1 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
10 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:30:33 -0700
17 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
20 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
21 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
22 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
23 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
25 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
26 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
27 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
28 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
29 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
30 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
31 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
32 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
33 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
34 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
35 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
36 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
37 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
38 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
39 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
40 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
41 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
43 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
44 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
45 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
46 good to know which version one is looking at.
47 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
48 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
49 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
50 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
51 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
52 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
53 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
55 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
56 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
57 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
58 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
59 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
61 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
62 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
63 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
65 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
66 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
67 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
68 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
70 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
72 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
76 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
77 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
78 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
79 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
80 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
81 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
82 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
83 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
84 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
85 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
90 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
91 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
96 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
97 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
101 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
103 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
104 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
108 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
109 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
112 Closes: #620870, #532120
113 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
114 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
119 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
120 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
121 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
125 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
126 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
127 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
128 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
129 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
131 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
132 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
133 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
134 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
135 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
136 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
137 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
138 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
139 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
140 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
141 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
142 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
143 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
144 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
145 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
146 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
148 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
150 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
151 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
152 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
153 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
154 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
155 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
156 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
157 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
158 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
159 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
162 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
164 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
165 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
166 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
172 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
173 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
175 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
176 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
177 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
178 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
181 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
183 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
187 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
188 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
189 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
192 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
193 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
194 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
196 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
197 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
203 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
204 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
205 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
208 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
209 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
214 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
215 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
216 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
217 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
220 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
221 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
222 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
225 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
226 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
231 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
233 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
236 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
239 Closes: #459868, #581011
240 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
241 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
243 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
245 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
246 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
248 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
251 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
253 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
255 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
256 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
260 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
261 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
264 Closes: #501930, #593909
265 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
266 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
270 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
271 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
272 machine. (Closes: #591857)
273 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
274 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
275 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
276 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
277 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
278 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
279 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
280 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
281 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
282 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
284 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
285 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
286 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
287 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
288 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
289 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
290 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
291 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
292 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
293 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
294 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
295 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
296 than the version in oldstable.
297 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
298 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
299 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
300 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
301 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
302 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
303 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
304 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
305 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
306 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
307 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
308 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
309 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
310 package. (Closes: #609160)
312 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
314 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
316 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
317 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
322 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
323 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
327 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
328 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
332 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
333 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
337 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
338 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
342 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
343 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
347 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
348 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
352 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
353 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
355 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
357 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
358 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
360 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
362 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
363 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
368 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
369 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
374 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
375 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
379 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
380 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
384 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
385 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
389 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
390 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
394 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
399 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
404 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
406 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
407 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
408 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
409 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
410 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
411 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
412 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
413 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
414 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
416 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
417 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
418 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
419 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
420 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
421 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
423 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
425 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
428 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
431 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
434 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
435 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
436 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
437 and distribution license' (three times).
