1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
14 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
19 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
20 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
21 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
23 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
25 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
28 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
29 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
32 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
33 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
35 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
36 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
40 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
41 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
45 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
46 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
50 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
51 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
52 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
53 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
57 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
58 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
59 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
60 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
61 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
63 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
64 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
68 * Add myself to Uploaders.
71 * Add myself to Uploaders.
72 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
74 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
75 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
76 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
78 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
80 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
83 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
88 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
90 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
92 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
93 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
97 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
100 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
102 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
107 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
108 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
113 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
115 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
117 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
120 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
123 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
124 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
127 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
128 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
132 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
133 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
136 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
138 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
139 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
140 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
141 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
142 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
143 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
144 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
145 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
146 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
147 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
148 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
149 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
150 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
151 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
152 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
153 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
154 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
155 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
156 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
157 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
158 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
159 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
160 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
161 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
162 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
163 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
164 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
165 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
166 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
167 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
169 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
170 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
171 links was completed long ago.
172 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
174 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
176 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
178 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
179 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
181 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
183 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
186 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
187 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
188 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
189 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
190 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
191 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
192 Millan (Closes: #209008).
193 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
194 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
196 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
198 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
200 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
201 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
202 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
203 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
204 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
205 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
206 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
208 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
209 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
210 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
211 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
213 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
214 Küster (Closes: #403391).
215 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
216 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
217 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
218 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
219 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
220 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
224 Closes: #186700, #458910
225 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
226 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
229 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
230 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
231 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
232 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
233 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
234 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
235 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
236 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
238 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
239 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
241 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
242 * Add an md5sums control file.
243 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
244 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
245 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
246 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
247 currently part of policy.
248 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
249 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
250 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
253 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
255 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
258 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
259 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
260 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
261 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
262 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
263 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
264 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
265 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
266 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
268 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
269 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
270 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
271 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
272 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
274 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
276 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
277 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
278 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
280 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
281 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
282 list?" (Closes: #412634).
283 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
284 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
285 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
286 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
287 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
288 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
289 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
290 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
291 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
292 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
293 debconf specification.
