1 debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
5 the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
6 * Policy: [11.5.1] Web servers: Fix use of metasyntactic variables and
7 applications Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
8 * Policy: [5.6.21] Files: Fix typo "by" -> be. Closes: #753353.
9 Thanks Benedikt Wildenhain.
10 * Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
11 Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
13 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
15 * Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
16 Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
22 * Perl Policy: @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
23 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
27 * Perl Policy: Explain %Config earlier
28 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
32 * Perl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch
33 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
37 * Perl Policy: Packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-*
39 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories
45 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
47 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
49 * Policy: Discourage statically linked binaries
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
54 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
57 * Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when /lib<qual>
58 or /usr/lib<qual> does.
59 Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
60 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
62 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
65 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:43:08 +0200
67 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
70 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
74 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
75 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
80 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
81 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
88 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
93 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
94 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
98 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
102 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
103 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
105 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
107 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
108 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
109 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
113 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
114 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
118 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
119 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
121 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
123 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
124 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
125 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
128 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
129 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
130 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
134 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
135 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
136 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
138 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
139 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
140 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
141 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
142 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
143 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
144 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
145 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
146 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
147 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
148 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
149 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
151 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
152 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
153 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
154 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
156 -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
158 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
160 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
161 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
162 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
164 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
165 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
166 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
172 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
173 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
178 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
182 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
183 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
184 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
185 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
189 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
190 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
194 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
195 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
196 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
197 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
200 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
201 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
202 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
205 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
206 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
211 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
213 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
215 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
216 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
217 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
218 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
219 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
221 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
222 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
223 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
224 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
225 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
226 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
227 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
228 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
229 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
230 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
231 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
232 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
233 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
234 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
235 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
236 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
237 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
239 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
240 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
241 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
242 good to know which version one is looking at.
243 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
244 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
245 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
246 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
247 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
248 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
249 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
251 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
252 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
253 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
254 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
255 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
257 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
258 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
259 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
261 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
262 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
263 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
264 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
266 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
268 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
271 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
272 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
273 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
274 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
275 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
276 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
277 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
278 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
279 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
280 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
281 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
286 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
287 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
292 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
293 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
294 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
297 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
299 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
300 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
304 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
305 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
308 Closes: #620870, #532120
309 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
310 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
315 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
316 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
317 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
321 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
322 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
323 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
324 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
325 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
327 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
328 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
329 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
330 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
331 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
332 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
333 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
334 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
335 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
336 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
337 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
338 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
339 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
340 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
341 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
342 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
344 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
346 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
347 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
348 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
349 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
350 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
351 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
352 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
353 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
354 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
355 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
358 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
360 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
361 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
362 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
363 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
368 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
369 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
371 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
372 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
373 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
374 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
377 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
379 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
383 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
384 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
385 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
388 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
389 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
390 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
392 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
393 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
394 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
399 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
400 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
401 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
404 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
405 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
410 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
411 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
412 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
413 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
416 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
417 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
418 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
421 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
422 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
427 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
429 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
431 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
432 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
435 Closes: #459868, #581011
436 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
437 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
439 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
441 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
442 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
443 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
444 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
447 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
449 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
451 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
452 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
456 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
457 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
460 Closes: #501930, #593909
461 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
462 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
466 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
467 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
468 machine. (Closes: #591857)
469 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
470 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
471 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
472 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
473 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
474 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
475 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
476 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
477 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
478 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
480 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
481 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
482 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
483 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
484 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
485 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
486 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
487 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
488 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
489 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
490 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
491 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
492 than the version in oldstable.
493 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
494 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
495 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
496 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
497 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
498 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
499 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
500 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
501 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
502 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
503 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
504 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
505 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
506 package. (Closes: #609160)
508 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
510 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
513 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
514 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
518 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
519 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
523 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
524 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
528 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
529 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
533 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
534 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
538 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
539 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
540 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
543 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
544 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
546 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
548 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
549 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
551 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
553 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
554 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
556 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
558 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
559 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
564 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
565 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
570 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
571 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
572 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
575 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
576 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
580 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
581 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
582 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
583 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
585 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
586 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
587 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
588 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
590 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
591 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
592 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
593 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
595 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
596 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
598 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
600 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
602 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
603 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
604 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
605 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
606 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
607 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
608 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
609 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
610 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
612 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
613 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
614 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
615 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
616 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
617 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
619 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
621 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
624 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
627 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
630 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
631 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
632 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
633 and distribution license' (three times).
