 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2473 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2474 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2475 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2476 on various shlib files
2477 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2478 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2479 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2481 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2483 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2485 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2486 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2487 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2489 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2490 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2491 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2492 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2493 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2495 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2497 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2499 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2501 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2503 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2504 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2505 compatibility go in contrib.
2507 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2508 instructions in policy manual.
2509 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2512 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2514 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2516 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2517 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2518 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2519 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2521 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2522 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2525 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2527 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2529 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2530 * More detail about changelog format names.
2532 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2533 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2537 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2539 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2541 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2543 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2545 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2547 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2549 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2551 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2552 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2553 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2555 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2557 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2559 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2561 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2563 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2567 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100