294 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
295 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
297 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
299 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
302 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
304 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
305 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
310 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
311 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
312 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
313 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
315 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
316 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
317 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
318 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
319 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
320 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
321 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
322 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
323 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
324 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
325 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
326 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
327 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
329 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
335 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
336 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
337 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
339 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
340 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
341 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
343 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
345 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
348 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
349 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
351 Polo (Closes: #372497).
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
353 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
356 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
357 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
358 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
360 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
362 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
364 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
366 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
367 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
368 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
369 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
370 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
371 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
373 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
375 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
377 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
378 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
379 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
380 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
383 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
385 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
387 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
389 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
390 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
391 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
392 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
393 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
394 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
395 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
396 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
397 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
398 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
400 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
401 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
403 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
404 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
405 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
407 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
409 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
410 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
413 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
415 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
418 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
420 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
421 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
422 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
423 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
424 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
425 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
426 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
427 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
428 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
429 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
430 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
431 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
432 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
433 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
434 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
435 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
436 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
438 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
439 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
440 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
441 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
442 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
443 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
444 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
446 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
447 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
448 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
449 Hess (Closes: #362247).
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
451 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
452 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
453 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
454 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
455 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
456 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
457 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
458 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
459 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
460 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
461 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
464 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
466 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
467 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
469 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
470 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
471 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
472 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
473 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
474 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
475 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
476 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
478 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
480 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
483 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
484 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
485 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
486 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
487 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
488 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
489 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
490 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
491 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
492 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
493 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
494 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
498 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
499 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
500 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
501 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
503 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
504 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
505 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
507 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
508 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
509 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
510 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
511 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
512 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
513 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
514 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
515 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
518 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
520 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
523 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
524 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
525 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
527 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
528 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
529 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
530 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
532 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
534 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
537 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
538 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
539 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
540 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
541 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
543 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
544 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
545 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
546 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
548 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
549 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
550 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
552 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
553 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
554 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
555 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
556 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
557 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
558 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
560 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
561 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
562 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
563 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
565 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
566 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
567 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
568 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
569 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
570 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
571 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
572 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
574 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
575 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
576 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
577 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
578 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
579 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
580 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
581 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
582 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
583 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
584 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
585 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
586 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
587 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
588 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
589 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
590 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
592 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
594 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
597 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
598 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
599 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
600 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
601 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
602 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
603 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
604 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
605 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
607 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
608 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
609 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
610 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
611 this section. closes: Bug#248618
612 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
613 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
614 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
615 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
616 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
617 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
618 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
619 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
620 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
621 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
622 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
623 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
626 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
627 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
630 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
631 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
632 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
634 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
635 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
636 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
637 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
638 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
639 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
641 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
642 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
644 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
645 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
646 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
647 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
648 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
649 Closes: #185943, #237049
651 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
653 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
659 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
660 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
661 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
662 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
663 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
664 running. closes: Bug#187250
665 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
666 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
667 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
668 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
669 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
670 user closes: Bug#176506
672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
674 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
677 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
678 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
679 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
680 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
681 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
682 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
683 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
684 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
685 deb-building toolchain.
686 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
687 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
688 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
689 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
690 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
691 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
692 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
693 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
694 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
695 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
696 sections about changelog files.
698 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
699 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
700 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
701 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
702 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
703 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
705 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
706 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
707 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
708 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
709 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
710 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
711 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
712 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
713 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
714 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
715 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
716 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
717 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
718 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
719 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
720 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
721 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
722 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
723 for the restructuring
725 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
727 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
732 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
733 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
734 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
735 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
736 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
737 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
739 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
740 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
741 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
742 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
743 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
744 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
745 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
747 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
748 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
749 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
750 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
752 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
754 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
757 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
758 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
759 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
760 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
761 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
762 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
764 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
765 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
766 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
767 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
769 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
770 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
771 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
772 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
773 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
774 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
775 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
776 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
777 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
779 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
780 script should start it, closes: #60979
781 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
782 "should", closes: #170019
783 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
784 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
785 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
786 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
787 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
788 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
789 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
790 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
793 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
795 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
799 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
800 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
801 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
802 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
803 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
804 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
805 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
806 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
808 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
809 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
810 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
811 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
812 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
813 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
814 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
815 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
816 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
818 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
819 file, closes: Bug#65764
821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
823 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
826 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
827 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
828 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
829 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
830 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
831 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
832 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
833 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
834 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
835 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
836 details. closes: Bug#133030
837 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
838 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
841 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
843 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
845 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
846 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
847 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
848 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
849 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
850 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
851 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
852 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
853 not. closes: Bug#139820
854 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
855 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
856 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
857 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
858 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
859 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
860 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
861 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
862 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
863 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
865 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
867 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
868 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
869 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
870 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
871 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
872 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
873 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
874 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
875 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
876 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
877 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
878 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
879 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
880 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
881 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
882 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
883 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
884 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
885 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
886 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
888 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
889 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
890 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
891 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
892 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
893 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
894 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
896 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
897 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
898 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
899 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
900 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
901 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
902 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
903 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
904 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
906 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
908 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
911 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
912 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
913 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
914 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
915 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
916 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
917 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
918 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
919 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
920 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
921 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
922 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
923 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
924 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
925 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
926 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
927 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
928 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
929 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
930 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
931 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
932 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
934 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
936 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
938 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
939 medium, high, emergency.
