1 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
4 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
9 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
22 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
32 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
36 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
37 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
39 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
41 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
42 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
43 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
47 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
48 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
53 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
55 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
57 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
58 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
59 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
62 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
63 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
64 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
68 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
69 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
70 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
72 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
73 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
74 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
75 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
76 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
77 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
78 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
79 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
80 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
81 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
82 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
83 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
85 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
86 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
87 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
89 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700
91 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
93 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
94 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
95 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
97 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
98 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
99 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
100 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
105 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
106 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
111 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
115 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
116 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
117 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
118 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
123 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
128 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
130 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
133 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
134 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
135 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
138 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
139 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
144 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
146 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
149 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
150 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
151 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
152 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
154 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
155 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
156 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
157 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
158 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
159 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
160 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
161 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
162 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
163 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
164 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
165 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
166 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
167 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
168 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
169 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
170 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
172 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
173 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
174 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
175 good to know which version one is looking at.
176 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
177 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
178 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
179 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
180 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
181 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
182 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
184 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
185 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
186 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
187 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
188 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
190 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
191 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
192 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
194 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
195 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
196 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
197 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
199 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
201 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
205 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
206 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
207 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
208 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
209 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
210 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
211 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
212 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
213 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
214 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
219 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
220 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
225 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
226 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
227 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
230 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
232 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
233 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
237 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
238 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
241 Closes: #620870, #532120
242 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
243 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
248 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
249 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
250 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
254 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
255 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
256 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
257 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
258 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
260 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
261 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
262 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
263 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
264 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
265 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
266 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
267 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
268 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
269 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
270 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
271 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
272 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
273 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
274 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
275 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
277 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
279 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
280 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
281 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
282 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
283 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
284 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
285 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
286 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
287 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
288 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
291 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
293 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
294 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
295 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
296 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
301 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
302 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
304 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
305 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
306 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
307 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
310 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
312 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
316 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
317 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
318 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
321 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
322 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
323 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
325 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
326 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
332 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
333 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
334 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
337 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
338 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
343 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
344 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
345 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
346 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
349 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
350 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
351 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
354 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
355 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
360 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
362 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
364 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
365 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
368 Closes: #459868, #581011
369 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
370 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
372 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
374 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
375 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
377 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
379 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
380 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
382 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
384 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
385 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
389 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
390 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
393 Closes: #501930, #593909
394 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
399 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
400 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
401 machine. (Closes: #591857)
402 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
403 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
404 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
405 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
406 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
407 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
408 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
409 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
410 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
411 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
413 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
414 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
415 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
416 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
417 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
418 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
419 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
420 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
421 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
422 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
423 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
424 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
425 than the version in oldstable.
426 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
427 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
428 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
429 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
430 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
431 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
432 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
433 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
434 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
435 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
436 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
437 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
438 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
439 package. (Closes: #609160)
441 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
443 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
445 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
446 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
447 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
451 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
452 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
456 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
457 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
461 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
462 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
466 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
467 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
468 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
471 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
472 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
476 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
477 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
481 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
482 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
484 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
486 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
487 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
489 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
491 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
492 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
497 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
498 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
503 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
504 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
505 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
508 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
509 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
511 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
513 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
514 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
518 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
519 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
523 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
524 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
528 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
529 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
533 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
535 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
536 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
537 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
538 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
539 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
540 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
541 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
542 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
543 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
545 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
546 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
547 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
548 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
549 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
550 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
552 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
554 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
560 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
563 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
564 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
565 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
566 and distribution license' (three times).