634 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
635 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
636 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
637 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
640 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
642 Proposed by Santiago Vila
643 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
644 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
650 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
651 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
655 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
656 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
657 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
660 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
662 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
663 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
664 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
665 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
667 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
668 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
670 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
671 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
673 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
674 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
675 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
676 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
677 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
679 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
680 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
681 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
682 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
683 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
685 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
686 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
687 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
690 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
691 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
696 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
697 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
701 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
702 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
703 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
704 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
706 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
707 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
708 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
709 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
710 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
712 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
713 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
714 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
715 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
717 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
718 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
719 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
720 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
721 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
723 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
724 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
725 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
726 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
728 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
729 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
730 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
731 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
732 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
733 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
734 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
735 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
736 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
737 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
738 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
739 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
740 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
741 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
742 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
743 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
744 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
745 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
746 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
747 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
748 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
749 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
750 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
751 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
752 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
753 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
754 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
755 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
756 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
757 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
758 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
759 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
761 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
763 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
765 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
768 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
769 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
771 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
772 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
776 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
779 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
780 Wording: Steve Langasek.
781 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
782 Seconded: Julien Cristau
783 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
786 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
787 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
788 Seconded: Russ Allbery
789 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
792 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
793 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
794 Seconded: Russ Allbery
796 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
797 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
798 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
799 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
800 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
801 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
802 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
803 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
804 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
806 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
807 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
808 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
809 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
810 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
811 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
812 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
813 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
814 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
815 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
816 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
817 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
818 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
819 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
820 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
821 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
823 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
824 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
825 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
826 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
827 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
829 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
832 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
833 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
834 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
835 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
836 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
837 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
840 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
842 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
844 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
845 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
846 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
847 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
849 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
850 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
851 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
852 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
854 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
855 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
856 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
857 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
859 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
860 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
862 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
863 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
864 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
866 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
867 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
868 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
869 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
870 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
872 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
873 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
874 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
875 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
877 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
878 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
879 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
880 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
882 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
883 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
884 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
885 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
887 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
888 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
889 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
890 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
892 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
893 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
894 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
895 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
897 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
898 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
899 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
900 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
901 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
902 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
903 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
904 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
905 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
906 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
907 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
908 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
909 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
910 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
911 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
913 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
914 Source field descriptions.
915 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
916 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
917 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
918 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
919 description says otherwise.
921 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
923 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
927 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
928 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
929 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
930 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
931 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
933 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
934 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
935 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
936 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
938 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
939 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
940 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
941 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
943 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
944 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
945 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
946 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
948 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
949 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
950 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
951 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
955 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
956 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
957 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
958 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
959 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
961 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
962 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
963 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
964 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
966 * Add myself to Uploaders.
969 * Add myself to Uploaders.
970 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
972 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
973 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
974 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
976 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
978 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
981 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
982 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
983 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
985 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
986 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
987 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
988 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
990 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
991 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
992 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
993 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
995 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
996 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
997 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
998 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1000 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
1001 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1002 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1003 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1005 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
1006 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1007 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1008 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1010 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
1011 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1012 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
1013 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1015 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
1016 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1017 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1018 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
1020 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
1021 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
1022 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1023 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
1025 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
1026 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
1027 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1028 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
1030 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
1031 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1032 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1033 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
1034 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1036 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
1037 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
1038 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
1039 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
1040 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
1041 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
1042 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
1043 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
1044 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
1045 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
1046 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
1047 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
1048 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
1049 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
1050 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
1051 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
1052 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
1053 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
1054 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
1055 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
1056 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
1057 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
1058 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
1059 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
1060 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
1061 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
1062 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
1063 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
1064 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
1065 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1067 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1068 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1069 links was completed long ago.
1070 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1072 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1074 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1077 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1079 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1081 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1084 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1085 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1086 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1087 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1088 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1089 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1090 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1091 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1092 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1094 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1096 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1098 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1099 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1100 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1101 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1102 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1103 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1104 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1106 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1107 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1108 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1109 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1111 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1112 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1113 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1114 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1115 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1116 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1117 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1119 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1120 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1121 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1122 Closes: #186700, #458910
1123 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1124 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1125 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1127 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1128 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1129 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1130 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1131 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1132 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1133 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1134 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1136 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1137 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1139 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1140 * Add an md5sums control file.
