1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
31 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
35 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
46 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
48 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
49 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
54 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
55 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
59 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
60 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
61 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
62 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
63 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
64 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
65 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
66 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
67 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
68 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
69 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
70 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
71 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
72 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
73 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
74 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
75 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
76 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
78 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
80 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
84 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
86 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
87 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
91 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
94 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
95 Wording: Steve Langasek.
96 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
97 Seconded: Julien Cristau
101 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
102 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
103 Seconded: Russ Allbery
104 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
107 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
108 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
109 Seconded: Russ Allbery
111 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
112 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
113 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
114 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
115 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
116 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
117 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
118 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
121 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
122 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
123 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
124 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
125 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
126 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
127 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
129 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
130 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
131 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
132 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
133 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
134 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
135 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
138 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
139 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
140 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
141 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
142 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
144 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
147 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
151 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
152 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
155 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
157 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
160 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
164 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
165 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
169 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
170 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
174 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
175 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
178 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
179 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
181 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
182 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
187 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
188 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
192 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
193 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
197 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
198 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
202 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
203 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
207 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
208 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
212 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
213 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
214 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
215 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
216 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
217 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
218 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
219 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
220 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
221 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
222 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
223 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
224 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
225 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
226 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
228 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
229 Source field descriptions.
230 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
231 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
232 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
233 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
234 description says otherwise.
236 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
238 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
242 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
245 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
246 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
248 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
249 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
253 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
254 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
258 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
259 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
263 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
264 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
265 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
266 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
270 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
271 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
272 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
273 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
274 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
276 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
277 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
281 * Add myself to Uploaders.
284 * Add myself to Uploaders.
285 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
287 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
288 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
289 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
291 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
293 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
295 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
296 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
300 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
301 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
303 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
305 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
306 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
310 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
311 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
313 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
315 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
316 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
320 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
321 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
325 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
326 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
328 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
330 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
331 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
333 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
335 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
336 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
337 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
340 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
341 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
345 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
349 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
351 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
352 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
353 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
354 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
355 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
356 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
357 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
358 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
359 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
360 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
361 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
362 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
363 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
364 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
365 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
366 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
367 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
368 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
369 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
370 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
371 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
372 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
373 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
374 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
375 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
376 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
377 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
378 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
379 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
380 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
382 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
383 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
384 links was completed long ago.
385 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
387 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
389 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
392 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
394 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
396 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
398 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
399 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
400 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
401 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
402 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
403 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
404 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
405 Millan (Closes: #209008).
406 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
407 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
409 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
411 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
413 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
414 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
415 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
416 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
417 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
418 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
419 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
421 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
422 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
423 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
424 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
426 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
427 Küster (Closes: #403391).
428 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
429 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
430 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
431 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
432 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
433 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
437 Closes: #186700, #458910
438 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
439 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
442 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
443 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
444 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
445 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
446 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
447 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
448 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
449 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
451 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
452 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
454 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
455 * Add an md5sums control file.
456 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
457 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
458 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
459 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
460 currently part of policy.
461 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
462 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
463 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
466 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
468 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
470 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
471 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
472 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
473 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
474 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
475 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
476 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
477 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
478 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
479 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
480 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
481 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
482 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
483 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
484 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
485 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
487 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
489 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
490 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
491 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
493 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
494 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
495 list?" (Closes: #412634).
496 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
497 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
498 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
499 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
500 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
501 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
502 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
503 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
504 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
505 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
506 debconf specification.
