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 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
32 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
33 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
37 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
38 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
39 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
40 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
41 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
42 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
43 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
44 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
45 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
46 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
47 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
50 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700
52 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
54 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
55 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
56 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
58 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
59 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
60 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
66 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
67 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
71 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
72 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
76 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
77 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
78 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
79 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
83 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
84 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
89 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
91 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
94 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
95 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
96 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
99 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
100 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
105 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
107 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
110 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
111 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
112 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
113 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
115 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
116 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
117 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
118 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
119 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
120 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
121 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
122 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
123 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
124 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
125 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
126 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
127 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
128 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
129 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
130 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
131 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
133 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
134 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
135 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
136 good to know which version one is looking at.
137 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
138 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
139 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
140 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
141 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
142 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
143 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
145 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
146 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
147 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
148 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
149 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
151 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
152 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
153 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
155 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
156 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
157 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
158 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
160 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
162 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
165 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
166 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
167 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
168 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
169 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
170 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
171 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
172 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
173 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
174 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
175 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
180 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
181 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
186 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
187 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
188 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
191 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
193 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
194 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
198 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
199 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
202 Closes: #620870, #532120
203 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
204 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
209 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
210 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
211 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
215 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
216 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
217 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
218 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
219 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
221 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
222 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
223 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
224 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
225 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
226 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
227 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
228 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
229 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
230 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
231 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
232 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
233 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
234 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
235 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
236 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
238 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
240 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
241 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
242 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
243 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
244 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
245 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
246 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
247 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
248 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
249 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
252 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
254 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
255 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
256 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
257 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
262 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
263 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
265 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
266 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
267 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
268 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
271 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
273 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
277 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
278 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
279 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
282 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
283 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
284 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
286 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
287 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
293 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
294 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
295 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
298 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
299 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
304 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
305 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
306 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
307 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
310 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
311 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
312 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
315 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
316 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
321 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
323 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
326 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
329 Closes: #459868, #581011
330 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
331 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
333 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
335 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
336 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
338 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
340 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
341 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
343 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
345 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
350 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
351 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
354 Closes: #501930, #593909
355 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
356 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
360 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
361 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
362 machine. (Closes: #591857)
363 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
364 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
365 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
366 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
367 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
368 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
369 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
370 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
371 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
372 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
374 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
375 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
376 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
377 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
378 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
379 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
380 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
381 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
382 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
383 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
384 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
385 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
386 than the version in oldstable.
387 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
388 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
389 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
390 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
391 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
392 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
393 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
394 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
395 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
396 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
397 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
398 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
399 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
400 package. (Closes: #609160)
402 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
404 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
406 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
407 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
408 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
412 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
413 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
417 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
418 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
422 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
423 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
427 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
432 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
433 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
437 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
438 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
442 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
443 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
445 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
447 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
448 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
450 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
452 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
453 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
458 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
459 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
464 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
465 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
469 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
470 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
474 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
475 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
479 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
480 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
484 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
485 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
486 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
489 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
490 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
494 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
496 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
497 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
498 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
499 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
500 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
501 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
502 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
503 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
504 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
506 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
507 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
508 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
509 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
510 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
511 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
513 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
515 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
518 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
521 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
524 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
525 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
526 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
527 and distribution license' (three times).
