1 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
8 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
9 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
10 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
11 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
12 debian/rules to do this
13 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
14 patches are incorporated upstream
15 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
16 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
17 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
18 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
19 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
20 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
22 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
23 system closes: Bug#91249
24 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
25 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
26 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
27 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
28 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
29 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
30 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
31 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
32 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
33 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
34 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
35 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
36 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
38 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
40 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
42 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
43 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
44 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
45 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
47 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
48 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
49 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
51 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
54 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
56 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
59 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
60 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
61 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
62 package for the time being
63 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
64 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
65 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
66 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
67 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
68 * Rename all .text files as .txt
69 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
70 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
71 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
72 Build-Depends arch syntax
73 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
75 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
76 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
78 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
79 from policy maintenance duties.
80 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
81 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
83 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
85 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
89 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
91 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
94 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
95 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
96 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
97 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
98 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
99 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
100 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
101 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
102 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
103 minor version number for this
104 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
105 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
106 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
107 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
108 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
109 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
110 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
111 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
112 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
114 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
116 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
118 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
119 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
120 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
121 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
122 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
124 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
126 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
127 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
128 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
129 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
130 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
131 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
132 xutils closes: Bug#82966
133 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
134 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
135 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
136 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
137 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
138 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
139 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
140 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
141 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
144 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
146 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
148 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
149 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
151 * Document the Enhances relationship
152 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
153 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
154 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
155 policy. closes: Bug#53496
156 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
157 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
159 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
161 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
162 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
163 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
164 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
166 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
167 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
168 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
169 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
170 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
172 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
174 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
176 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
177 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
178 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
180 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
181 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
182 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
183 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
184 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
185 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
186 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
187 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
188 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
190 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
194 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
196 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
197 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
198 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
199 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
200 policy. closes: Bug#64437
201 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
202 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
203 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
204 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
205 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
206 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
207 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
208 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
209 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
210 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
211 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
212 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
213 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
214 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
215 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
216 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
217 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
219 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
220 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
222 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
224 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
226 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
227 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
228 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
229 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
230 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
231 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
232 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
233 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
234 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
235 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
236 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
237 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
238 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
239 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
240 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
241 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
242 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
243 alternative closes: Bug#53755
244 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
245 list closes: Bug#53756
246 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
247 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
248 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
249 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
250 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
251 policy closes: Bug#53760
252 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
253 policy closes: Bug#53761
254 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
255 that use X closes: Bug#53762
256 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
257 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
258 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
259 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
260 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
261 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
262 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
263 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
264 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
266 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
267 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
268 to install with older fileutils.
269 * Installed FHS version 2.1
270 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
271 * Added FHS details to copyright file
272 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
274 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
275 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
277 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
279 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
282 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
284 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
286 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
288 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
289 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
291 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
294 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
296 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
297 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
299 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
301 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
303 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
306 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
308 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
310 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
313 #45561, #42447, #48570)
314 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
315 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
316 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
317 directoried (closes: #41547)
318 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
319 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
320 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
321 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
322 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
323 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
324 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
325 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
326 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
327 package criteria (closes: #45318)
328 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
330 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
331 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
332 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
333 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
334 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
335 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
336 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
338 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
339 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
340 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
341 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
343 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
345 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
347 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
348 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
350 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
352 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
354 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
355 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
359 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 * A few typos and omissions corrected
362 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
364 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
365 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
366 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
367 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
368 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
369 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
370 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
371 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
372 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
373 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
374 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
375 this closes: Bug#38612
376 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
377 before. closes: Bug#40864
379 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
381 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
383 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
385 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
387 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
388 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
389 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
391 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
392 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
393 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
394 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
395 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
396 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
398 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
399 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
400 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
402 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
404 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
405 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
406 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
407 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
408 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
412 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
414 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
415 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
416 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
417 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
418 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
419 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
420 there). closes: Bug#34233
421 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
422 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
423 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
424 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
425 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
427 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
429 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
431 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
432 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
433 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
434 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
437 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
438 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
439 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
440 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
441 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
444 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
445 number. closes: BUG#25911
447 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
448 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
449 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
450 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
451 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
452 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
454 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
455 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
456 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
459 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
460 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
461 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
463 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
464 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
465 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
466 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
468 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
469 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
470 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
472 * Make the package optional, not extra.