1141 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1142 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1143 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1144 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1145 currently part of policy.
1146 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1147 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1148 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1151 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1153 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1156 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1157 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1158 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1159 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1160 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1161 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1162 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1163 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1164 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1166 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1167 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1168 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1169 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1170 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1172 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1174 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1175 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1176 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1178 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1179 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1180 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1181 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1182 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1183 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1184 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1185 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1186 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1187 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1188 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1189 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1190 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1191 debconf specification.
1192 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1193 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1195 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1197 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1200 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1202 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1203 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1208 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1209 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1210 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1211 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1213 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1214 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1215 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1216 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1217 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1218 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1219 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1220 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1221 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1222 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1223 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1224 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1225 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1227 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1233 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1234 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1235 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1237 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1238 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1239 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1241 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1243 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1246 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1247 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1249 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1251 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1253 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1254 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1255 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1256 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1258 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1260 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1261 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1262 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1264 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1265 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1266 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1267 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1268 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1269 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1273 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1276 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1277 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1278 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1281 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1283 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1285 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1288 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1289 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1290 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1291 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1292 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1293 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1294 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1295 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1296 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1298 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1299 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1301 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1302 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1303 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1305 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1307 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1308 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1311 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1313 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1316 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1317 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1318 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1319 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1320 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1321 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1322 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1323 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1324 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1325 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1326 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1327 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1328 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1329 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1330 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1331 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1332 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1333 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1334 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1336 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1337 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1338 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1339 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1340 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1341 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1342 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1344 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1345 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1346 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1347 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1349 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1350 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1351 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1352 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1353 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1354 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1355 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1356 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1357 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1358 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1359 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1362 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1365 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1367 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1368 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1369 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1370 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1371 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1372 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1373 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1374 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1376 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1378 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1381 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1382 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1384 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1386 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1387 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1388 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1390 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1391 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1392 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1396 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1398 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1399 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1400 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1401 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1403 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1404 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1405 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1407 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1409 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1410 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1411 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1413 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1416 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1418 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1420 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1421 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1422 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1423 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1425 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1426 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1427 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1428 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1430 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1432 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1436 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1437 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1438 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1439 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1440 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1441 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1442 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1443 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1444 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1446 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1447 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1448 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1451 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1452 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1453 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1454 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1455 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1456 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1458 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1459 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1460 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1461 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1464 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1465 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1466 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1467 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1468 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1469 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1470 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1473 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1474 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1475 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1477 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1478 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1479 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1480 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1481 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1482 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1483 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1484 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1485 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1486 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1487 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1488 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1490 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1492 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1496 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1497 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1498 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1499 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1500 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1501 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1502 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1503 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1505 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1506 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1507 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1508 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1509 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1510 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1511 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1512 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1513 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1514 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1515 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1516 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1517 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1518 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1519 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1520 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1521 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1524 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1525 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1528 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1529 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1530 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1532 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1533 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1534 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1535 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1536 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1537 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1539 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1540 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1542 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1543 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1544 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1545 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1546 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1547 Closes: #185943, #237049
1549 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1551 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1554 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1557 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1558 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1559 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1560 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1561 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1562 running. closes: Bug#187250
1563 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1564 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1565 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1566 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1567 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1568 user closes: Bug#176506
1570 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1572 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1575 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1576 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1577 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1578 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1579 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1580 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1581 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1582 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1583 deb-building toolchain.
1584 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1585 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1586 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1587 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1588 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1589 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1590 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1591 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1592 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1593 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1594 sections about changelog files.
1596 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1597 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1598 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1599 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1600 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1601 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1603 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1604 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1605 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1606 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1607 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1608 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1609 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1610 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1611 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1612 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1613 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1614 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1615 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1616 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1617 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1618 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1619 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1620 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1621 for the restructuring
1623 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1625 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1628 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1630 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1631 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1632 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1633 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1634 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1635 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1637 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1638 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1639 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1640 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1641 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1642 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1643 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1645 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1646 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1647 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1648 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1650 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1652 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1655 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1656 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1657 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1658 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1659 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1660 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1662 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1663 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1664 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1665 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1667 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1668 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1669 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1670 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1671 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1672 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1673 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1674 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1675 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1676 offtopic stuff, too.
