1 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
4 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
9 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
22 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
32 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
33 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
37 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
38 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
39 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
40 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
41 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
42 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
43 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
44 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
45 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
46 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
48 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700
50 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
52 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
53 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
54 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
56 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
57 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
58 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
59 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
64 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
65 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
69 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
70 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
74 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
75 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
76 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
77 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
82 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
87 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
89 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
92 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
93 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
97 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
98 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
103 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
105 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
108 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
109 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
110 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
111 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
113 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
114 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
115 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
116 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
117 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
118 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
119 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
120 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
121 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
122 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
123 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
124 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
125 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
126 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
127 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
128 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
129 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
131 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
132 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
133 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
134 good to know which version one is looking at.
135 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
136 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
137 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
138 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
139 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
140 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
141 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
143 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
144 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
145 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
146 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
147 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
149 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
150 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
151 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
153 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
154 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
155 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
156 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
158 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
160 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
163 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
164 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
165 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
166 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
167 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
168 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
169 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
170 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
171 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
172 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
173 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
178 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
179 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
184 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
185 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
186 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
189 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
191 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
192 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
196 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
197 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
200 Closes: #620870, #532120
201 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
202 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
207 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
208 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
209 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
213 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
214 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
215 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
216 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
217 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
219 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
220 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
221 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
222 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
223 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
224 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
225 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
226 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
227 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
228 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
229 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
230 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
231 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
232 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
233 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
234 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
236 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
238 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
239 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
240 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
241 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
242 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
243 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
244 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
245 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
246 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
247 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
250 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
252 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
253 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
254 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
255 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
260 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
261 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
263 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
264 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
265 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
266 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
269 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
271 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
275 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
276 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
277 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
280 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
281 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
282 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
284 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
285 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
291 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
292 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
293 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
296 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
297 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
302 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
303 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
304 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
305 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
308 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
309 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
310 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
313 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
314 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
319 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
321 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
323 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
324 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
327 Closes: #459868, #581011
328 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
329 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
331 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
333 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
334 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
336 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
339 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
341 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
343 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
344 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
348 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
349 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
352 Closes: #501930, #593909
353 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
354 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
358 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
359 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
360 machine. (Closes: #591857)
361 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
362 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
363 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
364 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
365 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
366 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
367 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
368 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
369 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
370 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
372 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
373 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
374 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
375 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
376 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
377 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
378 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
379 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
380 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
381 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
382 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
383 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
384 than the version in oldstable.
385 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
386 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
387 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
388 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
389 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
390 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
391 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
392 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
393 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
394 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
395 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
396 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
397 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
398 package. (Closes: #609160)
400 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
402 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
404 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
410 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
411 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
413 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
415 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
416 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
418 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
420 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
421 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
425 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
426 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
430 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
431 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
435 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
436 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
440 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
441 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
443 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
445 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
446 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
448 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
450 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
451 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
456 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
457 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
462 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
467 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
468 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
472 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
473 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
477 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
478 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
482 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
483 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
485 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
487 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
488 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
490 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
492 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
494 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
495 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
496 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
497 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
498 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
499 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
500 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
501 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
502 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
504 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
505 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
506 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
507 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
508 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
509 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
511 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
513 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
519 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
522 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
523 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
524 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
525 and distribution license' (three times).