528 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
529 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
534 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
536 Proposed by Santiago Vila
537 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
539 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
540 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
544 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
545 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
546 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
547 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
549 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
550 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
551 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
554 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
556 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
557 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
561 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
562 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
565 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
567 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
568 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
571 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
573 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
574 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
576 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
577 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
579 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
580 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
581 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
582 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
584 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
585 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
587 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
588 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
590 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
591 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
592 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
593 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
595 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
596 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
598 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
600 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
601 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
602 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
604 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
606 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
607 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
608 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
609 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
611 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
612 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
617 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
618 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
622 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
623 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
624 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
625 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
626 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
627 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
628 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
629 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
630 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
631 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
632 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
633 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
634 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
635 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
636 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
637 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
638 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
639 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
640 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
641 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
642 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
643 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
644 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
645 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
646 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
647 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
648 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
649 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
650 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
651 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
652 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
653 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
655 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
657 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
659 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
662 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
663 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
665 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
666 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
670 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
673 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
674 Wording: Steve Langasek.
675 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
676 Seconded: Julien Cristau
677 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
680 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
681 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
682 Seconded: Russ Allbery
683 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
686 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
687 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
688 Seconded: Russ Allbery
690 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
691 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
692 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
693 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
694 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
695 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
696 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
697 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
700 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
701 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
702 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
703 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
704 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
705 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
706 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
707 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
708 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
709 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
710 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
711 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
712 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
713 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
714 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
715 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
717 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
718 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
719 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
720 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
721 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
723 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
726 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
727 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
728 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
729 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
730 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
731 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
734 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
736 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
738 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
739 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
740 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
741 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
743 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
744 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
745 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
746 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
748 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
749 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
750 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
751 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
753 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
754 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
755 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
757 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
758 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
760 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
761 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
762 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
763 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
764 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
766 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
767 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
769 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
771 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
772 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
774 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
776 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
777 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
778 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
781 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
782 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
783 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
786 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
787 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
788 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
789 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
791 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
792 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
793 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
794 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
795 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
796 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
797 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
798 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
799 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
800 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
801 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
802 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
803 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
804 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
805 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
807 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
808 Source field descriptions.
809 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
810 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
811 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
812 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
813 description says otherwise.
815 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
817 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
820 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
821 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
822 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
823 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
824 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
825 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
827 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
828 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
829 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
830 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
832 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
833 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
834 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
835 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
837 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
838 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
839 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
840 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
842 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
843 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
844 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
845 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
849 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
850 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
851 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
852 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
853 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
855 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
856 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
857 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
858 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
860 * Add myself to Uploaders.
863 * Add myself to Uploaders.
864 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
866 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
867 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
868 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
870 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
872 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
874 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
875 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
876 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
877 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
879 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
880 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
881 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
882 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
884 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
885 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
886 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
887 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
889 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
890 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
891 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
892 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
894 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
895 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
896 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
897 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
899 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
900 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
901 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
902 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
904 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
905 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
906 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
907 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
909 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
910 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
911 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
912 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
914 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
915 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
916 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
917 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
919 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
920 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
921 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
922 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
924 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
925 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
926 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
927 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
928 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
930 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
931 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
932 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
933 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
934 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
935 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
936 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
937 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
938 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
939 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
940 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
941 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
942 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
943 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
944 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
945 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
946 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
947 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
948 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
949 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
950 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
951 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
952 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
953 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
954 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
955 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
956 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
957 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
958 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
959 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
961 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
962 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
963 links was completed long ago.
964 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
966 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
968 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
970 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
971 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
973 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
975 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
977 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
978 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
979 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
980 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
981 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
982 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
983 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
984 Millan (Closes: #209008).
985 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
986 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
988 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
990 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
992 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
993 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
994 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
995 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
996 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
997 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
998 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1000 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1001 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1002 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1003 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1005 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1006 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1007 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1008 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1009 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1010 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1011 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1012 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1013 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1014 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1015 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1016 Closes: #186700, #458910
1017 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1018 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1019 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1021 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1022 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1023 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1024 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1025 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1026 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1027 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1028 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1030 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1031 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1033 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1034 * Add an md5sums control file.
1035 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1036 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1037 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1038 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1039 currently part of policy.
1040 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1041 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1042 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1045 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1047 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1050 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1051 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1052 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1053 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1054 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1055 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1056 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1057 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1058 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1059 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1060 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1061 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1062 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1063 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1064 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1066 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1068 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1069 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1070 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1072 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1073 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1074 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1075 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1076 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1077 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1078 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1079 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1080 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1081 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1082 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1083 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1084 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1085 debconf specification.