940 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
941 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
942 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
943 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
944 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
947 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
948 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
949 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
951 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
952 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
953 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
954 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
955 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
956 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
957 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
960 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
962 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
965 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
966 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
967 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
969 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
970 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
971 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
972 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
973 debian/rules to do this
974 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
975 patches are incorporated upstream
976 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
977 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
978 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
979 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
980 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
981 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
983 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
984 system closes: Bug#91249
985 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
986 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
987 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
988 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
989 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
990 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
991 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
992 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
993 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
994 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
995 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
996 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
997 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
999 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1001 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1004 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1005 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1006 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1008 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1009 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1010 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1012 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1015 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1017 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1020 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1021 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1022 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1023 package for the time being
1024 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1025 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1026 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1027 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1028 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1029 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1030 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1031 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1032 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1033 Build-Depends arch syntax
1034 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1036 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1037 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1039 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1040 from policy maintenance duties.
1041 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1042 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1044 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1046 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1050 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1052 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1055 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1056 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1057 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1058 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1059 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1060 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1061 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1062 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1063 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1064 minor version number for this
1065 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1066 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1067 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1068 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1069 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1070 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1071 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1072 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1073 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1075 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1077 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1080 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1081 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1082 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1083 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1085 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1087 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1088 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1089 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1090 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1091 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1092 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1093 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1094 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1095 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1096 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1097 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1098 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1099 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1100 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1101 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1102 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1105 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1107 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1110 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1112 * Document the Enhances relationship
1113 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1114 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1115 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1116 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1117 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1118 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1120 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1122 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1123 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1124 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1125 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1127 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1128 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1129 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1130 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1131 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1133 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1135 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1138 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1139 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1141 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1142 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1143 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1144 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1145 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1146 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1147 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1148 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1149 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1151 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1153 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1155 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1158 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1159 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1160 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1161 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1162 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1163 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1164 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1165 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1166 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1167 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1168 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1169 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1170 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1171 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1172 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1173 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1174 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1175 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1176 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1177 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1178 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1180 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1181 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1183 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1185 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1188 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1189 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1190 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1191 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1192 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1193 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1194 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1195 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1196 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1197 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1198 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1199 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1200 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1201 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1202 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1203 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1204 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1205 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1206 list closes: Bug#53756
1207 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1208 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1209 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1210 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1211 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1212 policy closes: Bug#53760
1213 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1214 policy closes: Bug#53761
1215 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1216 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1217 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1218 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1219 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1220 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1221 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1222 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1223 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1224 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1225 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1227 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1228 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1229 to install with older fileutils.
1230 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1231 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1232 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1233 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1235 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1236 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1238 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1240 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1243 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1247 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1250 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1252 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1255 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1258 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1260 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1262 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1264 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1266 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1267 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1269 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1271 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1274 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1275 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1276 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1277 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1278 directoried (closes: #41547)
1279 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1280 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1281 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1282 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1283 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1284 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1285 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1286 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1287 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1288 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1289 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1291 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1292 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1293 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1294 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1295 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1296 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1297 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1299 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1300 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1301 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1302 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1304 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1306 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1308 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1309 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1311 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1313 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1316 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1320 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1323 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1325 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1326 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1327 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1328 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1329 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1330 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1331 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1332 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1333 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1334 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1335 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1336 this closes: Bug#38612
1337 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1338 before. closes: Bug#40864
1340 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1342 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1345 officially uploaded.
1346 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1348 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1349 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1350 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1352 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1353 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1354 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1355 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1356 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1357 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1359 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1360 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1361 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1363 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1365 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1366 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1367 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1368 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1369 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1373 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1376 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1377 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1378 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1379 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1380 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1381 there). closes: Bug#34233
1382 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1383 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1384 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1385 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1386 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1390 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1393 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1394 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1395 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1398 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1399 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1400 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1401 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1402 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1405 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1406 number. closes: BUG#25911
1408 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1409 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1410 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1411 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1412 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1413 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1415 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1416 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1417 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1420 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1421 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1422 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1424 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1425 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1426 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1427 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1429 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1430 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1431 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1433 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1435 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1436 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1437 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1438 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1439 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1440 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1441 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1442 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1445 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1447 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1448 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1451 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1453 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1455 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1457 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1459 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1462 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1463 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1464 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1465 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1466 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1467 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1468 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1470 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1471 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1473 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1475 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1477 * non-maintainer release
1478 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1479 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1481 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1482 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1483 * no content changes
1484 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1486 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1488 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1492 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1494 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1496 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1498 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1499 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1500 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1502 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1503 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1505 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1506 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1507 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1508 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1510 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1511 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1512 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1513 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1514 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1515 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1516 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1518 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1519 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1520 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1523 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1524 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1525 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1527 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1528 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1529 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1531 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1532 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1534 * New version numbering scheme:
1536 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1537 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1538 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1541 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1542 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1543 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1544 differ between the manuals.
