1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
4 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
5 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
6 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
7 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
8 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
9 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
10 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
11 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
12 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
13 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
14 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
15 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
16 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
21 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
24 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
25 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
26 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
27 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
29 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
31 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
32 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
33 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
34 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
35 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
37 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
38 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
39 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
40 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
41 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
42 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
43 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
44 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
45 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
46 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
47 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
48 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
49 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
50 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
51 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
52 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
54 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
56 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
57 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
58 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
59 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
60 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
61 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
62 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
63 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
65 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
67 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
70 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
71 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
72 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
73 Polo (Closes: #372497).
74 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
75 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
78 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
79 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
80 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
81 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
82 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
83 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
84 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
85 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
86 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
88 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
89 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
90 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
91 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
92 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
93 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
95 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
97 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
100 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
101 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
102 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
105 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
107 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
109 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
112 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
113 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
114 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
115 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
116 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
117 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
118 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
119 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
120 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
122 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
123 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
125 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
126 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
127 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
129 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
130 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
131 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
132 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
135 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
137 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
139 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
140 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
142 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
143 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
144 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
145 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
146 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
147 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
148 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
149 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
150 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
151 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
152 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
153 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
154 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
155 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
156 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
157 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
158 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
159 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
160 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
161 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
162 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
163 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
164 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
165 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
166 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
168 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
169 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
170 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
171 Hess (Closes: #362247).
172 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
173 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
174 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
175 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
176 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
177 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
178 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
179 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
180 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
181 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
182 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
183 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
185 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
186 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
189 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
190 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
191 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
192 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
193 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
194 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
195 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
196 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
197 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
198 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
202 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
206 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
208 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
210 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
211 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
212 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
214 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
215 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
216 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
219 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
220 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
222 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
223 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
225 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
227 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
229 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
231 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
233 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
234 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
235 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
237 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
240 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
242 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
245 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
246 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
247 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
249 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
250 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
251 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
252 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
256 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
260 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
261 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
262 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
263 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
265 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
266 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
267 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
268 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
271 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
272 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
275 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
276 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
278 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
279 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
280 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
282 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
283 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
284 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
285 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
288 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
289 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
290 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
292 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
293 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
294 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
297 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
298 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
299 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
301 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
302 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
303 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
305 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
306 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
307 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
308 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
309 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
310 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
311 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
312 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
314 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
316 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
319 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
320 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
321 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
322 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
323 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
324 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
325 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
326 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
327 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
329 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
330 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
331 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
332 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
333 this section. closes: Bug#248618
334 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
335 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
336 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
337 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
338 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
339 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
340 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
342 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
343 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
344 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
348 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
349 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
352 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
353 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
354 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
356 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
357 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
358 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
359 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
360 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
361 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
363 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
364 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
366 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
367 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
368 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
369 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
370 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
371 Closes: #185943, #237049
373 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
375 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
381 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
382 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
383 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
384 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
385 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
386 running. closes: Bug#187250
387 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
388 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
389 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
390 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
391 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
392 user closes: Bug#176506
394 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
396 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
399 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
400 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
401 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
402 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
403 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
404 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
405 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
406 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
407 deb-building toolchain.
408 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
409 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
410 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
411 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
412 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
413 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
414 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
415 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
416 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
417 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
418 sections about changelog files.
420 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
421 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
422 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
423 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
424 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
425 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
427 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
428 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
429 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
430 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
431 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
432 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
433 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
434 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
435 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
436 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
437 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
438 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
439 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
440 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
441 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
442 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
443 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
444 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
445 for the restructuring
447 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
449 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
452 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
454 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
455 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
456 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
457 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
458 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
459 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
461 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
462 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
463 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
464 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
465 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
466 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
467 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
469 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
470 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
471 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
472 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
474 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
476 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
479 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
480 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
481 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
482 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
483 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
484 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
486 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
487 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
488 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
489 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
491 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
492 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
493 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
494 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
495 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
496 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
497 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
498 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
499 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
501 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
502 script should start it, closes: #60979
503 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
504 "should", closes: #170019
505 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
506 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
507 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
508 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
509 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
510 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
511 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
512 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
515 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
517 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
520 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
521 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
522 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
523 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
524 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
525 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
526 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
527 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
528 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
530 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
531 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
532 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
533 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
534 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
535 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
536 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
537 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
538 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
540 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
541 file, closes: Bug#65764
543 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
545 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
547 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
548 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
549 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
550 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
551 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
552 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
553 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
554 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
555 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
556 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
557 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
558 details. closes: Bug#133030
559 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
560 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
563 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
565 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
567 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
568 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
569 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
570 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
571 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
572 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
573 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
574 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
575 not. closes: Bug#139820
576 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
577 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
578 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
579 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
580 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
581 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
582 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
583 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
584 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
585 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
587 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
589 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
590 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
591 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
592 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
593 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
594 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
595 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
596 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
597 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
598 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
599 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
600 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
601 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
602 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
603 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
604 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
605 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
606 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
607 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
608 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
610 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
611 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
612 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
613 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
614 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
615 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
616 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
618 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
619 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
620 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
621 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
622 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
623 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
624 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
625 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
626 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
628 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
630 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
633 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
634 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
635 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
636 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
637 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
638 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
639 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
640 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
641 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
642 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
643 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
644 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
645 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
646 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
647 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
648 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
649 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
650 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
651 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
652 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
653 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
654 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
656 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
658 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
660 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
661 medium, high, emergency.