438 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
439 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
444 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
446 Proposed by Santiago Vila
447 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
454 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
455 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
459 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
460 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
461 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
464 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
466 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
467 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
468 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
471 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
472 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
475 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
477 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
478 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
481 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
483 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
484 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
485 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
486 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
487 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
489 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
490 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
491 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
494 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
495 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
500 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
501 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
505 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
506 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
510 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
511 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
512 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
516 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
517 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
518 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
521 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
522 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
527 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
528 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
532 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
533 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
534 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
535 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
536 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
537 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
538 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
539 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
540 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
541 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
542 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
543 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
544 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
545 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
546 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
547 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
548 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
549 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
550 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
551 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
552 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
553 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
554 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
555 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
556 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
557 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
558 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
559 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
560 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
561 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
562 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
563 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
565 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
567 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
569 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
572 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
573 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
575 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
576 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
580 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
583 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
584 Wording: Steve Langasek.
585 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
586 Seconded: Julien Cristau
587 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
590 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
591 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
592 Seconded: Russ Allbery
593 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
596 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
597 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
598 Seconded: Russ Allbery
600 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
601 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
602 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
603 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
604 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
605 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
606 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
607 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
610 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
611 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
612 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
613 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
614 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
615 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
616 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
617 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
618 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
619 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
620 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
621 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
622 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
623 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
624 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
627 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
628 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
629 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
630 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
631 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
633 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
636 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
637 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
639 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
640 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
641 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
644 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
646 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
648 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
649 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
653 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
654 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
655 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
656 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
658 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
659 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
660 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
661 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
663 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
664 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
665 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
666 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
667 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
668 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
670 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
671 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
672 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
676 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
677 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
679 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
681 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
682 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
686 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
687 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
691 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
692 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
696 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
697 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
701 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
702 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
703 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
704 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
705 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
706 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
707 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
708 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
709 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
710 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
711 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
712 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
713 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
714 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
715 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
717 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
718 Source field descriptions.
719 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
720 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
721 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
722 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
723 description says otherwise.
725 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
727 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
731 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
732 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
733 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
734 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
735 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
737 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
738 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
739 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
740 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
742 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
743 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
744 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
745 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
747 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
748 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
749 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
750 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
752 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
753 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
754 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
755 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
759 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
760 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
761 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
762 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
763 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
765 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
766 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
767 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
770 * Add myself to Uploaders.
773 * Add myself to Uploaders.
774 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
776 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
777 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
778 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
780 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
782 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
784 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
785 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
787 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
789 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
790 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
792 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
794 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
795 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
797 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
799 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
800 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
802 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
804 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
805 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
806 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
807 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
809 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
810 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
812 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
814 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
815 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
816 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
817 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
819 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
820 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
821 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
822 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
824 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
825 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
826 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
827 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
829 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
830 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
831 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
832 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
834 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
835 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
836 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
837 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
838 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
840 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
841 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
842 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
843 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
844 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
845 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
846 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
847 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
848 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
849 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
850 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
851 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
852 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
853 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
854 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
855 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
856 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
857 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
858 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
859 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
860 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
861 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
862 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
863 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
864 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
865 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
866 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
867 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
868 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
869 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
871 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
872 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
873 links was completed long ago.
874 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
876 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
878 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
880 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
881 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
883 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
885 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
888 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
889 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
890 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
891 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
892 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
893 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
894 Millan (Closes: #209008).
895 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
896 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
898 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
900 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
902 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
903 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
904 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
905 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
906 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
907 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
908 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
910 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
911 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
912 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
913 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
915 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
916 Küster (Closes: #403391).
917 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
918 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
919 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
920 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
921 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
922 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
923 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
924 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
925 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
926 Closes: #186700, #458910
927 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
928 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
929 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
931 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
932 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
933 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
934 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
935 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
936 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
937 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
938 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
940 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
941 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
943 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
944 * Add an md5sums control file.
945 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
946 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
947 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
948 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
949 currently part of policy.
950 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
951 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
952 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
955 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
957 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
959 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
960 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
961 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
962 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
963 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
964 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
965 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
966 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
967 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
968 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
969 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
970 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
971 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
972 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
973 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
974 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
976 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
978 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
979 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
980 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
982 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
983 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
984 list?" (Closes: #412634).
985 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
986 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
987 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
988 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
989 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
990 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
991 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
992 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
993 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
994 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
995 debconf specification.
