1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
4 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
5 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
6 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
7 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
8 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
9 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
10 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
11 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
12 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
13 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
14 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
19 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
21 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
22 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
23 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
24 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
25 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
27 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
29 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
30 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
31 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
32 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
33 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
35 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
36 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
37 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
38 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
39 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
40 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
41 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
42 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
43 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
44 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
45 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
46 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
47 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
48 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
49 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
50 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
52 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
54 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
55 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
56 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
57 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
58 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
59 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
60 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
61 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
63 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
65 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
68 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
69 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
70 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
71 Polo (Closes: #372497).
72 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
73 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
76 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
77 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
78 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
79 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
80 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
81 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
82 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
83 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
84 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
86 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
87 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
88 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
89 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
90 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
91 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
93 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
95 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
97 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
98 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
99 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
100 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
103 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
105 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
107 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
110 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
111 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
112 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
113 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
114 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
115 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
116 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
117 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
118 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
120 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
121 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
123 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
124 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
125 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
127 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
129 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
130 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
133 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
135 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
137 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
138 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
140 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
141 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
142 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
143 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
144 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
145 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
146 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
147 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
148 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
149 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
150 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
151 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
152 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
153 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
154 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
155 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
156 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
158 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
159 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
160 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
161 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
162 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
163 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
164 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
166 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
167 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
168 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
169 Hess (Closes: #362247).
170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
171 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
172 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
173 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
174 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
175 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
176 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
177 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
178 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
179 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
180 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
181 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
184 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
187 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
189 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
190 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
191 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
192 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
193 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
194 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
195 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
196 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
198 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
200 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
204 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
206 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
208 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
209 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
210 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
212 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
213 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
214 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
218 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
219 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
220 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
221 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
223 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
225 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
227 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
229 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
231 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
232 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
233 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
235 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
238 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
240 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
243 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
244 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
245 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
247 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
248 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
250 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
254 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
258 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
259 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
260 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
261 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
263 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
264 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
265 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
266 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
269 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
270 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
273 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
274 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
276 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
277 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
278 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
280 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
281 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
282 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
283 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
286 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
287 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
288 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
290 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
291 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
292 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
295 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
296 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
297 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
299 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
300 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
301 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
303 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
304 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
305 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
306 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
307 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
308 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
309 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
310 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
312 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
314 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
317 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
318 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
319 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
320 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
321 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
322 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
323 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
324 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
325 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
327 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
328 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
329 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
330 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
331 this section. closes: Bug#248618
332 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
333 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
334 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
335 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
336 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
337 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
338 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
340 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
341 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
342 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
343 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
346 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
347 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
350 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
351 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
352 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
354 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
355 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
356 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
357 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
358 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
359 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
361 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
362 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
364 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
365 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
366 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
367 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
368 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
369 Closes: #185943, #237049
371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
373 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
379 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
380 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
381 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
382 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
383 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
384 running. closes: Bug#187250
385 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
386 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
387 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
388 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
389 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
390 user closes: Bug#176506
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
394 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
398 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
399 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
400 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
401 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
402 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
403 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
404 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
405 deb-building toolchain.
406 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
407 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
408 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
409 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
410 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
411 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
412 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
413 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
414 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
415 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
416 sections about changelog files.
418 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
419 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
420 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
421 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
422 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
423 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
425 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
426 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
427 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
428 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
429 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
430 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
431 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
432 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
433 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
434 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
435 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
436 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
437 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
438 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
439 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
440 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
441 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
442 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
443 for the restructuring
445 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
447 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
450 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
452 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
453 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
454 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
455 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
456 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
457 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
459 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
460 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
461 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
462 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
463 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
464 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
465 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
467 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
468 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
469 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
470 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
472 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
474 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
477 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
478 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
479 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
480 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
481 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
482 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
484 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
485 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
486 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
487 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
489 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
490 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
491 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
492 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
493 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
494 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
495 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
496 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
497 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
499 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
500 script should start it, closes: #60979
501 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
502 "should", closes: #170019
503 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
504 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
505 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
506 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
507 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
508 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
509 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
510 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
513 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
515 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
518 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
519 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
520 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
521 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
522 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
523 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
524 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
525 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
526 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
528 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
529 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
530 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
531 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
532 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
533 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
534 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
535 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
536 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
538 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
539 file, closes: Bug#65764
541 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
543 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
545 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
546 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
547 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
548 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
549 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
550 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
551 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
552 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
553 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
554 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
555 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
556 details. closes: Bug#133030
557 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
558 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
563 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
565 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
566 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
567 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
568 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
569 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
570 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
571 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
572 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
573 not. closes: Bug#139820
574 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
575 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
576 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
577 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
578 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
579 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
580 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
581 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
582 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
583 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
585 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
587 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
588 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
589 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
590 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
591 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
592 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
593 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
594 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
595 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
596 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
597 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
598 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
599 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
600 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
601 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
602 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
603 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
604 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
605 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
606 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
608 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
609 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
610 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
611 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
612 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
613 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
614 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
616 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
617 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
618 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
619 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
620 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
621 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
622 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
623 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
624 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
626 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
628 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
630 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
631 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
632 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
633 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
634 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
635 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
636 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
637 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
638 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
639 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
640 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
641 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
642 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
643 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
644 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
645 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
646 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
647 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
648 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
649 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
650 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
651 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
652 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
654 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
656 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
658 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
659 medium, high, emergency.