526 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
527 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
532 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
534 Proposed by Santiago Vila
535 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
542 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
543 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
547 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
548 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
549 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
551 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
552 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
554 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
555 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
556 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
557 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
559 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
560 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
563 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
565 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
566 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
569 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
571 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
572 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
575 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
577 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
579 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
582 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
583 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
588 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
589 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
593 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
594 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
596 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
598 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
599 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
600 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
604 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
605 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
606 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
609 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
610 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
615 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
616 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
617 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
620 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
621 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
622 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
623 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
624 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
625 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
626 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
627 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
628 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
629 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
630 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
631 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
632 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
633 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
634 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
635 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
636 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
637 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
638 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
639 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
640 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
641 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
642 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
643 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
644 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
645 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
646 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
647 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
648 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
649 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
650 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
651 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
653 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
655 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
657 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
660 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
661 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
663 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
664 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
668 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
671 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
672 Wording: Steve Langasek.
673 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
674 Seconded: Julien Cristau
675 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
678 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
679 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
680 Seconded: Russ Allbery
681 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
684 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
685 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
686 Seconded: Russ Allbery
688 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
689 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
690 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
691 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
692 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
693 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
694 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
695 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
696 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
698 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
699 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
700 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
701 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
702 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
703 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
704 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
705 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
706 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
707 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
708 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
709 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
710 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
711 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
712 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
715 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
716 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
717 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
718 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
719 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
721 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
724 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
725 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
726 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
727 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
728 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
729 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
732 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
734 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
736 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
737 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
738 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
739 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
741 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
742 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
743 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
744 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
746 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
747 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
748 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
749 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
751 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
752 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
753 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
754 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
755 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
756 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
758 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
759 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
760 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
761 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
762 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
764 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
765 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
766 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
767 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
769 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
770 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
771 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
772 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
774 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
775 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
776 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
777 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
779 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
780 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
781 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
782 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
784 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
785 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
787 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
789 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
790 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
791 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
792 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
793 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
794 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
795 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
796 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
797 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
798 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
799 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
800 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
801 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
802 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
803 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
805 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
806 Source field descriptions.
807 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
808 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
809 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
810 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
811 description says otherwise.
813 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
815 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
818 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
819 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
820 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
821 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
822 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
823 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
825 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
826 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
827 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
828 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
830 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
831 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
832 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
833 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
835 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
836 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
837 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
838 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
840 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
841 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
842 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
843 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
847 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
848 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
849 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
850 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
851 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
853 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
854 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
855 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
856 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
858 * Add myself to Uploaders.
861 * Add myself to Uploaders.
862 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
864 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
865 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
866 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
868 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
870 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
872 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
873 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
874 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
875 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
877 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
878 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
879 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
880 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
882 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
883 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
884 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
885 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
887 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
888 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
889 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
890 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
892 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
893 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
894 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
895 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
897 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
898 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
899 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
900 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
902 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
903 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
904 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
905 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
907 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
908 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
909 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
910 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
912 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
913 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
914 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
915 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
917 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
918 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
919 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
920 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
922 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
923 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
924 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
925 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
926 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
928 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
929 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
930 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
931 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
932 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
933 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
934 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
935 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
936 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
937 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
938 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
939 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
940 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
941 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
942 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
943 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
944 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
945 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
946 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
947 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
948 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
949 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
950 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
951 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
952 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
953 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
954 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
955 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
956 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
957 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
959 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
960 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
961 links was completed long ago.
962 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
964 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
966 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
969 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
971 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
973 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
976 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
977 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
978 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
979 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
980 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
981 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
982 Millan (Closes: #209008).
983 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
984 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
986 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
988 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
990 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
991 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
992 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
993 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
994 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
995 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
996 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
998 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
999 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1000 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1001 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1003 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1004 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1005 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1006 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1007 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1008 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1009 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1010 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1011 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1012 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1013 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1014 Closes: #186700, #458910
1015 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1016 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1017 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1019 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1020 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1021 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1022 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1023 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1024 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1025 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1026 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1028 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1029 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1031 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1032 * Add an md5sums control file.
1033 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1034 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1035 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1036 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1037 currently part of policy.
1038 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1039 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1040 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1043 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1045 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1048 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1049 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1050 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1051 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1052 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1053 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1054 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1055 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1056 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1057 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1058 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1059 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1060 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1061 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1062 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1064 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1066 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1067 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1068 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1070 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1071 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1072 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1073 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1074 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1075 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1076 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1077 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1078 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1079 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1080 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1081 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1082 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1083 debconf specification.
