1 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
5 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
6 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
7 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
8 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
10 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
11 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
12 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
14 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
15 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
16 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
17 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
18 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
19 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
21 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
22 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
26 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
32 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
33 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
34 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
35 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
36 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
37 running. closes: Bug#187250
38 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
39 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
40 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
41 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
42 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
43 user closes: Bug#176506
45 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
47 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
51 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
52 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
53 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
54 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
55 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
56 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
57 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
58 deb-building toolchain.
59 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
60 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
61 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
62 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
63 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
64 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
65 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
66 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
67 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
68 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
69 sections about changelog files.
71 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
72 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
73 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
74 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
75 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
76 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
78 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
79 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
80 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
81 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
82 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
83 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
84 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
85 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
86 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
87 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
88 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
89 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
90 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
91 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
92 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
93 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
94 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
95 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
98 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
100 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
105 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
106 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
107 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
108 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
109 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
110 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
112 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
113 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
114 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
115 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
116 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
117 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
118 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
120 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
121 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
122 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
123 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
125 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
127 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
131 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
132 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
133 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
134 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
135 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
137 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
138 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
139 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
140 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
142 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
143 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
144 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
145 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
146 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
147 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
148 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
149 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
150 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
152 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
153 script should start it, closes: #60979
154 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
155 "should", closes: #170019
156 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
157 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
158 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
159 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
160 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
161 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
162 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
163 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
166 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
168 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
172 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
173 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
174 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
175 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
176 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
177 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
178 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
179 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
181 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
182 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
183 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
184 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
185 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
186 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
187 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
188 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
189 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
191 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
192 file, closes: Bug#65764
194 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
196 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
198 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
199 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
200 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
201 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
202 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
203 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
204 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
205 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
206 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
207 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
208 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
209 details. closes: Bug#133030
210 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
211 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
214 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
216 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
218 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
219 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
220 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
221 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
222 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
223 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
224 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
225 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
226 not. closes: Bug#139820
227 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
228 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
229 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
230 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
231 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
232 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
233 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
234 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
235 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
236 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
238 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
240 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
241 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
242 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
243 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
244 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
245 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
246 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
247 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
248 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
249 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
250 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
251 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
252 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
253 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
254 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
255 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
256 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
257 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
258 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
259 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
261 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
262 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
263 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
264 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
265 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
266 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
267 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
269 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
270 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
271 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
272 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
273 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
274 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
275 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
276 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
277 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
279 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
281 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
284 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
285 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
286 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
287 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
288 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
289 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
290 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
291 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
292 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
293 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
294 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
295 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
296 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
297 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
298 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
299 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
300 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
301 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
302 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
303 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
304 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
305 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
307 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
309 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
312 medium, high, emergency.
313 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
314 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
315 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
316 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
317 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
320 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
321 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
322 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
324 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
325 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
326 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
327 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
328 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
329 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
330 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
335 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
337 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
338 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
339 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
340 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
342 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
343 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
344 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
345 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
346 debian/rules to do this
347 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
348 patches are incorporated upstream
349 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
350 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
351 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
352 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
353 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
354 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
356 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
357 system closes: Bug#91249
358 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
359 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
360 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
361 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
362 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
363 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
364 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
365 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
366 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
367 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
368 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
369 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
370 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
372 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
374 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
376 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
377 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
378 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
379 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
381 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
382 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
383 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
385 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
390 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
392 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
393 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
394 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
395 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
396 package for the time being
397 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
398 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
399 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
400 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
401 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
402 * Rename all .text files as .txt
403 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
404 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
405 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
406 Build-Depends arch syntax
407 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
409 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
410 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
412 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
413 from policy maintenance duties.
414 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
415 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
417 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
419 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
421 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
423 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
425 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
428 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
429 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
430 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
431 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
432 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
433 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
434 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
435 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
436 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
437 minor version number for this
438 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
439 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
440 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
441 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
442 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
443 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
444 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
445 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
446 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
448 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
450 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
452 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
453 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
454 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
455 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
456 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
458 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
460 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
461 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
462 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
463 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
464 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
465 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
466 xutils closes: Bug#82966
467 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
468 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
469 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
470 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
471 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
472 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
473 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
474 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
475 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
478 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
480 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
482 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
483 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
485 * Document the Enhances relationship
486 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
487 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
488 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
489 policy. closes: Bug#53496
490 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
491 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
493 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
495 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
496 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
497 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
498 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
500 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
501 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
502 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
503 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
504 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
506 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
508 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
511 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
512 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
514 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
515 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
516 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
517 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
518 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
519 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
520 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
521 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
522 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
524 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
526 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
528 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
530 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
531 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
532 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
533 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
534 policy. closes: Bug#64437
535 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
536 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
537 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
538 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
539 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
540 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
541 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
542 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
543 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
544 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
545 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
546 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
547 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
548 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
549 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
550 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
551 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
553 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
554 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
556 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
558 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
560 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
561 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
562 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
563 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
564 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
565 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
566 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
567 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
568 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
569 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
570 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
571 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
572 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
573 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
574 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
575 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
576 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
577 alternative closes: Bug#53755
578 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
579 list closes: Bug#53756
580 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
581 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
582 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
583 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
584 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
585 policy closes: Bug#53760
586 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
587 policy closes: Bug#53761
588 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
589 that use X closes: Bug#53762
590 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
591 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
592 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
593 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
594 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
595 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
596 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
597 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
598 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
600 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
601 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
602 to install with older fileutils.