1086 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1087 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1089 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1091 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1094 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1095 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1096 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1097 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1102 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1103 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1104 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1105 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1107 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1108 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1109 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1110 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1111 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1112 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1113 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1114 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1115 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1116 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1117 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1118 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1119 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1121 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1127 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1128 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1129 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1130 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1131 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1132 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1133 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1135 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1137 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1140 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1141 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1142 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1143 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1145 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1148 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1149 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1150 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1152 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1154 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1155 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1156 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1158 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1159 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1160 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1161 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1162 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1163 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1167 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1170 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1171 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1172 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1174 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1175 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1177 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1179 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1182 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1183 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1184 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1185 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1186 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1187 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1188 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1189 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1190 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1192 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1193 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1195 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1196 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1197 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1199 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1201 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1202 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1207 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1210 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1212 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1213 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1214 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1215 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1216 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1217 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1218 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1219 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1220 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1221 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1222 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1223 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1224 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1225 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1226 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1227 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1228 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1230 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1231 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1232 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1233 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1234 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1235 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1236 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1238 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1239 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1240 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1241 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1243 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1244 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1245 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1246 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1247 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1248 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1249 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1250 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1251 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1252 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1253 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1256 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1259 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1261 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1262 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1263 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1264 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1265 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1266 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1267 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1268 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1270 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1272 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1276 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1278 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1280 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1281 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1282 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1284 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1285 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1286 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1290 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1292 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1293 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1295 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1297 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1299 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1301 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1303 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1304 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1305 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1307 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1310 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1312 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1315 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1316 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1317 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1319 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1320 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1322 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1324 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1326 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1330 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1331 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1332 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1333 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1335 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1336 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1337 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1338 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1341 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1342 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1344 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1345 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1346 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1348 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1349 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1350 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1352 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1353 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1354 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1355 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1358 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1359 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1360 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1362 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1363 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1364 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1367 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1368 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1369 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1371 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1372 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1373 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1375 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1376 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1377 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1378 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1379 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1380 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1381 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1382 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1384 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1386 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1390 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1391 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1392 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1393 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1394 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1395 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1396 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1397 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1399 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1400 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1401 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1402 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1403 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1404 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1405 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1406 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1407 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1408 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1409 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1410 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1412 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1413 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1414 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1418 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1419 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1422 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1423 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1424 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1426 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1427 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1428 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1429 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1430 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1431 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1433 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1434 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1436 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1437 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1438 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1439 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1440 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1441 Closes: #185943, #237049
1443 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1445 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1451 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1452 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1453 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1454 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1455 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1456 running. closes: Bug#187250
1457 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1458 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1459 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1460 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1461 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1462 user closes: Bug#176506
1464 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1466 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1470 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1471 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1472 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1473 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1474 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1475 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1476 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1477 deb-building toolchain.
1478 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1479 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1480 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1481 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1482 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1483 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1484 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1485 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1486 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1487 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1488 sections about changelog files.
1490 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1491 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1492 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1493 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1494 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1495 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1497 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1498 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1499 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1500 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1501 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1502 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1503 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1504 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1505 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1506 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1507 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1508 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1509 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1510 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1511 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1512 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1513 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1514 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1515 for the restructuring
1517 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1519 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1524 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1525 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1526 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1527 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1528 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1529 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1531 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1532 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1533 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1534 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1535 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1536 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1537 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1539 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1540 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1541 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1542 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1544 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1546 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1550 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1551 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1552 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1553 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1554 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1556 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1557 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1558 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1559 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1561 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1562 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1563 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1564 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1565 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1566 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1567 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1568 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1569 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1570 offtopic stuff, too.
1571 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1572 script should start it, closes: #60979
1573 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1574 "should", closes: #170019
1575 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1576 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1577 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1578 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1579 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1580 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1581 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1582 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1585 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1587 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1590 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1591 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1592 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1593 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1594 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1595 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1596 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1597 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1598 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1600 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1601 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1602 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1603 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1604 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1605 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1606 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1607 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1608 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1610 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1611 file, closes: Bug#65764
1613 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1615 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1617 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1618 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1619 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1620 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1621 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1622 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1623 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1624 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1625 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1626 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1627 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1628 details. closes: Bug#133030
1629 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1630 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1631 parts of Bug#161455.
1633 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1635 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1637 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1638 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1639 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1640 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1641 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1642 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1643 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1644 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1645 not. closes: Bug#139820
1646 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1647 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1648 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1649 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1650 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1651 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1652 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1653 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1654 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1655 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1657 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1659 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1660 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1661 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1662 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1663 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1664 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1665 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1666 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1667 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1668 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1669 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1670 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1671 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1672 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1673 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1674 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1675 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1676 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1677 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1678 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1680 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1681 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1682 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1683 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1684 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1685 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1686 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1688 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1689 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1690 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1691 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1692 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1693 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1694 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1695 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1696 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1698 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1700 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1702 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1703 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1704 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1705 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1706 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1707 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1708 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1709 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1710 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1711 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1712 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1713 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1714 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1715 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1716 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1717 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1718 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1719 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1720 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1721 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1722 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1723 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1724 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1726 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1728 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1730 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1731 medium, high, emergency.