996 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
997 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
999 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1001 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1004 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1005 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1006 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1007 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1009 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1011 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1012 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1013 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1014 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1015 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1017 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1018 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1019 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1020 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1021 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1022 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1023 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1024 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1025 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1026 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1027 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1028 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1029 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1030 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1031 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1032 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1034 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1036 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1037 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1038 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1039 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1040 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1041 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1042 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1043 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1045 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1047 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1050 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1051 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1052 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1053 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1054 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1055 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1057 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1058 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1059 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1060 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1061 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1062 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1063 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1064 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1065 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1066 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1068 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1069 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1070 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1071 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1072 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1073 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1075 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1077 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1080 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1081 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1082 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1084 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1085 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1087 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1089 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1092 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1093 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1094 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1095 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1096 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1097 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1098 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1099 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1100 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1102 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1103 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1105 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1106 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1107 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1108 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1109 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1110 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1111 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1112 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1117 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1120 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1121 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1122 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1123 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1124 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1125 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1126 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1127 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1128 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1129 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1130 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1131 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1132 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1133 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1134 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1135 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1136 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1137 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1138 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1140 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1141 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1142 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1143 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1144 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1145 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1146 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1148 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1149 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1150 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1151 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1153 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1154 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1155 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1156 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1157 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1158 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1159 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1160 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1161 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1162 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1163 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1166 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1169 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1171 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1172 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1173 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1174 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1175 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1176 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1177 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1178 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1180 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1182 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1186 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1187 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1188 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1189 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1190 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1191 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1192 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1194 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1195 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1196 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1197 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1200 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1202 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1203 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1205 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1207 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1209 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1211 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1213 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1214 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1215 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1217 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1220 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1222 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1225 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1226 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1227 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1229 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1230 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1232 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1236 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1240 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1241 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1242 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1243 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1245 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1246 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1247 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1248 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1251 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1252 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1255 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1256 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1258 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1259 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1260 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1262 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1263 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1264 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1265 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1268 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1269 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1270 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1272 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1273 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1274 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1277 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1278 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1279 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1281 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1282 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1283 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1285 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1286 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1287 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1288 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1289 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1290 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1291 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1292 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1294 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1296 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1300 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1301 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1302 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1303 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1304 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1305 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1306 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1307 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1309 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1310 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1311 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1312 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1313 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1314 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1315 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1316 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1317 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1318 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1319 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1320 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1322 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1323 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1324 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1325 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1328 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1329 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1332 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1333 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1334 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1336 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1337 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1338 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1339 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1340 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1341 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1343 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1344 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1346 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1347 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1348 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1349 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1350 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1351 Closes: #185943, #237049
1353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1355 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1358 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1361 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1362 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1363 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1364 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1365 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1366 running. closes: Bug#187250
1367 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1368 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1369 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1370 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1371 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1372 user closes: Bug#176506
1374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1376 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1380 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1381 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1382 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1383 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1384 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1385 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1386 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1387 deb-building toolchain.
1388 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1389 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1390 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1391 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1392 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1393 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1394 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1395 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1396 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1397 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1398 sections about changelog files.
1400 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1401 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1402 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1403 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1404 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1405 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1407 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1408 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1409 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1410 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1411 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1412 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1413 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1414 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1415 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1416 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1417 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1418 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1419 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1420 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1421 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1422 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1423 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1424 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1425 for the restructuring
1427 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1429 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1432 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1434 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1435 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1436 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1437 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1438 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1439 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1441 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1442 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1443 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1444 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1445 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1446 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1447 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1449 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1450 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1451 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1452 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1454 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1456 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1459 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1460 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1461 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1462 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1463 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1464 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1466 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1467 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1468 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1469 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1471 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1472 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1473 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1474 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1475 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1476 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1477 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1478 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1479 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1480 offtopic stuff, too.
1481 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1482 script should start it, closes: #60979
1483 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1484 "should", closes: #170019
1485 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1486 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1487 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1488 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1489 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1490 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1491 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1492 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1495 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1497 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1500 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1501 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1502 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1503 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1504 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1505 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1506 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1507 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1508 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1510 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1511 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1512 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1513 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1514 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1515 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1516 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1517 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1518 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1520 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1521 file, closes: Bug#65764
1523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1525 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1528 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1529 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1530 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1531 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1532 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1533 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1534 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1535 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1536 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1537 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1538 details. closes: Bug#133030
1539 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1540 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1541 parts of Bug#161455.
1543 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1545 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1547 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1548 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1549 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1550 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1551 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1552 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1553 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1554 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1555 not. closes: Bug#139820
1556 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1557 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1558 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1559 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1560 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1561 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1562 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1563 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1564 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1565 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1567 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1569 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1570 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1571 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1572 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1573 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1574 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1575 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1576 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1577 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1578 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1579 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1580 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1581 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1582 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1583 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1584 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1585 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1586 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1587 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1588 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1590 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1591 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1592 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1593 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1594 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1595 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1596 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1598 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1599 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1600 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1601 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1602 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1603 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1604 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1605 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1606 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1608 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1610 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1612 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1613 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1614 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1615 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1616 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1617 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1618 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1619 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1620 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1621 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1622 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1623 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1624 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1625 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1626 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1627 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1628 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1629 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1630 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1631 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1632 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1633 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1634 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1638 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1640 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1641 medium, high, emergency.