507 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
508 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
510 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
512 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
515 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
517 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
518 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
523 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
524 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
525 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
526 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
528 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
529 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
530 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
531 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
532 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
533 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
534 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
535 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
536 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
537 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
538 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
539 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
540 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
541 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
542 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
543 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
545 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
547 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
548 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
549 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
550 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
552 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
553 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
554 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
556 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
558 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
561 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
562 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
563 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
564 Polo (Closes: #372497).
565 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
566 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
568 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
569 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
570 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
571 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
572 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
573 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
574 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
575 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
576 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
577 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
579 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
580 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
581 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
582 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
583 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
584 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
586 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
588 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
590 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
591 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
592 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
593 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
595 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
596 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
598 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
600 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
602 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
603 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
604 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
605 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
606 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
607 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
608 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
609 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
610 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
611 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
613 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
614 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
615 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
616 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
617 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
618 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
619 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
620 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
621 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
622 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
623 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
626 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
628 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
631 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
632 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
633 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
634 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
635 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
636 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
637 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
638 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
639 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
640 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
641 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
642 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
643 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
644 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
645 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
646 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
647 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
648 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
649 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
650 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
651 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
652 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
653 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
654 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
655 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
656 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
657 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
659 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
660 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
661 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
662 Hess (Closes: #362247).
663 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
664 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
665 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
666 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
667 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
668 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
669 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
670 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
671 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
672 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
673 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
674 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
676 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
677 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
680 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
681 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
682 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
683 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
684 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
685 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
686 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
687 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
688 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
689 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
691 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
693 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
696 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
697 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
699 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
700 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
701 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
702 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
703 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
704 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
705 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
706 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
707 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
708 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
710 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
711 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
712 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
713 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
714 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
715 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
716 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
718 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
719 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
720 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
721 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
722 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
723 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
724 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
725 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
726 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
727 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
728 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
731 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
733 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
736 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
737 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
738 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
740 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
741 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
742 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
743 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
745 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
747 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
751 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
752 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
753 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
754 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
755 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
756 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
757 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
758 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
759 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
761 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
762 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
763 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
765 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
766 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
767 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
768 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
769 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
770 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
771 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
773 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
774 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
775 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
776 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
778 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
779 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
780 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
781 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
783 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
784 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
785 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
787 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
788 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
789 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
790 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
791 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
792 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
793 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
794 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
795 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
796 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
797 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
798 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
799 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
800 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
801 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
802 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
803 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
805 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
807 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
810 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
811 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
812 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
813 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
814 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
815 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
816 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
817 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
818 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
820 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
821 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
822 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
823 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
824 this section. closes: Bug#248618
825 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
826 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
827 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
828 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
829 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
830 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
831 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
832 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
833 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
834 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
835 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
836 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
838 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
839 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
840 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
843 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
844 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
845 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
847 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
848 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
849 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
850 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
851 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
852 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
854 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
855 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
857 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
858 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
859 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
860 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
861 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
862 Closes: #185943, #237049
864 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
866 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
869 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
872 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
873 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
874 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
875 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
876 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
877 running. closes: Bug#187250
878 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
879 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
880 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
881 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
882 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
883 user closes: Bug#176506
885 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
887 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
890 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
891 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
892 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
893 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
894 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
895 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
896 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
897 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
898 deb-building toolchain.
899 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
900 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
901 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
902 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
903 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
904 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
905 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
906 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
907 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
908 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
909 sections about changelog files.
911 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
912 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
913 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
914 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
915 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
916 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
918 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
919 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
920 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
921 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
922 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
923 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
924 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
925 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
926 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
927 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
928 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
929 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
930 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
931 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
932 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
933 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
934 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
935 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
936 for the restructuring
938 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
940 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
945 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
946 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
947 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
948 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
949 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
950 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
952 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
953 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
954 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
955 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
956 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
957 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
958 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
960 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
961 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
962 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
963 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
965 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
967 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
970 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
971 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
972 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
973 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
974 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
975 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
977 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
978 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
979 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
980 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
982 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
983 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
984 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
985 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
986 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
987 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
988 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
989 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
990 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
992 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
993 script should start it, closes: #60979
994 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
995 "should", closes: #170019
996 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
997 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
998 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
999 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1000 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1001 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1002 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1003 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1006 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1008 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1012 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1013 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1014 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1015 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1016 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1017 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1018 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1019 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1021 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1022 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1023 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1024 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1025 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1026 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1027 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1028 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1029 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1031 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1032 file, closes: Bug#65764
1034 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1036 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1039 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1040 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1041 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1042 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1043 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1044 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1045 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1046 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1047 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1048 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1049 details. closes: Bug#133030
1050 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1051 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1052 parts of Bug#161455.