1546 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1547 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1548 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1549 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1551 * Packaging changes:
1553 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1554 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1556 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1558 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1560 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1562 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1564 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1565 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1566 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1568 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1569 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1572 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1573 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1574 file extension as the referenced file
1576 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1577 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1579 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1580 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1581 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1582 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1585 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1586 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1587 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1589 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1590 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1591 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1592 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1595 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1596 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1599 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1600 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1601 reasonable default configuration
1603 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1604 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1605 by all news servers and clients
1607 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1608 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1609 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1610 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1611 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1613 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1614 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1617 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1619 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1620 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1622 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1625 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1626 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1628 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1629 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1631 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1633 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1635 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1637 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1638 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1639 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1640 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1642 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1644 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1645 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1646 * Don't use debstd anymore
1648 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1650 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1652 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1653 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1654 contrib/non-free policy
1655 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1656 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1657 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1658 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1659 - new section about `Daemons'
1660 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1661 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1662 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1663 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1664 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1665 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1666 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1667 * SGML source code included in package
1668 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1670 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1672 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1674 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1675 - completely reworked structure
1676 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1677 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1678 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1679 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1680 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1681 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1682 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1683 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1684 - mention "orphaned packages"
1685 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1686 distributions' policy
1687 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1688 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1689 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1690 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1691 - added section about arch spec strings
1692 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1693 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1694 - added section about "menus"
1695 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1696 the new documentation policy soon
1697 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1698 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1700 - added section about editors and pagers
1701 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1702 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1703 - added section about device files
1704 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1705 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1706 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1708 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1709 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1710 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1711 - Added new section about obsolete names
1712 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1713 * Fixed package's description
1715 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1717 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1719 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1721 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1723 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1725 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1726 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1727 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1728 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1730 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1732 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1734 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1735 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1736 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1738 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1739 and upload it "byhand" too.
1741 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1743 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1746 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1747 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1748 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1749 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1750 functionality must not have the same name.
1751 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1752 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1753 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1754 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1755 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1756 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1757 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1759 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1760 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1761 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1762 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1763 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1764 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1765 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1766 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1769 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1771 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1773 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1775 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1776 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1777 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1778 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1779 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1782 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1784 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1786 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1788 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1789 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1790 description of deb file format.
1791 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1792 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1794 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1796 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1797 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1799 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1801 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1803 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1804 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1805 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1806 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1807 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1808 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1809 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1810 packages in section on Procedure
1811 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1812 a package maintainer
1813 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1814 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1815 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1817 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1818 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1819 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1820 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1821 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1822 on various shlib files
1823 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1824 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1825 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1827 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1829 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1831 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1832 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1833 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1835 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1836 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1837 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1838 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1839 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1841 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1843 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1845 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1847 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1849 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1850 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1851 compatibility go in contrib.
1853 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1854 instructions in policy manual.
1855 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1858 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1860 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1862 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1863 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1864 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1865 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1867 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1868 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1871 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1873 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1875 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1876 * More detail about changelog format names.
1878 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1879 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1883 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1885 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1887 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1889 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1891 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1893 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1895 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1897 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1898 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1899 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1901 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1903 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1905 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1907 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1909 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1913 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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