567 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
568 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
573 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
575 Proposed by Santiago Vila
576 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
583 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
584 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
588 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
589 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
590 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
592 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
593 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
595 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
596 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
598 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
600 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
601 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
604 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
606 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
607 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
609 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
610 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
612 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
613 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
616 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
618 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
619 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
620 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
621 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
623 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
624 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
629 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
630 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
632 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
634 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
635 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
636 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
637 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
639 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
640 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
641 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
642 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
643 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
645 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
646 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
647 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
648 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
650 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
651 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
654 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
656 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
657 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
661 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
662 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
663 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
664 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
665 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
666 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
667 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
668 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
669 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
670 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
671 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
672 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
673 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
674 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
675 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
676 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
677 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
678 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
679 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
680 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
681 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
682 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
683 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
684 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
685 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
686 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
687 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
688 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
689 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
690 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
691 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
692 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
694 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
696 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
698 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
702 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
704 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
705 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
709 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
712 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
713 Wording: Steve Langasek.
714 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
715 Seconded: Julien Cristau
716 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
719 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
720 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
721 Seconded: Russ Allbery
722 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
725 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
726 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
727 Seconded: Russ Allbery
729 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
730 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
731 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
732 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
733 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
734 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
735 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
736 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
737 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
739 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
740 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
741 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
742 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
743 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
744 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
745 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
746 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
747 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
748 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
749 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
750 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
751 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
752 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
753 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
754 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
756 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
757 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
758 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
759 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
760 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
762 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
765 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
766 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
767 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
769 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
770 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
773 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
775 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
777 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
778 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
780 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
782 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
783 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
785 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
787 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
788 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
789 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
790 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
792 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
793 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
794 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
795 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
796 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
797 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
799 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
800 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
803 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
805 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
806 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
807 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
808 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
810 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
811 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
812 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
813 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
815 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
816 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
817 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
818 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
820 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
821 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
822 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
823 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
825 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
826 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
827 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
828 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
830 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
831 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
832 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
833 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
834 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
835 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
836 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
837 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
838 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
839 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
840 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
841 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
842 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
843 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
844 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
846 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
847 Source field descriptions.
848 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
849 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
850 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
851 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
852 description says otherwise.
854 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
856 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
859 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
860 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
862 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
863 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
864 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
866 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
867 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
868 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
869 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
871 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
872 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
873 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
874 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
876 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
877 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
878 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
879 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
881 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
882 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
883 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
884 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
888 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
889 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
890 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
891 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
892 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
894 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
895 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
896 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
897 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
899 * Add myself to Uploaders.
902 * Add myself to Uploaders.
903 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
905 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
906 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
907 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
909 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
911 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
913 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
914 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
915 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
916 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
918 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
919 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
920 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
921 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
923 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
924 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
925 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
926 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
928 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
929 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
930 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
931 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
933 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
934 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
935 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
936 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
938 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
939 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
940 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
941 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
943 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
944 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
945 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
946 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
948 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
949 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
950 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
951 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
953 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
954 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
955 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
956 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
958 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
959 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
960 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
961 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
963 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
964 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
965 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
966 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
967 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
969 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
970 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
971 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
972 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
973 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
974 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
975 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
976 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
977 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
978 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
979 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
980 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
981 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
982 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
983 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
984 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
985 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
986 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
987 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
988 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
989 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
990 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
991 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
992 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
993 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
994 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
995 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
996 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
997 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
998 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1000 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1001 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1002 links was completed long ago.
1003 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1005 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1007 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1010 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1012 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1014 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1017 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1018 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1019 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1020 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1021 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1022 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1023 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1024 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1025 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1027 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1029 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1031 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1032 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1033 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1034 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1035 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1036 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1037 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1039 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1040 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1041 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1042 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1044 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1045 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1046 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1047 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1048 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1049 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1050 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1051 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1052 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1053 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1054 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1055 Closes: #186700, #458910
1056 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1057 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1058 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1060 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1061 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1062 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1063 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1064 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1065 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1066 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1067 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1069 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1070 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1072 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1073 * Add an md5sums control file.
1074 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1075 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1076 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1077 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1078 currently part of policy.
1079 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1080 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1081 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1084 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1086 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1089 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1090 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1091 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1092 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1093 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1094 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1095 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1096 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1097 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1098 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1099 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1100 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1101 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1102 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1103 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1105 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1107 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1108 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1109 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1111 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1112 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1113 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1114 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1115 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1116 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1117 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1118 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1119 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1120 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1121 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1122 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1123 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1124 debconf specification.