1084 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1085 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1087 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1089 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1092 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1093 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1094 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1095 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1097 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1100 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1101 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1102 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1103 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1105 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1106 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1107 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1108 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1109 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1110 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1111 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1112 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1113 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1114 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1115 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1116 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1117 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1119 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1125 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1126 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1127 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1129 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1130 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1131 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1133 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1135 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1138 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1139 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1140 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1141 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1142 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1143 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1145 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1146 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1147 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1148 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1150 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1152 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1154 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1156 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1157 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1158 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1159 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1160 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1161 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1165 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1168 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1169 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1170 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1172 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1173 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1175 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1177 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1180 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1181 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1182 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1183 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1184 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1185 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1186 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1187 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1188 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1190 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1191 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1193 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1194 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1195 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1197 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1199 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1200 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1203 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1205 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1208 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1210 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1211 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1212 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1213 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1214 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1215 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1216 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1217 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1218 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1219 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1220 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1221 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1222 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1223 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1224 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1225 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1226 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1228 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1229 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1230 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1231 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1232 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1233 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1234 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1236 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1237 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1238 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1239 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1241 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1242 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1243 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1244 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1245 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1246 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1247 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1248 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1249 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1250 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1251 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1253 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1254 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1257 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1259 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1260 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1261 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1262 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1263 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1264 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1265 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1266 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1270 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1274 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1276 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1278 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1279 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1280 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1282 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1283 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1284 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1288 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1290 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1291 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1293 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1295 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1297 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1299 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1301 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1302 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1303 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1305 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1310 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1313 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1314 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1315 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1317 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1318 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1320 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1322 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1324 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1328 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1329 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1330 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1331 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1333 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1334 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1335 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1336 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1339 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1340 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1343 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1344 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1346 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1347 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1348 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1350 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1351 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1352 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1353 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1356 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1357 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1358 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1360 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1361 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1362 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1365 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1366 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1367 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1369 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1370 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1371 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1373 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1374 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1375 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1376 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1377 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1378 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1379 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1380 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1384 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1388 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1389 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1390 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1391 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1392 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1393 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1394 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1395 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1397 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1398 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1399 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1400 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1401 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1402 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1403 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1404 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1405 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1406 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1407 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1408 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1410 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1411 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1412 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1416 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1417 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1420 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1421 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1422 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1424 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1425 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1426 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1427 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1428 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1429 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1431 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1432 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1434 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1435 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1436 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1437 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1438 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1439 Closes: #185943, #237049
1441 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1443 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1449 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1450 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1451 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1452 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1453 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1454 running. closes: Bug#187250
1455 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1456 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1457 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1458 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1459 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1460 user closes: Bug#176506
1462 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1464 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1468 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1469 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1470 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1471 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1472 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1473 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1474 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1475 deb-building toolchain.
1476 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1477 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1478 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1479 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1480 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1481 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1482 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1483 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1484 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1485 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1486 sections about changelog files.
1488 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1489 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1490 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1491 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1492 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1493 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1495 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1496 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1497 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1498 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1499 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1500 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1501 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1502 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1503 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1504 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1505 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1506 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1507 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1508 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1509 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1510 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1511 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1512 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1513 for the restructuring
1515 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1517 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1520 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1522 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1523 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1524 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1525 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1526 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1527 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1529 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1530 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1531 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1532 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1533 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1534 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1535 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1537 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1538 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1539 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1540 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1542 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1544 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1547 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1548 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1549 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1550 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1551 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1552 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1554 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1555 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1556 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1557 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1559 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1560 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1561 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1562 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1563 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1564 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1565 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1566 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1567 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1568 offtopic stuff, too.
1569 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1570 script should start it, closes: #60979
1571 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1572 "should", closes: #170019
1573 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1574 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1575 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1576 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1577 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1578 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1579 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1580 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1583 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1585 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1589 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1590 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1591 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1592 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1593 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1594 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1595 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1596 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1598 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1599 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1600 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1601 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1602 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1603 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1604 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1605 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1606 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1608 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1609 file, closes: Bug#65764
1611 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1613 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1615 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1616 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1617 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1618 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1619 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1620 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1621 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1622 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1623 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1624 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1625 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1626 details. closes: Bug#133030
1627 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1628 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1629 parts of Bug#161455.
1631 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1633 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1635 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1636 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1637 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1638 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1639 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1640 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1641 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1642 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1643 not. closes: Bug#139820
1644 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1645 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1646 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1647 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1648 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1649 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1650 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1651 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1652 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1653 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1655 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1657 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1658 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1659 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1660 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1661 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1662 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1663 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1664 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1665 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1666 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1667 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1668 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1669 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1670 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1671 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1672 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1673 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1674 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1675 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1676 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1678 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1679 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1680 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1681 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1682 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1683 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1684 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1686 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1687 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1688 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1689 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1690 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1691 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1692 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1693 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1694 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1696 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1698 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1700 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1701 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1702 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1703 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1704 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1705 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1706 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1707 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1708 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1709 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1710 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1711 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1712 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1713 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1714 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1715 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1716 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1717 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1718 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1719 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1720 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1721 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1722 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1724 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1726 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1728 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1729 medium, high, emergency.