662 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
663 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
664 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
665 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
666 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
669 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
670 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
671 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
673 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
674 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
675 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
676 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
677 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
678 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
679 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
682 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
684 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
686 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
687 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
688 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
689 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
691 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
692 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
693 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
694 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
695 debian/rules to do this
696 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
697 patches are incorporated upstream
698 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
699 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
700 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
701 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
702 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
703 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
705 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
706 system closes: Bug#91249
707 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
708 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
709 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
710 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
711 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
712 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
713 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
714 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
715 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
716 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
717 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
718 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
719 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
721 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
723 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
725 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
726 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
727 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
728 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
730 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
731 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
732 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
734 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
737 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
739 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
741 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
742 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
743 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
744 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
745 package for the time being
746 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
747 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
748 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
749 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
750 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
751 * Rename all .text files as .txt
752 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
753 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
754 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
755 Build-Depends arch syntax
756 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
758 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
759 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
761 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
762 from policy maintenance duties.
763 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
764 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
766 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
768 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
772 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
774 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
777 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
778 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
779 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
780 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
781 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
782 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
783 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
784 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
785 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
786 minor version number for this
787 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
788 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
789 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
790 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
791 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
792 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
793 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
794 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
795 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
797 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
799 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
801 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
802 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
803 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
804 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
805 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
807 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
809 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
810 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
811 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
812 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
813 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
814 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
815 xutils closes: Bug#82966
816 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
817 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
818 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
819 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
820 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
821 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
822 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
823 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
824 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
827 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
829 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
831 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
832 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
834 * Document the Enhances relationship
835 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
836 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
837 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
838 policy. closes: Bug#53496
839 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
840 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
842 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
844 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
845 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
846 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
847 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
849 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
850 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
851 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
852 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
853 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
855 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
857 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
859 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
860 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
861 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
863 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
864 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
865 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
866 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
867 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
868 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
869 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
870 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
871 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
873 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
875 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
877 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
879 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
880 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
881 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
882 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
883 policy. closes: Bug#64437
884 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
885 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
886 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
887 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
888 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
889 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
890 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
891 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
892 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
893 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
894 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
895 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
896 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
897 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
898 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
899 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
900 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
902 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
903 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
905 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
907 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
910 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
911 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
912 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
913 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
914 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
915 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
916 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
917 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
918 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
919 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
920 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
921 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
922 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
923 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
924 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
925 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
926 alternative closes: Bug#53755
927 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
928 list closes: Bug#53756
929 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
930 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
931 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
932 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
933 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
934 policy closes: Bug#53760
935 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
936 policy closes: Bug#53761
937 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
938 that use X closes: Bug#53762
939 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
940 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
941 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
942 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
943 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
944 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
945 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
946 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
947 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
949 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
950 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
951 to install with older fileutils.
952 * Installed FHS version 2.1
953 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
954 * Added FHS details to copyright file
955 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
957 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
958 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
960 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
962 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
965 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
967 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
969 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
971 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
972 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
974 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
977 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
979 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
980 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
982 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
984 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
986 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
989 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
991 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
993 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
996 #45561, #42447, #48570)
997 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
998 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
999 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1000 directoried (closes: #41547)
1001 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1002 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1003 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1004 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1005 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1006 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1007 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1008 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1009 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1010 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1011 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1013 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1014 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1015 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1016 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1017 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1018 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1019 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1021 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1022 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1023 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1024 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1026 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1028 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1030 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1031 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1033 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1035 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1038 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1042 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1045 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1047 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1048 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1049 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1050 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1051 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1052 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1053 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1054 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1055 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1056 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1057 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1058 this closes: Bug#38612
1059 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1060 before. closes: Bug#40864
1062 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1064 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1067 officially uploaded.