660 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
661 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
662 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
663 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
664 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
667 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
668 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
669 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
671 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
672 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
673 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
674 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
675 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
676 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
677 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
680 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
682 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
685 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
686 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
687 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
689 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
690 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
691 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
692 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
693 debian/rules to do this
694 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
695 patches are incorporated upstream
696 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
697 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
698 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
699 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
700 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
701 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
703 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
704 system closes: Bug#91249
705 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
706 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
707 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
708 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
709 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
710 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
711 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
712 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
713 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
714 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
715 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
716 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
717 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
719 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
721 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
723 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
724 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
725 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
726 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
728 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
729 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
730 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
732 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
735 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
737 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
739 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
740 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
741 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
742 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
743 package for the time being
744 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
745 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
746 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
747 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
748 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
749 * Rename all .text files as .txt
750 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
751 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
752 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
753 Build-Depends arch syntax
754 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
756 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
757 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
759 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
760 from policy maintenance duties.
761 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
762 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
764 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
766 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
768 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
770 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
772 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
774 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
775 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
776 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
777 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
778 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
779 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
780 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
781 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
782 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
783 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
784 minor version number for this
785 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
786 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
787 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
788 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
789 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
790 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
791 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
792 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
793 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
795 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
797 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
799 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
800 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
801 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
802 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
803 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
805 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
807 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
808 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
809 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
810 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
811 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
812 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
813 xutils closes: Bug#82966
814 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
815 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
816 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
817 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
818 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
819 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
820 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
821 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
822 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
825 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
827 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
829 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
830 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
832 * Document the Enhances relationship
833 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
834 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
835 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
836 policy. closes: Bug#53496
837 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
838 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
840 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
842 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
843 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
844 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
845 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
847 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
848 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
849 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
850 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
851 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
853 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
855 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
858 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
859 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
861 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
862 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
863 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
864 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
865 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
866 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
867 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
868 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
869 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
871 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
873 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
875 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
877 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
878 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
879 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
880 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
881 policy. closes: Bug#64437
882 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
883 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
884 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
885 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
886 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
887 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
888 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
889 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
890 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
891 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
892 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
893 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
894 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
895 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
896 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
897 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
898 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
900 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
901 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
903 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
905 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
907 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
908 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
909 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
910 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
911 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
912 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
913 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
914 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
915 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
916 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
917 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
918 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
919 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
920 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
921 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
922 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
923 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
924 alternative closes: Bug#53755
925 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
926 list closes: Bug#53756
927 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
928 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
929 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
930 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
931 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
932 policy closes: Bug#53760
933 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
934 policy closes: Bug#53761
935 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
936 that use X closes: Bug#53762
937 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
938 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
939 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
940 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
941 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
942 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
943 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
944 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
945 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
947 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
948 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
949 to install with older fileutils.
950 * Installed FHS version 2.1
951 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
952 * Added FHS details to copyright file
953 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
955 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
956 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
958 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
960 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
962 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
963 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
965 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
967 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
970 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
972 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
975 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
977 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
978 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
980 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
982 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
984 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
987 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
989 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
991 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
994 #45561, #42447, #48570)
995 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
996 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
997 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
998 directoried (closes: #41547)
999 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1000 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1001 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1002 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1003 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1004 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1005 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1006 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1007 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1008 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1009 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1011 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1012 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1013 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1014 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1015 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1016 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1017 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1019 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1020 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1021 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1022 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1024 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1026 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1028 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1029 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1031 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1033 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1036 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1038 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1040 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1043 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1045 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1046 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1047 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1048 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1049 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1050 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1051 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1052 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1053 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1054 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1055 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1056 this closes: Bug#38612
1057 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1058 before. closes: Bug#40864
1060 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1062 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1065 officially uploaded.