603 * Installed FHS version 2.1
604 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
605 * Added FHS details to copyright file
606 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
608 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
609 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
611 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
613 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
615 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
616 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
618 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
620 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
622 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
623 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
625 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
628 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
630 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
631 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
633 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
635 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
637 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
639 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
640 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
642 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
644 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
646 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
647 #45561, #42447, #48570)
648 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
649 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
650 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
651 directoried (closes: #41547)
652 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
653 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
654 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
655 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
656 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
657 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
658 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
659 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
660 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
661 package criteria (closes: #45318)
662 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
664 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
665 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
666 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
667 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
668 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
669 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
670 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
672 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
673 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
674 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
675 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
677 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
679 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
681 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
682 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
684 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
686 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
688 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
689 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
691 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
693 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
695 * A few typos and omissions corrected
696 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
698 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
699 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
700 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
701 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
702 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
703 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
704 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
705 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
706 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
707 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
708 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
709 this closes: Bug#38612
710 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
711 before. closes: Bug#40864
713 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
715 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
717 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
719 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
721 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
722 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
723 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
725 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
726 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
727 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
728 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
729 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
730 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
732 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
733 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
734 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
736 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
738 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
739 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
740 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
741 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
742 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
744 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
746 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
749 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
750 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
751 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
752 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
753 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
754 there). closes: Bug#34233
755 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
756 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
757 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
758 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
759 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
761 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
763 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
765 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
766 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
767 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
768 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
771 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
772 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
773 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
774 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
775 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
778 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
779 number. closes: BUG#25911
781 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
782 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
783 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
784 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
785 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
786 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
788 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
789 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
790 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
793 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
794 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
795 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
797 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
798 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
799 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
800 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
802 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
803 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
804 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
806 * Make the package optional, not extra.
808 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
809 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
810 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
811 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
812 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
813 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
814 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
815 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
818 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
820 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
821 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
824 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
826 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
828 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
830 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
832 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
834 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
835 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
836 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
837 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
838 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
839 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
840 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
841 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
843 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
844 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
846 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
848 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
850 * non-maintainer release
851 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
852 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
854 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
855 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
857 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
859 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
861 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
865 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
867 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
869 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
871 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
872 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
873 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
875 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
876 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
878 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
879 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
880 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
881 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
883 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
884 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
885 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
886 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
887 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
888 and restart options and to comply with the console message
889 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
891 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
892 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
893 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
896 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
897 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
898 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
900 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
901 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
902 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
904 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
905 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
907 * New version numbering scheme:
909 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
910 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
911 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
914 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
915 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
916 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
917 differ between the manuals.
919 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
920 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
921 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
922 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
926 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
927 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
929 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
931 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
933 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
935 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
937 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
938 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
939 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
941 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
942 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
945 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
946 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
947 file extension as the referenced file
949 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
950 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
952 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
953 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
954 start, stop, restart, force-reload
955 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
958 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
959 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
960 be installed into /etc/cron.d
962 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
963 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
964 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
965 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
968 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
969 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
972 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
973 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
974 reasonable default configuration
976 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
977 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
978 by all news servers and clients
980 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
981 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
982 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
983 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
984 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
986 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
987 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
990 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
992 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
993 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
995 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
998 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
999 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1001 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1002 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1004 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1006 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1008 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1011 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1012 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1013 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1015 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1017 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1018 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1019 * Don't use debstd anymore
1021 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1023 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1026 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1027 contrib/non-free policy
1028 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1029 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1030 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1031 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1032 - new section about `Daemons'
1033 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1034 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1035 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1036 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1037 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1038 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1039 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1040 * SGML source code included in package
1041 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1043 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1045 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1048 - completely reworked structure
1049 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1050 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1051 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1052 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1053 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1054 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1055 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1056 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1057 - mention "orphaned packages"
1058 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1059 distributions' policy
1060 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1061 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1062 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1063 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1064 - added section about arch spec strings
1065 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1066 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1067 - added section about "menus"
1068 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1069 the new documentation policy soon
1070 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1071 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1073 - added section about editors and pagers
1074 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1075 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1076 - added section about device files
1077 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1078 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1079 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1081 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1082 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1083 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1084 - Added new section about obsolete names
1085 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1086 * Fixed package's description
1088 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1090 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1092 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1094 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1096 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1098 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1099 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1100 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1101 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1103 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1105 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1108 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1109 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1111 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1112 and upload it "byhand" too.
1114 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1116 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1120 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1121 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1122 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1123 functionality must not have the same name.
1124 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1125 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1126 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1127 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1128 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1129 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1130 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1132 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1133 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1134 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1135 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1136 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1137 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1138 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1139 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1142 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1144 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1146 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1148 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1149 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1150 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1151 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1152 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1155 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1157 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1159 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1161 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1162 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1163 description of deb file format.
1164 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1165 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1167 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1169 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1170 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1172 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1174 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1176 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1177 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1178 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1179 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1180 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1181 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1182 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1183 packages in section on Procedure
1184 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1185 a package maintainer
1186 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1187 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1188 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1190 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1191 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1192 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1193 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1194 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1195 on various shlib files
1196 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1197 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1198 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1200 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1202 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1204 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1205 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1206 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1208 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1209 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1210 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1211 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1212 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1214 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1216 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1218 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1220 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1222 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1223 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1224 compatibility go in contrib.
1226 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1227 instructions in policy manual.
1228 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1231 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1233 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1235 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1236 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1237 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1238 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1240 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1241 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1244 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1246 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1248 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1249 * More detail about changelog format names.
1251 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1252 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1256 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1258 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1260 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1262 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1264 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1266 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1268 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1270 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1271 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1272 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1274 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1276 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1278 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1280 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1282 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1286 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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