1677 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1678 script should start it, closes: #60979
1679 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1680 "should", closes: #170019
1681 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1682 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1683 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1684 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1685 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1686 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1687 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1688 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1691 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1693 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1696 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1697 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1698 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1699 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1700 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1701 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1702 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1703 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1704 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1706 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1707 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1708 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1709 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1710 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1711 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1712 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1713 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1714 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1716 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1717 file, closes: Bug#65764
1719 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1721 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1723 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1724 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1725 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1726 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1727 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1728 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1729 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1730 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1731 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1732 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1733 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1734 details. closes: Bug#133030
1735 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1736 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1737 parts of Bug#161455.
1739 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1741 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1743 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1744 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1745 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1746 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1747 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1748 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1749 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1750 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1751 not. closes: Bug#139820
1752 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1753 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1754 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1755 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1756 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1757 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1758 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1759 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1760 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1761 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1763 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1765 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1766 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1767 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1768 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1769 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1770 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1771 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1772 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1773 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1774 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1775 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1776 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1777 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1778 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1779 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1780 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1781 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1782 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1783 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1784 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1786 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1787 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1788 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1789 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1790 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1791 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1792 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1794 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1795 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1796 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1797 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1798 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1799 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1800 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1801 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1802 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1804 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1806 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1808 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1809 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1810 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1811 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1812 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1813 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1814 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1815 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1816 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1817 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1818 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1819 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1820 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1821 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1822 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1823 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1824 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1825 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1826 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1827 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1828 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1829 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1830 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1832 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1834 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1836 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1837 medium, high, emergency.
1838 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1839 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1840 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1841 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1842 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1845 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1846 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1847 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1849 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1850 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1851 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1852 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1853 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1854 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1855 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1858 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1860 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1862 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1863 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1864 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1865 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1867 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1868 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1869 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1870 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1871 debian/rules to do this
1872 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1873 patches are incorporated upstream
1874 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1875 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1876 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1877 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1878 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1879 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1881 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1882 system closes: Bug#91249
1883 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1884 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1885 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1886 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1887 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1888 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1889 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1890 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1891 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1892 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1893 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1894 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1895 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1897 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1899 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1901 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1902 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1903 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1904 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1906 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1907 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1908 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1910 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1913 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1915 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1917 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1918 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1919 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1920 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1921 package for the time being
1922 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1923 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1924 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1925 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1926 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1927 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1928 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1929 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1930 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1931 Build-Depends arch syntax
1932 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1934 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1935 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1937 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1938 from policy maintenance duties.
1939 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1940 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1942 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1944 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1946 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1948 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1950 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1952 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1953 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1954 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1955 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1956 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1957 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1958 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1959 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1960 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1961 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1962 minor version number for this
1963 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1964 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1965 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1966 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1967 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1968 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1969 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1970 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1971 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1973 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1975 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1977 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1978 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1979 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1980 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1981 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1983 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1985 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1986 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1987 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1988 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1989 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1990 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1991 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1992 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1993 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1994 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1995 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1996 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1997 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1998 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1999 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
2000 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
2003 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
2005 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2007 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
2008 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
2010 * Document the Enhances relationship
2011 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
2012 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
2013 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
2014 policy. closes: Bug#53496
2015 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
2016 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
2018 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
2020 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
2021 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
2022 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
2023 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
2025 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
2026 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
2027 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
2028 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
2029 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
2031 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
2033 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2035 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
2036 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
2037 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
2039 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
2040 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
2041 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
2042 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
2043 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
2044 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
2045 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
2046 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
2047 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
2049 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
2051 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
2053 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2055 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
2056 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
2057 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
2058 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
2059 policy. closes: Bug#64437
2060 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
2061 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
2062 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
2063 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
2064 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
2065 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
2066 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2067 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2068 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2069 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2070 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2071 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2072 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2073 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2074 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2075 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2076 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2078 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2079 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2081 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2083 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2085 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2086 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2087 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2088 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2089 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2090 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2091 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2092 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2093 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2094 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2095 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2096 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2097 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2098 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2099 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2100 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2101 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2102 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2103 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2104 list closes: Bug#53756
2105 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2106 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2107 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2108 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2109 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2110 policy closes: Bug#53760
2111 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2112 policy closes: Bug#53761
2113 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2114 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2115 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2116 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2117 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2118 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2119 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2120 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2121 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2122 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2123 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2125 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2126 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2127 to install with older fileutils.