1066 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1068 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1069 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1070 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1072 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1073 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1074 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1075 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1076 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1077 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1079 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1080 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1081 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1083 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1085 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1086 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1087 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1088 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1089 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1091 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1093 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1096 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1097 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1098 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1099 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1100 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1101 there). closes: Bug#34233
1102 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1103 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1104 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1105 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1106 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1110 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1113 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1114 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1115 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1118 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1119 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1120 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1121 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1122 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1125 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1126 number. closes: BUG#25911
1128 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1129 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1130 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1131 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1132 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1133 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1135 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1136 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1137 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1140 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1141 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1142 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1144 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1145 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1146 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1147 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1149 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1150 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1151 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1153 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1155 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1156 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1157 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1158 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1159 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1160 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1161 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1162 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1165 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1167 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1168 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1173 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1177 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1179 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1182 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1183 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1184 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1185 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1186 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1187 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1188 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1190 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1191 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1193 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1195 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1197 * non-maintainer release
1198 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1199 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1201 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1202 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1203 * no content changes
1204 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1206 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1208 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1212 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1214 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1218 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1219 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1220 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1222 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1223 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1225 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1226 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1227 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1228 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1230 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1231 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1232 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1233 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1234 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1235 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1236 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1238 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1239 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1240 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1243 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1244 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1245 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1247 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1248 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1249 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1251 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1252 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1254 * New version numbering scheme:
1256 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1257 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1258 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1261 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1262 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1263 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1264 differ between the manuals.
1266 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1267 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1268 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1269 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1271 * Packaging changes:
1273 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1274 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1276 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1278 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1280 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1284 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1285 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1286 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1288 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1289 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1292 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1293 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1294 file extension as the referenced file
1296 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1297 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1299 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1300 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1301 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1302 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1305 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1306 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1307 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1309 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1310 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1311 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1312 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1315 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1316 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1319 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1320 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1321 reasonable default configuration
1323 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1324 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1325 by all news servers and clients
1327 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1328 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1329 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1330 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1331 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1333 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1334 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1337 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1339 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1340 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1342 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1345 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1346 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1348 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1349 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1351 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1353 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1355 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1358 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1359 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1360 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1362 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1364 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1365 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1366 * Don't use debstd anymore
1368 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1370 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1373 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1374 contrib/non-free policy
1375 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1376 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1377 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1378 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1379 - new section about `Daemons'
1380 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1381 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1382 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1383 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1384 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1385 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1386 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1387 * SGML source code included in package
1388 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1390 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1392 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1394 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1395 - completely reworked structure
1396 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1397 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1398 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1399 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1400 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1401 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1402 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1403 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1404 - mention "orphaned packages"
1405 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1406 distributions' policy
1407 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1408 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1409 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1410 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1411 - added section about arch spec strings
1412 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1413 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1414 - added section about "menus"
1415 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1416 the new documentation policy soon
1417 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1418 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1420 - added section about editors and pagers
1421 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1422 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1423 - added section about device files
1424 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1425 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1426 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1428 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1429 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1430 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1431 - Added new section about obsolete names
1432 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1433 * Fixed package's description
1435 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1437 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1439 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1441 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1443 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1445 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1446 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1447 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1448 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1452 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1455 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1456 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1458 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1459 and upload it "byhand" too.
1461 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1463 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1467 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1468 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1469 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1470 functionality must not have the same name.
1471 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1472 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1473 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1474 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1475 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1476 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1477 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1479 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1480 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1481 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1482 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1483 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1484 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1485 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1486 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1489 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1491 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1493 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1495 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1496 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1497 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1498 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1499 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1502 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1504 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1506 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1508 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1509 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1510 description of deb file format.
1511 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1512 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1514 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1516 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1517 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1519 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1521 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1523 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1524 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1525 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1526 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1527 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1528 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1529 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1530 packages in section on Procedure
1531 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1532 a package maintainer
1533 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1534 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1535 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1537 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1538 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1539 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1540 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1541 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1542 on various shlib files
1543 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1544 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1545 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1547 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1549 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1551 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1552 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1553 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1555 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1556 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1557 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1558 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1559 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1561 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1563 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1565 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1567 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1569 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1570 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1571 compatibility go in contrib.
1573 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1574 instructions in policy manual.
1575 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1578 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1580 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1582 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1583 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1584 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1585 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1587 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1588 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1591 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1593 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1595 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1596 * More detail about changelog format names.
1598 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1599 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1603 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1605 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1607 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1609 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1611 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1613 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1615 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1617 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1618 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1619 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1621 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1623 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1625 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1627 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1629 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1633 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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