474 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
475 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
476 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
477 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
478 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
479 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
480 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
481 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
484 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
486 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
487 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
490 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
492 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
494 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
496 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
498 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
500 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
501 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
502 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
503 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
504 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
505 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
506 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
507 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
509 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
510 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
512 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
514 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
516 * non-maintainer release
517 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
518 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
520 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
521 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
523 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
525 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
527 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
533 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
535 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
537 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
538 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
539 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
541 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
542 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
544 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
545 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
546 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
547 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
549 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
550 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
551 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
552 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
553 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
554 and restart options and to comply with the console message
555 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
557 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
558 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
559 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
562 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
563 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
564 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
566 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
567 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
568 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
570 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
571 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
573 * New version numbering scheme:
575 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
576 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
577 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
580 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
581 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
582 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
583 differ between the manuals.
585 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
586 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
587 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
588 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
592 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
593 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
595 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
597 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
599 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
603 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
604 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
605 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
607 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
608 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
611 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
612 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
613 file extension as the referenced file
615 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
616 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
618 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
619 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
620 start, stop, restart, force-reload
621 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
624 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
625 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
626 be installed into /etc/cron.d
628 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
629 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
630 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
631 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
634 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
635 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
638 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
639 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
640 reasonable default configuration
642 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
643 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
644 by all news servers and clients
646 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
647 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
648 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
649 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
650 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
652 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
653 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
656 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
658 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
659 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
661 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
664 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
665 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
667 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
668 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
670 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
672 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
674 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
677 - X library package is now called xlib6g
678 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
679 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
681 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
683 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
684 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
685 * Don't use debstd anymore
687 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
689 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
692 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
693 contrib/non-free policy
694 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
695 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
696 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
697 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
698 - new section about `Daemons'
699 - updated section about `Configuration files'
700 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
701 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
702 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
703 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
704 * Paper about libc6 migration:
705 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
706 * SGML source code included in package
707 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
709 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
711 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
714 - completely reworked structure
715 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
716 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
717 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
718 - removed all those ugly footnotes
719 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
720 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
721 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
722 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
723 - mention "orphaned packages"
724 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
725 distributions' policy
726 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
727 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
728 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
729 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
730 - added section about arch spec strings
731 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
732 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
733 - added section about "menus"
734 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
735 the new documentation policy soon
736 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
737 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
739 - added section about editors and pagers
740 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
741 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
742 - added section about device files
743 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
744 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
745 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
747 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
748 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
749 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
750 - Added new section about obsolete names
751 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
752 * Fixed package's description
754 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
756 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
758 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
760 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
762 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
764 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
765 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
766 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
767 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
769 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
771 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
773 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
774 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
775 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
777 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
778 and upload it "byhand" too.
780 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
782 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
785 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
786 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
787 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
788 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
789 functionality must not have the same name.
790 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
791 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
792 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
793 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
794 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
795 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
796 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
798 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
799 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
800 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
801 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
802 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
803 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
804 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
805 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
808 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
810 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
812 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
814 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
815 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
816 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
817 a package into. (Guy Maor)
818 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
821 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
823 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
825 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
827 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
828 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
829 description of deb file format.
830 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
831 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
833 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
835 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
836 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
838 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
840 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
842 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
843 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
844 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
845 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
846 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
847 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
848 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
849 packages in section on Procedure
850 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
852 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
853 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
854 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
856 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
857 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
858 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
859 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
860 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
861 on various shlib files
862 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
863 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
864 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
866 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
868 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
870 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
871 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
872 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
874 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
875 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
876 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
877 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
878 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
880 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
882 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
884 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
886 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
888 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
889 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
890 compatibility go in contrib.
892 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
893 instructions in policy manual.
894 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
897 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
899 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
901 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
902 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
903 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
904 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
906 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
907 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
910 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
912 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
914 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
915 * More detail about changelog format names.
917 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
918 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
922 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
924 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
926 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
928 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
930 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
932 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
934 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
936 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
937 * More verbosity about netiquette.
938 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
940 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
942 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
944 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
946 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
948 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
952 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100