1732 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1733 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1734 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1735 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1736 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1739 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1740 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1741 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1743 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1744 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1745 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1746 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1747 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1748 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1749 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1752 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1754 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1756 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1757 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1758 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1759 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1761 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1762 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1763 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1764 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1765 debian/rules to do this
1766 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1767 patches are incorporated upstream
1768 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1769 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1770 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1771 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1772 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1773 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1775 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1776 system closes: Bug#91249
1777 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1778 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1779 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1780 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1781 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1782 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1783 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1784 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1785 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1786 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1787 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1788 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1789 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1791 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1793 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1795 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1796 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1797 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1798 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1800 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1801 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1802 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1804 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1807 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1809 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1811 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1812 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1813 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1814 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1815 package for the time being
1816 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1817 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1818 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1819 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1820 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1821 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1822 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1823 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1824 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1825 Build-Depends arch syntax
1826 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1828 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1829 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1831 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1832 from policy maintenance duties.
1833 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1834 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1836 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1838 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1840 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1842 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1844 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1846 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1847 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1848 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1849 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1850 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1851 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1852 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1853 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1854 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1855 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1856 minor version number for this
1857 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1858 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1859 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1860 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1861 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1862 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1863 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1864 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1865 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1867 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1869 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1871 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1872 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1873 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1874 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1875 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1877 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1879 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1880 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1881 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1882 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1883 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1884 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1885 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1886 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1887 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1888 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1889 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1890 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1891 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1892 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1893 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1894 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1899 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1901 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1902 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1904 * Document the Enhances relationship
1905 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1906 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1907 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1908 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1909 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1910 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1912 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1914 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1915 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1916 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1917 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1919 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1920 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1921 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1922 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1923 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1925 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1927 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1929 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1930 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1931 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1933 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1934 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1935 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1936 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1937 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1938 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1939 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1940 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1941 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1943 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1945 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1947 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1949 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1950 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1951 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1952 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1953 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1954 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1955 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1956 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1957 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1958 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1959 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1960 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1961 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1962 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1963 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1964 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1965 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1966 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1967 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1968 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1969 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1970 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1972 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1973 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1975 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1977 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1979 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1980 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1981 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1982 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1983 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1984 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1985 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1986 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1987 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1988 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1989 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1990 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1991 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1992 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1993 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1994 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1995 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1996 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1997 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1998 list closes: Bug#53756
1999 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2000 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2001 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2002 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2003 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2004 policy closes: Bug#53760
2005 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2006 policy closes: Bug#53761
2007 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2008 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2009 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2010 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2011 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2012 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2013 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2014 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2015 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2016 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2017 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2019 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2020 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2021 to install with older fileutils.
2022 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2023 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2024 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2025 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2027 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2028 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2030 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2032 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2034 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2035 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2037 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2039 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2041 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2042 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2044 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2047 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2049 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2050 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2052 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2054 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2056 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2058 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2059 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2061 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2063 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2065 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2066 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2067 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2068 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2069 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2070 directoried (closes: #41547)
2071 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2072 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2073 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2074 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2075 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2076 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2077 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2078 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2079 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2080 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2081 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2083 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2084 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2085 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2086 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2087 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2088 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2089 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2091 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2092 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2093 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2094 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2096 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2098 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2100 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2101 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2103 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2105 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2107 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2108 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2112 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2114 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2115 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2117 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2118 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2119 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2120 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2121 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2122 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2123 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2124 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2125 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2126 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2127 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2128 this closes: Bug#38612
2129 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2130 before. closes: Bug#40864
2132 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2134 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2136 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2137 officially uploaded.