1642 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1643 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1644 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1645 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1646 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1649 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1650 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1651 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1653 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1654 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1655 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1656 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1657 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1658 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1659 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1662 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1664 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1667 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1668 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1669 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1671 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1672 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1673 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1674 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1675 debian/rules to do this
1676 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1677 patches are incorporated upstream
1678 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1679 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1680 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1681 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1682 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1683 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1685 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1686 system closes: Bug#91249
1687 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1688 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1689 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1690 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1691 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1692 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1693 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1694 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1695 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1696 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1697 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1698 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1699 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1701 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1703 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1706 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1707 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1708 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1710 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1711 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1712 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1714 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1719 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1721 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1722 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1723 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1724 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1725 package for the time being
1726 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1727 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1728 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1729 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1730 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1731 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1732 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1733 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1734 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1735 Build-Depends arch syntax
1736 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1738 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1739 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1741 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1742 from policy maintenance duties.
1743 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1744 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1746 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1748 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1750 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1752 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1754 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1756 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1757 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1758 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1759 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1760 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1761 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1762 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1763 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1764 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1765 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1766 minor version number for this
1767 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1768 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1769 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1770 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1771 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1772 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1773 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1774 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1775 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1777 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1779 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1781 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1782 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1783 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1784 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1785 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1787 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1789 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1790 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1791 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1792 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1793 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1794 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1795 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1796 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1797 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1798 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1799 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1800 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1801 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1802 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1803 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1804 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1807 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1809 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1811 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1812 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1814 * Document the Enhances relationship
1815 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1816 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1817 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1818 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1819 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1820 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1822 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1824 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1825 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1826 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1827 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1829 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1830 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1831 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1832 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1833 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1835 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1837 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1839 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1840 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1841 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1843 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1844 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1845 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1846 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1847 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1848 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1849 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1850 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1851 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1853 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1855 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1857 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1859 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1860 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1861 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1862 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1863 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1864 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1865 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1866 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1867 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1868 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1869 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1870 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1871 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1872 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1873 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1874 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1875 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1876 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1877 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1878 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1879 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1880 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1882 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1883 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1885 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1887 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1889 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1890 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1891 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1892 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1893 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1894 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1895 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1896 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1897 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1898 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1899 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1900 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1901 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1902 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1903 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1904 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1905 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1906 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1907 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1908 list closes: Bug#53756
1909 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1910 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1911 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1912 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1913 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1914 policy closes: Bug#53760
1915 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1916 policy closes: Bug#53761
1917 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1918 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1919 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1920 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1921 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1922 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1923 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1924 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1925 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1926 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1927 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1929 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1930 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1931 to install with older fileutils.
1932 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1933 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1934 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1935 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1937 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1938 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1940 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1942 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1944 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1945 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1947 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1949 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1951 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1952 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1954 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1957 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1959 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1960 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1962 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1964 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1966 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1968 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1969 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1971 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1973 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1975 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1976 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1977 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1978 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1979 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1980 directoried (closes: #41547)
1981 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1982 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1983 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1984 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1985 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1986 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1987 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1988 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1989 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1990 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1991 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1993 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1994 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1995 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1996 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1997 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1998 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1999 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2001 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2002 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2003 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2004 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2006 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2008 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2010 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2011 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2013 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2015 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2017 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2018 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2020 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2022 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2024 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2025 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2027 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2028 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2029 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2030 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2031 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2032 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2033 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2034 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2035 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2036 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2037 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2038 this closes: Bug#38612
2039 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2040 before. closes: Bug#40864
2042 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2044 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2046 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2047 officially uploaded.