1730 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1731 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1732 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1733 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1734 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1737 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1738 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1739 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1741 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1742 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1743 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1744 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1745 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1746 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1747 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1750 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1752 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1754 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1755 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1756 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1757 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1759 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1760 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1761 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1762 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1763 debian/rules to do this
1764 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1765 patches are incorporated upstream
1766 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1767 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1768 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1769 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1770 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1771 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1773 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1774 system closes: Bug#91249
1775 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1776 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1777 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1778 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1779 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1780 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1781 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1782 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1783 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1784 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1785 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1786 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1787 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1789 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1791 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1793 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1794 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1795 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1796 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1798 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1799 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1800 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1802 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1805 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1807 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1809 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1810 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1811 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1812 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1813 package for the time being
1814 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1815 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1816 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1817 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1818 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1819 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1820 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1821 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1822 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1823 Build-Depends arch syntax
1824 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1826 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1827 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1829 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1830 from policy maintenance duties.
1831 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1832 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1834 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1836 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1838 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1840 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1842 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1844 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1845 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1846 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1847 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1848 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1849 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1850 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1851 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1852 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1853 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1854 minor version number for this
1855 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1856 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1857 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1858 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1859 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1860 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1861 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1862 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1863 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1865 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1867 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1869 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1870 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1871 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1872 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1873 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1875 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1877 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1878 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1879 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1880 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1881 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1882 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1883 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1884 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1885 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1886 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1887 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1888 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1889 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1890 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1891 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1892 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1895 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1897 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1899 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1900 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1902 * Document the Enhances relationship
1903 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1904 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1905 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1906 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1907 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1908 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1910 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1912 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1913 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1914 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1915 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1917 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1918 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1919 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1920 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1921 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1923 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1925 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1927 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1928 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1929 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1931 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1932 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1933 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1934 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1935 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1936 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1937 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1938 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1939 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1941 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1943 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1945 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1947 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1948 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1949 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1950 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1951 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1952 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1953 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1954 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1955 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1956 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1957 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1958 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1959 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1960 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1961 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1962 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1963 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1964 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1965 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1966 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1967 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1968 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1970 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1971 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1973 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1975 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1977 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1978 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1979 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1980 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1981 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1982 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1983 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1984 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1985 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1986 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1987 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1988 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1989 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1990 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1991 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1992 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1993 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1994 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1995 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1996 list closes: Bug#53756
1997 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1998 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1999 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2000 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2001 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2002 policy closes: Bug#53760
2003 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2004 policy closes: Bug#53761
2005 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2006 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2007 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2008 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2009 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2010 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2011 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2012 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2013 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2014 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2015 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2017 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2018 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2019 to install with older fileutils.
2020 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2021 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2022 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2023 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2025 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2026 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2028 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2030 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2032 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2033 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2035 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2037 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2039 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2040 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2042 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2045 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2047 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2048 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2050 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2052 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2054 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2056 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2057 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2059 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2061 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2063 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2064 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2065 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2066 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2067 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2068 directoried (closes: #41547)
2069 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2070 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2071 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2072 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2073 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2074 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2075 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2076 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2077 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2078 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2079 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2081 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2082 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2083 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2084 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2085 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2086 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2087 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2089 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2090 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2091 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2092 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2094 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2096 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2098 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2099 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2101 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2103 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2105 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2106 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2110 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2112 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2113 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2115 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2116 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2117 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2118 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2119 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2120 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2121 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2122 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2123 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2124 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2125 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2126 this closes: Bug#38612
2127 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2128 before. closes: Bug#40864
2130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2132 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2134 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2135 officially uploaded.