1054 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1056 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1058 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1059 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1060 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1061 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1062 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1063 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1064 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1065 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1066 not. closes: Bug#139820
1067 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1068 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1069 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1070 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1071 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1072 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1073 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1074 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1075 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1076 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1078 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1080 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1081 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1082 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1083 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1084 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1085 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1086 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1087 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1088 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1089 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1090 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1091 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1092 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1093 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1094 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1095 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1096 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1097 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1098 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1099 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1101 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1102 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1103 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1104 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1105 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1106 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1107 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1109 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1110 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1111 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1112 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1113 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1114 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1115 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1116 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1117 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1119 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1121 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1124 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1125 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1126 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1127 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1128 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1129 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1130 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1131 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1132 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1133 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1134 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1135 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1136 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1137 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1138 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1139 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1140 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1141 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1142 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1143 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1144 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1145 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1147 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1149 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1152 medium, high, emergency.
1153 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1154 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1155 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1156 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1157 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1160 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1161 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1162 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1164 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1165 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1166 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1167 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1168 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1169 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1170 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1175 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1178 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1179 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1180 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1182 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1183 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1184 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1185 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1186 debian/rules to do this
1187 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1188 patches are incorporated upstream
1189 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1190 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1191 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1192 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1193 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1194 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1196 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1197 system closes: Bug#91249
1198 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1199 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1200 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1201 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1202 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1203 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1204 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1205 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1206 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1207 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1208 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1209 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1210 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1212 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1214 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1217 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1218 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1219 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1221 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1222 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1223 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1225 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1228 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1230 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1232 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1233 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1234 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1235 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1236 package for the time being
1237 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1238 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1239 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1240 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1241 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1242 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1243 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1244 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1245 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1246 Build-Depends arch syntax
1247 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1249 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1250 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1252 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1253 from policy maintenance duties.
1254 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1255 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1259 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1263 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1265 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1268 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1269 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1270 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1271 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1272 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1273 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1274 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1275 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1276 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1277 minor version number for this
1278 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1279 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1280 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1281 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1282 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1283 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1284 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1285 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1286 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1288 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1290 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1293 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1294 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1295 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1296 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1298 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1300 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1301 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1302 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1303 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1304 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1305 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1306 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1307 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1308 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1309 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1310 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1311 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1312 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1313 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1314 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1315 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1320 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1323 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1325 * Document the Enhances relationship
1326 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1327 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1328 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1329 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1330 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1331 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1333 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1335 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1336 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1337 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1338 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1340 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1341 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1342 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1343 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1344 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1346 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1348 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1351 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1352 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1354 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1355 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1356 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1357 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1358 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1359 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1360 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1361 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1362 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1364 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1366 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1368 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1371 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1372 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1373 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1374 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1375 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1376 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1377 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1378 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1379 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1380 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1381 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1382 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1383 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1384 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1385 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1386 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1387 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1388 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1389 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1390 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1391 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1393 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1394 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1396 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1398 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1401 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1402 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1403 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1404 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1405 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1406 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1407 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1408 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1409 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1410 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1411 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1412 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1413 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1414 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1415 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1416 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1417 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1418 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1419 list closes: Bug#53756
1420 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1421 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1422 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1423 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1424 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1425 policy closes: Bug#53760
1426 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1427 policy closes: Bug#53761
1428 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1429 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1430 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1431 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1432 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1433 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1434 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1435 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1436 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1437 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1438 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1440 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1441 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1442 to install with older fileutils.
1443 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1444 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1445 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1446 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1448 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1449 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1451 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1453 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1455 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1456 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1458 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1460 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1463 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1465 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1468 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1470 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1471 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1473 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1475 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1477 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1480 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1482 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1484 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1487 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1488 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1489 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1490 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1491 directoried (closes: #41547)
1492 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1493 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1494 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1495 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1496 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1497 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1498 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1499 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1500 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1501 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1502 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1504 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1505 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1506 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1507 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1508 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1509 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1510 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1512 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1513 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1514 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1515 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1517 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1519 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1521 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1522 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1524 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1526 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1528 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1529 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1531 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1533 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1536 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1538 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1539 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1540 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1541 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1542 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1543 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1544 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1545 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1546 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1547 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1548 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1549 this closes: Bug#38612
1550 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1551 before. closes: Bug#40864
1553 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1555 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1557 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1558 officially uploaded.