1125 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1126 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1128 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1130 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1133 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1135 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1136 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1138 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1140 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1141 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1142 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1143 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1144 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1146 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1147 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1148 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1149 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1150 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1151 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1152 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1153 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1154 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1155 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1156 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1157 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1158 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1159 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1160 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1161 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1166 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1167 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1168 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1169 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1170 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1171 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1172 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1174 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1176 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1179 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1180 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1182 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1184 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1187 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1188 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1189 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1190 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1191 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1193 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1195 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1197 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1198 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1199 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1200 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1201 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1202 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1206 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1209 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1210 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1211 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1214 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1216 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1218 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1221 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1222 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1223 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1224 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1225 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1226 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1227 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1228 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1229 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1231 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1232 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1234 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1235 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1236 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1238 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1240 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1241 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1244 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1246 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1249 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1251 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1252 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1253 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1254 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1255 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1256 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1257 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1258 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1259 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1260 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1261 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1262 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1263 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1264 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1265 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1266 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1267 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1269 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1270 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1271 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1272 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1273 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1274 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1275 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1277 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1278 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1279 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1280 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1282 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1283 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1284 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1285 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1286 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1287 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1288 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1289 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1290 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1291 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1292 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1295 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1298 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1300 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1301 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1302 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1303 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1304 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1305 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1306 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1307 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1309 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1311 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1315 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1317 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1319 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1320 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1321 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1323 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1324 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1325 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1329 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1331 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1332 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1334 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1336 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1338 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1340 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1342 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1343 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1344 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1346 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1351 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1354 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1355 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1356 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1358 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1359 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1361 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1363 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1365 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1368 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1369 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1370 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1371 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1372 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1374 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1375 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1376 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1377 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1379 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1380 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1381 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1384 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1385 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1387 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1388 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1389 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1391 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1392 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1393 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1394 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1396 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1397 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1398 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1399 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1400 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1401 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1402 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1403 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1406 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1407 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1408 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1410 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1411 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1412 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1414 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1415 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1416 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1417 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1418 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1419 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1420 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1421 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1425 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1429 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1430 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1431 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1432 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1433 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1434 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1435 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1436 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1438 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1439 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1440 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1441 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1442 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1443 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1444 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1445 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1446 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1447 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1448 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1449 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1451 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1452 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1453 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1454 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1456 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1457 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1458 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1461 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1462 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1463 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1465 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1466 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1467 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1468 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1469 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1470 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1472 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1473 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1475 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1476 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1477 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1478 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1479 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1480 Closes: #185943, #237049
1482 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1484 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1487 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1490 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1491 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1492 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1493 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1494 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1495 running. closes: Bug#187250
1496 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1497 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1498 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1499 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1500 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1501 user closes: Bug#176506
1503 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1505 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1508 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1509 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1510 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1511 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1512 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1513 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1514 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1515 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1516 deb-building toolchain.
1517 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1518 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1519 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1520 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1521 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1522 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1523 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1524 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1525 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1526 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1527 sections about changelog files.
1529 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1530 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1531 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1532 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1533 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1534 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1536 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1537 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1538 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1539 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1540 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1541 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1542 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1543 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1544 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1545 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1546 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1547 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1548 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1549 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1550 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1551 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1552 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1553 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1554 for the restructuring
1556 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1558 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1563 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1564 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1565 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1566 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1567 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1568 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1570 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1571 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1572 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1573 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1574 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1575 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1576 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1578 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1579 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1580 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1581 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1583 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1585 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1589 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1590 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1591 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1592 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1593 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1595 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1596 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1597 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1598 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1600 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1601 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1602 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1603 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1604 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1605 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1606 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1607 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1608 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1609 offtopic stuff, too.
1610 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1611 script should start it, closes: #60979
1612 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1613 "should", closes: #170019
1614 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1615 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1616 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1617 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1618 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1619 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1620 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1621 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1624 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1626 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1629 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1630 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1631 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1632 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1633 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1634 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1635 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1636 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1637 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1639 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1640 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1641 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1642 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1643 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1644 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1645 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1646 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1647 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1649 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1650 file, closes: Bug#65764
1652 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1654 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1656 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1657 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1658 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1659 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1660 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1661 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1662 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1663 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1664 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1665 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1666 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1667 details. closes: Bug#133030
1668 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1669 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1670 parts of Bug#161455.
1672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1674 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1676 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1677 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1678 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1679 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1680 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1681 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1682 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1683 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1684 not. closes: Bug#139820
1685 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1686 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1687 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1688 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1689 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1690 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1691 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1692 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1693 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1694 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1696 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1698 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1699 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1700 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1701 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1702 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1703 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1704 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1705 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1706 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1707 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1708 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1709 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1710 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1711 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1712 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1713 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1714 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1715 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1716 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1717 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1719 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1720 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1721 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1722 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1723 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1724 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1725 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1727 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1728 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1729 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1730 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1731 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1732 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1733 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1734 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1735 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1737 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1739 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1741 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1742 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1743 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1744 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1745 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1746 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1747 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1748 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1749 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1750 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1751 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1752 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1753 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1754 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1755 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1756 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1757 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1758 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1759 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1760 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1761 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1762 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1763 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1765 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1767 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1769 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1770 medium, high, emergency.