1068 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1070 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1071 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1072 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1074 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1075 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1076 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1077 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1078 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1079 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1081 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1082 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1083 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1085 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1087 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1088 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1089 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1090 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1091 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1093 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1095 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1098 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1099 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1100 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1101 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1102 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1103 there). closes: Bug#34233
1104 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1105 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1106 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1107 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1108 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1112 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1115 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1116 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1117 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1120 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1121 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1122 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1123 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1124 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1127 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1128 number. closes: BUG#25911
1130 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1131 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1132 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1133 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1134 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1135 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1137 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1138 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1139 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1142 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1143 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1144 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1146 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1147 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1148 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1149 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1151 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1152 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1153 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1155 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1157 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1158 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1159 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1160 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1161 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1162 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1163 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1164 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1167 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1169 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1170 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1175 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1179 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1181 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1184 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1185 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1186 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1187 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1188 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1189 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1190 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1192 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1193 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1195 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1197 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1199 * non-maintainer release
1200 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1201 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1203 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1204 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1205 * no content changes
1206 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1208 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1210 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1214 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1216 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1218 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1220 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1221 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1222 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1224 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1225 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1227 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1228 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1229 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1230 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1232 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1233 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1234 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1235 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1236 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1237 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1238 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1240 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1241 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1242 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1245 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1246 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1247 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1249 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1250 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1251 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1253 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1254 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1256 * New version numbering scheme:
1258 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1259 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1260 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1263 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1264 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1265 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1266 differ between the manuals.
1268 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1269 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1270 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1271 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1273 * Packaging changes:
1275 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1276 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1278 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1280 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1282 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1286 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1287 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1288 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1290 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1291 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1294 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1295 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1296 file extension as the referenced file
1298 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1299 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1301 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1302 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1303 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1304 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1307 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1308 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1309 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1311 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1312 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1313 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1314 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1317 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1318 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1321 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1322 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1323 reasonable default configuration
1325 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1326 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1327 by all news servers and clients
1329 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1330 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1331 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1332 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1333 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1335 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1336 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1339 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1341 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1342 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1344 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1347 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1348 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1350 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1351 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1353 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1355 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1357 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1360 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1361 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1362 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1364 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1366 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1367 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1368 * Don't use debstd anymore
1370 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1372 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1375 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1376 contrib/non-free policy
1377 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1378 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1379 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1380 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1381 - new section about `Daemons'
1382 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1383 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1384 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1385 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1386 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1387 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1388 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1389 * SGML source code included in package
1390 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1392 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1394 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1396 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1397 - completely reworked structure
1398 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1399 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1400 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1401 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1402 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1403 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1404 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1405 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1406 - mention "orphaned packages"
1407 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1408 distributions' policy
1409 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1410 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1411 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1412 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1413 - added section about arch spec strings
1414 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1415 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1416 - added section about "menus"
1417 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1418 the new documentation policy soon
1419 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1420 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1422 - added section about editors and pagers
1423 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1424 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1425 - added section about device files
1426 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1427 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1428 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1430 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1431 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1432 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1433 - Added new section about obsolete names
1434 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1435 * Fixed package's description
1437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1439 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1441 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1443 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1445 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1447 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1448 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1449 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1450 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1452 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1454 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1456 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1457 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1458 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1460 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1461 and upload it "byhand" too.
1463 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1465 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1469 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1470 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1471 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1472 functionality must not have the same name.
1473 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1474 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1475 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1476 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1477 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1478 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1479 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1481 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1482 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1483 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1484 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1485 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1486 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1487 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1488 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1491 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1493 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1495 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1497 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1498 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1499 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1500 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1501 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1504 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1506 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1508 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1510 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1511 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1512 description of deb file format.
1513 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1514 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1516 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1518 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1519 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1521 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1523 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1525 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1526 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1527 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1528 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1529 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1530 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1531 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1532 packages in section on Procedure
1533 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1534 a package maintainer
1535 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1536 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1537 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1539 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1540 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1541 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1542 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1543 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1544 on various shlib files
1545 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1546 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1547 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1549 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1551 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1553 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1554 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1555 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1557 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1558 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1559 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1560 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1561 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1563 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1565 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1567 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1569 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1571 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1572 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1573 compatibility go in contrib.
1575 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1576 instructions in policy manual.
1577 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1580 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1582 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1584 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1585 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1586 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1587 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1589 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1590 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1593 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1595 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1597 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1598 * More detail about changelog format names.
1600 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1601 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1605 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1607 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1609 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1611 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1613 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1615 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1617 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1619 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1620 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1621 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1623 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1625 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1627 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1629 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1631 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1635 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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