1559 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1561 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1562 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1563 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1565 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1566 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1567 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1568 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1569 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1570 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1572 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1573 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1574 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1576 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1578 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1579 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1580 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1581 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1582 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1584 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1586 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1589 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1590 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1591 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1592 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1593 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1594 there). closes: Bug#34233
1595 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1596 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1597 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1598 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1599 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1601 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1603 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1606 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1607 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1608 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1611 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1612 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1613 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1614 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1615 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1618 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1619 number. closes: BUG#25911
1621 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1622 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1623 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1624 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1625 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1626 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1628 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1629 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1630 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1633 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1634 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1635 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1637 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1638 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1639 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1640 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1642 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1643 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1644 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1646 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1648 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1649 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1650 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1651 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1652 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1653 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1654 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1655 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1658 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1660 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1661 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1664 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1666 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1668 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1670 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1672 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1674 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1675 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1676 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1677 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1678 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1679 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1680 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1681 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1683 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1684 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1686 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1688 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1690 * non-maintainer release
1691 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1692 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1694 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1695 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1696 * no content changes
1697 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1699 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1701 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1705 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1707 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1709 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1711 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1712 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1713 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1715 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1716 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1718 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1719 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1720 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1721 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1723 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1724 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1725 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1726 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1727 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1728 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1729 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1731 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1732 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1733 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1736 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1737 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1738 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1740 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1741 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1742 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1744 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1745 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1747 * New version numbering scheme:
1749 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1750 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1751 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1754 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1755 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1756 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1757 differ between the manuals.
1759 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1760 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1761 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1762 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1764 * Packaging changes:
1766 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1767 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1769 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1771 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1773 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1775 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1777 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1778 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1779 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1781 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1782 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1785 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1786 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1787 file extension as the referenced file
1789 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1790 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1792 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1793 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1794 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1795 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1798 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1799 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1800 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1802 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1803 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1804 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1805 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1808 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1809 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1812 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1813 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1814 reasonable default configuration
1816 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1817 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1818 by all news servers and clients
1820 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1821 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1822 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1823 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1824 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1826 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1827 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1830 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1832 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1833 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1835 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1838 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1839 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1841 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1842 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1844 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1846 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1848 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1850 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1851 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1852 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1853 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1855 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1857 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1858 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1859 * Don't use debstd anymore
1861 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1863 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1865 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1866 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1867 contrib/non-free policy
1868 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1869 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1870 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1871 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1872 - new section about `Daemons'
1873 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1874 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1875 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1876 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1877 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1878 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1879 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1880 * SGML source code included in package
1881 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1883 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1885 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1887 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1888 - completely reworked structure
1889 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1890 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1891 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1892 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1893 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1894 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1895 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1896 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1897 - mention "orphaned packages"
1898 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1899 distributions' policy
1900 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1901 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1902 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1903 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1904 - added section about arch spec strings
1905 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1906 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1907 - added section about "menus"
1908 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1909 the new documentation policy soon
1910 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1911 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1913 - added section about editors and pagers
1914 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1915 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1916 - added section about device files
1917 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1918 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1919 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1921 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1922 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1923 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1924 - Added new section about obsolete names
1925 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1926 * Fixed package's description
1928 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1930 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1932 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1934 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1936 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1938 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1939 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1940 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1941 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1943 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1945 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1947 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1948 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1949 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1951 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1952 and upload it "byhand" too.
1954 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1956 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1959 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1960 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1961 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1962 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1963 functionality must not have the same name.
1964 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1965 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1966 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1967 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1968 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1969 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1970 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1972 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1973 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1974 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1975 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1976 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1977 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1978 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1979 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1982 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1984 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1986 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1988 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1989 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1990 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1991 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1992 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1995 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1997 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1999 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2001 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2002 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2003 description of deb file format.
2004 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2005 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2007 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2009 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2010 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2012 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2014 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2016 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2017 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2018 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2019 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2020 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2021 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2022 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2023 packages in section on Procedure
2024 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2025 a package maintainer
2026 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2027 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2028 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2030 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2031 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2032 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2033 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2034 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2035 on various shlib files
2036 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2037 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2038 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2040 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2042 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2044 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2045 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2046 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2048 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2049 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2050 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2051 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2052 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2054 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2056 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2058 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2060 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2062 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2063 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2064 compatibility go in contrib.
2066 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2067 instructions in policy manual.
2068 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2071 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2073 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2075 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2076 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2077 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2078 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2080 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2081 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2084 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2086 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2088 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2089 * More detail about changelog format names.
2091 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2092 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2096 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2098 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2100 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2102 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2104 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2106 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2108 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2110 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2111 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2112 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2114 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2116 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2118 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2120 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2122 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2126 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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