1 debian-policy (3.0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * A few typos and omissions corrected
4 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
7 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:38:08 -0500
9 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
11 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
13 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
15 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
16 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
17 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
19 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
20 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
21 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
22 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
23 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
24 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
26 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
27 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
28 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
30 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
32 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
33 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
34 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
35 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
36 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
38 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
40 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
42 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
43 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
44 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
45 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
46 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
47 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
48 there). closes: Bug#34233
49 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
50 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
51 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
52 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
53 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
55 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
57 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
59 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
60 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
61 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
62 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
65 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
66 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
67 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
68 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
69 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
72 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
73 number. closes: BUG#25911
75 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
76 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
77 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
78 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
79 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
80 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
82 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
83 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
84 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
87 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
88 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
89 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
91 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
92 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
93 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
94 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
96 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
97 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
98 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
100 * Make the package optional, not extra.
102 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
103 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
104 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
105 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
106 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
107 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
108 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
109 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
112 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
114 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
115 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
118 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
120 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
122 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
124 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
126 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
128 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
129 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
130 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
131 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
132 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
133 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
134 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
135 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
137 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
138 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
140 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
142 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
144 * non-maintainer release
145 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
146 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
148 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
149 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
151 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
153 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
155 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
159 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
161 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
163 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
165 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
166 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
167 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
169 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
170 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
172 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
173 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
174 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
175 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
177 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
178 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
179 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
180 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
181 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
182 and restart options and to comply with the console message
183 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
185 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
186 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
187 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
190 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
191 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
192 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
194 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
195 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
196 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
198 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
199 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
201 * New version numbering scheme:
203 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
204 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
205 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
208 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
209 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
210 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
211 differ between the manuals.
213 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
214 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
215 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
216 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
220 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
221 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
223 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
225 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
227 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
229 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
231 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
232 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
233 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
235 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
236 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
239 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
240 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
241 file extension as the referenced file
243 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
244 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
246 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
247 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
248 start, stop, restart, force-reload
249 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
252 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
253 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
254 be installed into /etc/cron.d
256 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
257 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
258 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
259 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
262 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
263 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
266 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
267 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
268 reasonable default configuration
270 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
271 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
272 by all news servers and clients
274 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
275 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
276 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
277 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
278 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
280 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
281 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
284 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
286 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
287 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
289 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
292 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
293 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
295 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
296 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
298 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
300 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
302 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
304 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
305 - X library package is now called xlib6g
306 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
307 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
309 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
311 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
312 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
313 * Don't use debstd anymore
315 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
317 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
320 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
321 contrib/non-free policy
322 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
323 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
324 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
325 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
326 - new section about `Daemons'
327 - updated section about `Configuration files'
328 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
329 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
330 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
331 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
332 * Paper about libc6 migration:
333 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
334 * SGML source code included in package
335 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
337 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
339 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
341 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
342 - completely reworked structure
343 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
344 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
345 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
346 - removed all those ugly footnotes
347 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
348 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
349 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
350 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
351 - mention "orphaned packages"
352 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
353 distributions' policy
354 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
355 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
356 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
357 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
358 - added section about arch spec strings
359 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
360 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
361 - added section about "menus"
362 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
363 the new documentation policy soon
364 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
365 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
367 - added section about editors and pagers
368 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
369 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
370 - added section about device files
371 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
372 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
373 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
375 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
376 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
377 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
378 - Added new section about obsolete names
379 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
380 * Fixed package's description
382 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
384 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
386 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
388 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
390 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
392 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
393 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
394 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
395 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
397 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
399 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
401 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
402 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
403 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
405 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
406 and upload it "byhand" too.
408 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
410 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
414 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
415 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
416 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
417 functionality must not have the same name.
418 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
419 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
420 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
421 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
422 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
423 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
424 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
426 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
427 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
428 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
429 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
430 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
431 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
432 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
433 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
436 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
438 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
440 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
442 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
443 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
444 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
445 a package into. (Guy Maor)
446 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
449 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
451 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
453 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
455 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
456 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
457 description of deb file format.
458 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
459 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
461 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
463 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
464 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
466 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
468 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
470 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
471 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
472 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
473 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
474 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
475 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
476 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
477 packages in section on Procedure
478 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
480 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
481 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
482 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
484 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
485 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
486 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
487 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
488 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
489 on various shlib files
490 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
491 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
492 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
494 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
496 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
498 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
499 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
500 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
502 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
503 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
504 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
505 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
506 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
508 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
510 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
512 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
514 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
516 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
517 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
518 compatibility go in contrib.
520 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
521 instructions in policy manual.
522 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
525 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
527 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
529 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
530 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
531 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
532 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
534 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
535 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
538 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
540 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
542 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
543 * More detail about changelog format names.
545 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
546 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
550 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
552 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
554 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
556 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
558 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
560 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
562 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
564 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
565 * More verbosity about netiquette.
566 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
568 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
570 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
572 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
574 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
576 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
580 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
583 mode: debian-changelog
584 add-log-mailing-address: "phil@hands.com"