1771 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1772 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1773 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1774 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1775 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1778 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1779 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1780 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1782 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1783 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1784 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1785 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1786 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1787 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1788 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1791 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1793 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1795 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1796 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1797 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1798 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1800 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1801 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1802 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1803 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1804 debian/rules to do this
1805 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1806 patches are incorporated upstream
1807 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1808 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1809 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1810 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1811 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1812 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1814 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1815 system closes: Bug#91249
1816 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1817 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1818 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1819 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1820 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1821 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1822 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1823 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1824 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1825 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1826 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1827 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1828 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1830 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1832 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1834 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1835 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1836 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1837 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1839 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1840 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1841 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1843 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1846 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1848 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1850 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1851 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1852 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1853 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1854 package for the time being
1855 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1856 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1857 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1858 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1859 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1860 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1861 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1862 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1863 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1864 Build-Depends arch syntax
1865 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1867 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1868 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1870 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1871 from policy maintenance duties.
1872 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1873 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1875 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1877 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1879 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1881 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1883 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1885 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1886 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1887 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1888 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1889 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1890 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1891 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1892 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1893 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1894 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1895 minor version number for this
1896 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1897 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1898 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1899 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1900 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1901 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1902 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1903 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1904 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1906 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1908 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1910 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1911 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1912 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1913 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1914 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1916 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1918 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1919 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1920 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1921 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1922 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1923 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1924 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1925 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1926 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1927 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1928 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1929 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1930 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1931 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1932 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1933 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1936 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1938 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1940 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1941 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1943 * Document the Enhances relationship
1944 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1945 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1946 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1947 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1948 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1949 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1951 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1953 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1954 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1955 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1956 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1958 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1959 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1960 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1961 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1962 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1964 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1966 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1968 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1969 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1970 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1972 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1973 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1974 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1975 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1976 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1977 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1978 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1979 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1980 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1982 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1984 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1986 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1988 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1989 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1990 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1991 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1992 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1993 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1994 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1995 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1996 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1997 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1998 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1999 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2000 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2001 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2002 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2003 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2004 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2005 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2006 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2007 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2008 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2009 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2011 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2012 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2014 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2016 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2018 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2019 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2020 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2021 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2022 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2023 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2024 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2025 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2026 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2027 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2028 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2029 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2030 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2031 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2032 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2033 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2034 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2035 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2036 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2037 list closes: Bug#53756
2038 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2039 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2040 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2041 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2042 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2043 policy closes: Bug#53760
2044 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2045 policy closes: Bug#53761
2046 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2047 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2048 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2049 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2050 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2051 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2052 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2053 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2054 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2055 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2056 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2058 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2059 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2060 to install with older fileutils.
2061 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2062 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2063 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2064 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2066 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2067 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2069 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2071 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2073 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2074 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2076 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2078 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2080 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2081 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2083 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2086 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2088 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2089 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2091 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2093 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2095 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2097 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2098 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2100 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2102 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2104 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2105 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2106 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2107 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2108 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2109 directoried (closes: #41547)
2110 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2111 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2112 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2113 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2114 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2115 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2116 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2117 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2118 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2119 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2120 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2122 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2123 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2124 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2125 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2126 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2127 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2128 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2130 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2131 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2132 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2133 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2135 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2137 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2139 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2140 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2142 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2144 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2146 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2147 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2149 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2151 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2153 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2154 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2156 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2157 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2158 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2159 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2160 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2161 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2162 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2163 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2164 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2165 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2166 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2167 this closes: Bug#38612
2168 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2169 before. closes: Bug#40864
2171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2173 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2175 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2176 officially uploaded.