2048 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2050 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2051 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2052 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2054 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2055 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2056 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2057 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2058 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2059 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2061 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2062 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2063 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2065 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2067 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2068 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2069 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2070 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2071 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2073 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2075 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2077 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2078 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2079 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2080 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2081 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2082 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2083 there). closes: Bug#34233
2084 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2085 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2086 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2087 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2088 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2090 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2092 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2094 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2095 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2096 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2097 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2100 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2101 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2102 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2103 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2104 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2107 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2108 number. closes: BUG#25911
2110 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2111 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2112 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2113 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2114 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2115 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2117 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2118 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2119 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2122 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2123 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2124 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2126 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2127 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2128 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2129 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2131 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2132 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2133 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2135 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2137 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2138 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2139 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2140 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2141 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2142 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2143 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2144 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2147 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2149 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2150 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2153 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2155 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2157 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2159 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2161 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2163 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2164 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2165 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2166 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2167 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2168 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2169 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2170 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2172 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2173 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2175 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2177 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2179 * non-maintainer release
2180 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2181 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2183 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2184 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2185 * no content changes
2186 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2188 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2190 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2194 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2196 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2198 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2200 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2201 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2202 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2204 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2205 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2207 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2208 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2209 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2210 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2212 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2213 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2214 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2215 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2216 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2217 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2218 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2220 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2221 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2222 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2225 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2226 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2227 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2229 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2230 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2231 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2233 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2234 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2236 * New version numbering scheme:
2238 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2239 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2240 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2243 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2244 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2245 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2246 differ between the manuals.
2248 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2249 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2250 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2251 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2253 * Packaging changes:
2255 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2256 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2258 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2260 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2262 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2264 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2266 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2267 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2268 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2270 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2271 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2274 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2275 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2276 file extension as the referenced file
2278 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2279 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2281 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2282 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2283 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2284 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2287 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2288 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2289 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2291 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2292 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2293 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2294 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2297 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2298 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2301 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2302 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2303 reasonable default configuration
2305 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2306 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2307 by all news servers and clients
2309 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2310 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2311 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2312 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2313 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2315 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2316 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2319 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2321 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2322 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2324 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2327 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2328 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2330 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2331 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2333 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2335 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2337 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2339 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2340 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2341 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2342 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2344 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2346 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2347 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2348 * Don't use debstd anymore
2350 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2352 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2354 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2355 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2356 contrib/non-free policy
2357 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2358 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2359 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2360 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2361 - new section about `Daemons'
2362 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2363 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2364 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2365 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2366 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2367 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2368 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2369 * SGML source code included in package
2370 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2372 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2374 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2376 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2377 - completely reworked structure
2378 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2379 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2380 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2381 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2382 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2383 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2384 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2385 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2386 - mention "orphaned packages"
2387 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2388 distributions' policy
2389 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2390 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2391 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2392 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2393 - added section about arch spec strings
2394 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2395 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2396 - added section about "menus"
2397 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2398 the new documentation policy soon
2399 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2400 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2402 - added section about editors and pagers
2403 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2404 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2405 - added section about device files
2406 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2407 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2408 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2410 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2411 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2412 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2413 - Added new section about obsolete names
2414 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2415 * Fixed package's description
2417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2419 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2421 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2425 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2427 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2428 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2429 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2430 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2432 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2434 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2436 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2437 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2438 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2440 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2441 and upload it "byhand" too.
2443 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2445 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2448 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2449 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2450 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2451 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2452 functionality must not have the same name.
2453 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2454 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2455 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2456 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2457 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2458 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2459 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2461 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2462 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2463 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2464 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2465 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2466 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2467 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2468 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2471 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2473 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2475 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2477 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2478 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2479 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2480 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2481 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2484 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2486 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2488 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2490 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2491 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2492 description of deb file format.
2493 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2494 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2496 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2498 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2499 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2501 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2503 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2505 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2506 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2507 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2508 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2509 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2510 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2511 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2512 packages in section on Procedure
2513 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2514 a package maintainer
2515 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2516 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2517 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2519 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2520 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2521 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2522 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2523 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2524 on various shlib files
2525 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2526 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2527 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2529 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2531 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2533 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2534 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2535 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2537 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2538 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2539 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2540 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2541 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2543 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2545 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2547 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2549 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2551 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2552 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2553 compatibility go in contrib.
2555 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2556 instructions in policy manual.
2557 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2560 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2562 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2564 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2565 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2566 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2567 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2569 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2570 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2573 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2575 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2577 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2578 * More detail about changelog format names.
2580 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2581 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2585 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2587 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2589 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2591 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2593 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2595 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2597 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2599 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2600 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2601 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2603 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2605 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2607 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2609 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2611 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2615 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100