2136 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2138 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2139 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2140 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2142 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2143 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2144 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2145 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2146 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2147 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2149 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2150 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2151 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2153 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2155 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2156 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2157 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2158 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2159 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2161 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2163 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2165 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2166 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2167 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2168 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2169 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2170 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2171 there). closes: Bug#34233
2172 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2173 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2174 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2175 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2176 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2178 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2180 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2182 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2183 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2184 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2185 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2188 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2189 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2190 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2191 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2192 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2195 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2196 number. closes: BUG#25911
2198 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2199 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2200 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2201 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2202 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2203 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2205 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2206 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2207 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2210 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2211 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2212 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2214 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2215 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2216 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2217 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2219 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2220 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2221 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2223 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2225 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2226 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2227 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2228 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2229 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2230 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2231 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2232 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2235 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2237 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2238 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2241 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2243 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2245 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2247 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2249 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2251 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2252 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2253 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2254 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2255 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2256 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2257 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2258 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2260 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2261 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2263 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2265 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2267 * non-maintainer release
2268 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2269 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2271 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2272 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2273 * no content changes
2274 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2276 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2278 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2282 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2284 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2286 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2288 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2289 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2290 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2292 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2293 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2295 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2296 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2297 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2298 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2300 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2301 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2302 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2303 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2304 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2305 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2306 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2308 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2309 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2310 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2313 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2314 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2315 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2317 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2318 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2319 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2321 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2322 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2324 * New version numbering scheme:
2326 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2327 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2328 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2331 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2332 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2333 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2334 differ between the manuals.
2336 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2337 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2338 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2339 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2341 * Packaging changes:
2343 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2344 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2346 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2348 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2350 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2352 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2354 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2355 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2356 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2358 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2359 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2362 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2363 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2364 file extension as the referenced file
2366 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2367 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2369 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2370 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2371 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2372 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2375 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2376 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2377 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2379 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2380 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2381 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2382 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2385 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2386 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2389 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2390 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2391 reasonable default configuration
2393 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2394 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2395 by all news servers and clients
2397 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2398 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2399 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2400 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2401 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2403 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2404 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2407 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2409 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2410 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2412 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2415 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2416 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2418 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2419 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2421 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2425 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2427 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2428 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2429 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2430 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2432 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2434 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2435 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2436 * Don't use debstd anymore
2438 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2440 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2442 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2443 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2444 contrib/non-free policy
2445 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2446 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2447 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2448 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2449 - new section about `Daemons'
2450 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2451 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2452 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2453 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2454 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2455 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2456 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2457 * SGML source code included in package
2458 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2462 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2464 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2465 - completely reworked structure
2466 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2467 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2468 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2469 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2470 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2471 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2472 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2473 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2474 - mention "orphaned packages"
2475 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2476 distributions' policy
2477 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2478 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2479 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2480 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2481 - added section about arch spec strings
2482 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2483 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2484 - added section about "menus"
2485 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2486 the new documentation policy soon
2487 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2488 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2490 - added section about editors and pagers
2491 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2492 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2493 - added section about device files
2494 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2495 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2496 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2498 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2499 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2500 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2501 - Added new section about obsolete names
2502 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2503 * Fixed package's description
2505 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2507 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2509 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2511 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2513 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2515 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2516 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2517 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2518 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2520 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2522 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2524 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2525 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2526 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2528 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2529 and upload it "byhand" too.
2531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2533 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2536 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2537 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2538 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2539 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2540 functionality must not have the same name.
2541 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2542 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2543 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2544 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2545 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2546 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2547 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2549 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2550 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2551 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2552 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2553 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2554 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2555 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2556 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2559 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2561 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2563 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2565 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2566 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2567 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2568 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2569 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2572 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2574 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2576 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2578 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2579 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2580 description of deb file format.
2581 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2582 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2584 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2586 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2587 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2589 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2591 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2593 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2594 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2595 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2596 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2597 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2598 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2599 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2600 packages in section on Procedure
2601 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2602 a package maintainer
2603 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2604 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2605 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2607 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2608 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2609 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2610 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2611 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2612 on various shlib files
2613 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2614 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2615 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2617 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2619 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2621 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2622 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2623 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2625 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2626 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2627 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2628 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2629 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2631 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2633 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2635 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2637 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2639 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2640 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2641 compatibility go in contrib.
2643 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2644 instructions in policy manual.
2645 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2648 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2650 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2652 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2653 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2654 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2655 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2657 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2658 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2661 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2663 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2665 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2666 * More detail about changelog format names.
2668 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2669 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2673 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2675 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2677 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2679 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2681 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2683 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2685 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2687 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2688 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2689 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2691 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2693 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2695 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2697 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2699 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2703 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100