2177 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2179 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2180 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2181 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2183 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2184 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2185 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2186 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2187 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2188 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2190 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2191 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2192 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2194 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2196 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2197 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2198 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2199 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2200 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2202 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2204 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2206 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2207 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2208 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2209 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2210 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2211 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2212 there). closes: Bug#34233
2213 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2214 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2215 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2216 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2217 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2221 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2223 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2224 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2225 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2226 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2229 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2230 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2231 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2232 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2233 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2236 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2237 number. closes: BUG#25911
2239 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2240 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2241 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2242 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2243 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2244 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2246 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2247 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2248 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2251 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2252 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2253 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2255 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2256 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2257 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2258 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2260 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2261 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2262 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2264 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2266 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2267 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2268 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2269 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2270 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2271 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2272 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2273 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2276 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2278 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2279 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2282 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2284 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2286 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2288 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2290 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2292 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2293 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2294 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2295 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2296 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2297 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2298 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2299 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2301 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2302 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2304 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2306 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2308 * non-maintainer release
2309 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2310 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2312 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2313 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2314 * no content changes
2315 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2317 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2319 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2323 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2325 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2327 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2329 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2330 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2331 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2333 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2334 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2336 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2337 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2338 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2339 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2341 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2342 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2343 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2344 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2345 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2346 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2347 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2349 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2350 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2351 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2354 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2355 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2356 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2358 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2359 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2360 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2362 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2363 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2365 * New version numbering scheme:
2367 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2368 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2369 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2372 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2373 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2374 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2375 differ between the manuals.
2377 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2378 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2379 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2380 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2382 * Packaging changes:
2384 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2385 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2387 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2391 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2393 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2395 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2396 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2397 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2399 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2400 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2403 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2404 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2405 file extension as the referenced file
2407 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2408 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2410 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2411 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2412 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2413 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2416 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2417 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2418 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2420 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2421 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2422 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2423 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2426 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2427 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2430 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2431 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2432 reasonable default configuration
2434 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2435 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2436 by all news servers and clients
2438 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2439 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2440 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2441 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2442 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2444 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2445 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2448 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2450 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2451 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2453 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2456 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2457 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2459 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2460 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2462 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2464 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2466 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2468 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2469 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2470 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2471 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2473 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2475 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2476 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2477 * Don't use debstd anymore
2479 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2481 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2483 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2484 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2485 contrib/non-free policy
2486 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2487 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2488 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2489 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2490 - new section about `Daemons'
2491 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2492 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2493 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2494 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2495 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2496 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2497 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2498 * SGML source code included in package
2499 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2501 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2503 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2505 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2506 - completely reworked structure
2507 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2508 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2509 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2510 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2511 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2512 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2513 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2514 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2515 - mention "orphaned packages"
2516 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2517 distributions' policy
2518 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2519 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2520 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2521 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2522 - added section about arch spec strings
2523 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2524 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2525 - added section about "menus"
2526 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2527 the new documentation policy soon
2528 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2529 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2531 - added section about editors and pagers
2532 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2533 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2534 - added section about device files
2535 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2536 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2537 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2539 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2540 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2541 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2542 - Added new section about obsolete names
2543 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2544 * Fixed package's description
2546 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2548 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2550 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2552 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2554 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2556 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2557 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2558 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2559 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2561 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2563 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2565 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2566 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2567 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2569 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2570 and upload it "byhand" too.
2572 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2574 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2577 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2578 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2579 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2580 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2581 functionality must not have the same name.
2582 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2583 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2584 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2585 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2586 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2587 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2588 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2590 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2591 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2592 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2593 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2594 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2595 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2596 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2597 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2600 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2602 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2604 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2606 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2607 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2608 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2609 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2610 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2613 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2615 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2617 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2619 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2620 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2621 description of deb file format.
2622 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2623 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2625 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2627 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2628 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2630 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2632 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2634 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2635 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2636 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2637 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2638 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2639 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2640 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2641 packages in section on Procedure
2642 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2643 a package maintainer
2644 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2645 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2646 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2648 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2649 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2650 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2651 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2652 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2653 on various shlib files
2654 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2655 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2656 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2658 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2660 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2662 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2663 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2664 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2666 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2667 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2668 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2669 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2670 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2672 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2674 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2676 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2678 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2680 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2681 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2682 compatibility go in contrib.
2684 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2685 instructions in policy manual.
2686 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2689 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2691 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2693 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2694 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2695 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2696 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2698 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2699 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2702 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2704 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2706 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2707 * More detail about changelog format names.
2709 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2710 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2714 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2716 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2718 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2720 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2722 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2724 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2726 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2728 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2729 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2730 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2732 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2734 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2736 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2738 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2740 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2744 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100