2138 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2140 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2141 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2142 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2144 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2145 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2146 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2147 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2148 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2149 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2151 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2152 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2153 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2155 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2157 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2158 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2159 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2160 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2161 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2165 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2167 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2168 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2169 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2170 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2171 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2172 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2173 there). closes: Bug#34233
2174 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2175 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2176 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2177 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2178 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2180 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2182 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2184 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2185 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2186 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2187 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2190 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2191 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2192 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2193 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2194 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2197 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2198 number. closes: BUG#25911
2200 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2201 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2202 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2203 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2204 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2205 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2207 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2208 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2209 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2212 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2213 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2214 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2216 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2217 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2218 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2219 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2221 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2222 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2223 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2225 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2227 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2228 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2229 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2230 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2231 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2232 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2233 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2234 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2237 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2239 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2240 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2243 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2245 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2247 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2249 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2251 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2253 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2254 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2255 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2256 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2257 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2258 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2259 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2260 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2262 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2263 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2265 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2267 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2269 * non-maintainer release
2270 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2271 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2273 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2274 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2275 * no content changes
2276 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2278 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2280 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2284 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2286 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2288 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2290 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2291 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2292 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2294 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2295 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2297 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2298 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2299 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2300 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2302 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2303 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2304 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2305 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2306 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2307 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2308 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2310 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2311 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2312 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2315 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2316 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2317 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2319 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2320 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2321 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2323 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2324 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2326 * New version numbering scheme:
2328 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2329 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2330 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2333 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2334 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2335 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2336 differ between the manuals.
2338 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2339 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2340 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2341 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2343 * Packaging changes:
2345 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2346 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2348 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2350 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2352 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2354 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2356 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2357 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2358 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2360 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2361 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2364 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2365 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2366 file extension as the referenced file
2368 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2369 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2371 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2372 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2373 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2374 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2377 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2378 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2379 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2381 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2382 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2383 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2384 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2387 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2388 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2391 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2392 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2393 reasonable default configuration
2395 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2396 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2397 by all news servers and clients
2399 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2400 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2401 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2402 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2403 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2405 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2406 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2409 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2411 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2412 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2414 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2417 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2418 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2420 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2421 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2423 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2425 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2427 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2429 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2430 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2431 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2432 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2434 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2436 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2437 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2438 * Don't use debstd anymore
2440 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2442 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2444 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2445 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2446 contrib/non-free policy
2447 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2448 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2449 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2450 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2451 - new section about `Daemons'
2452 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2453 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2454 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2455 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2456 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2457 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2458 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2459 * SGML source code included in package
2460 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2462 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2464 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2466 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2467 - completely reworked structure
2468 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2469 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2470 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2471 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2472 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2473 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2474 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2475 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2476 - mention "orphaned packages"
2477 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2478 distributions' policy
2479 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2480 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2481 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2482 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2483 - added section about arch spec strings
2484 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2485 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2486 - added section about "menus"
2487 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2488 the new documentation policy soon
2489 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2490 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2492 - added section about editors and pagers
2493 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2494 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2495 - added section about device files
2496 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2497 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2498 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2500 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2501 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2502 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2503 - Added new section about obsolete names
2504 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2505 * Fixed package's description
2507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2509 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2511 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2513 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2515 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2517 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2518 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2519 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2520 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2522 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2524 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2526 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2527 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2528 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2530 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2531 and upload it "byhand" too.
2533 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2535 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2538 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2539 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2540 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2541 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2542 functionality must not have the same name.
2543 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2544 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2545 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2546 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2547 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2548 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2549 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2551 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2552 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2553 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2554 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2555 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2556 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2557 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2558 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2561 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2563 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2565 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2567 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2568 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2569 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2570 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2571 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2574 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2576 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2578 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2580 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2581 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2582 description of deb file format.
2583 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2584 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2586 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2588 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2589 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2591 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2593 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2595 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2596 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2597 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2598 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2599 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2600 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2601 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2602 packages in section on Procedure
2603 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2604 a package maintainer
2605 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2606 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2607 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2609 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2610 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2611 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2612 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2613 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2614 on various shlib files
2615 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2616 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2617 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2619 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2621 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2623 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2624 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2625 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2627 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2628 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2629 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2630 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2631 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2633 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2635 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2637 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2639 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2641 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2642 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2643 compatibility go in contrib.
2645 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2646 instructions in policy manual.
2647 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2650 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2652 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2654 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2655 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2656 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2657 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2659 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2660 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2663 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2665 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2667 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2668 * More detail about changelog format names.
2670 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2671 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2675 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2677 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2679 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2681 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2683 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2685 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2687 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2689 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2690 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2691 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2693 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2695 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2697 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2699 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2701 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2705 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100