2128 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2129 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2130 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2131 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2133 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2134 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2136 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2138 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2140 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2141 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2145 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2147 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2148 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2150 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2153 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2155 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2156 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2158 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2160 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2162 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2164 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2165 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2167 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2169 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2171 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2172 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2173 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2174 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2175 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2176 directoried (closes: #41547)
2177 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2178 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2179 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2180 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2181 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2182 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2183 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2184 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2185 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2186 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2187 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2189 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2190 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2191 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2192 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2193 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2194 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2195 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2197 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2198 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2199 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2200 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2202 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2204 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2206 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2207 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2209 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2211 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2213 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2214 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2216 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2218 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2220 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2221 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2223 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2224 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2225 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2226 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2227 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2228 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2229 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2230 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2231 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2232 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2233 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2234 this closes: Bug#38612
2235 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2236 before. closes: Bug#40864
2238 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2240 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2242 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2243 officially uploaded.
2244 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2246 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2247 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2248 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2250 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2251 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2252 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2253 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2254 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2255 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2257 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2258 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2259 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2261 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2263 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2264 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2265 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2266 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2267 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2269 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2271 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2273 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2274 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2275 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2276 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2277 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2278 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2279 there). closes: Bug#34233
2280 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2281 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2282 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2283 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2284 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2286 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2288 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2290 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2291 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2292 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2293 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2296 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2297 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2298 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2299 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2300 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2303 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2304 number. closes: BUG#25911
2306 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2307 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2308 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2309 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2310 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2311 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2313 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2314 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2315 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2318 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2319 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2320 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2322 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2323 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2324 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2325 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2327 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2328 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2329 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2331 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2333 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2334 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2335 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2336 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2337 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2338 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2339 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2340 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2343 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2345 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2346 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2351 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2353 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2355 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2357 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2359 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2360 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2361 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2362 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2363 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2364 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2365 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2366 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2368 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2369 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2371 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2373 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2375 * non-maintainer release
2376 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2377 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2379 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2380 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2381 * no content changes
2382 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2384 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2386 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2390 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2392 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2394 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2396 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2397 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2398 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2400 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2401 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2403 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2404 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2405 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2406 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2408 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2409 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2410 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2411 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2412 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2413 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2414 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2416 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2417 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2418 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2421 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2422 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2423 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2425 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2426 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2427 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2429 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2430 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2432 * New version numbering scheme:
2434 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2435 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2436 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2439 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2440 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2441 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2442 differ between the manuals.
2444 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2445 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2446 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2447 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2449 * Packaging changes:
2451 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2452 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2454 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2456 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2458 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2460 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2462 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2463 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2464 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2466 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2467 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2470 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2471 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2472 file extension as the referenced file
2474 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2475 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2477 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2478 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2479 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2480 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2483 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2484 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2485 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2487 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2488 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2489 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2490 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2493 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2494 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2497 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2498 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2499 reasonable default configuration
2501 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2502 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2503 by all news servers and clients
2505 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2506 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2507 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2508 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2509 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2511 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2512 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2515 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2517 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2518 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2520 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2523 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2524 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2526 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2527 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2529 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2533 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2535 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2536 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2537 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2538 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2540 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2542 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2543 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2544 * Don't use debstd anymore
2546 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2548 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2550 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2551 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2552 contrib/non-free policy
2553 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2554 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2555 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2556 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2557 - new section about `Daemons'
2558 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2559 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2560 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2561 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2562 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2563 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2564 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2565 * SGML source code included in package
2566 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2570 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2572 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2573 - completely reworked structure
2574 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2575 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2576 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2577 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2578 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2579 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2580 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2581 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2582 - mention "orphaned packages"
2583 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2584 distributions' policy
2585 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2586 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2587 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2588 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2589 - added section about arch spec strings
2590 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2591 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2592 - added section about "menus"
2593 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2594 the new documentation policy soon
2595 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2596 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2598 - added section about editors and pagers
2599 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2600 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2601 - added section about device files
2602 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2603 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2604 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2606 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2607 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2608 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2609 - Added new section about obsolete names
2610 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2611 * Fixed package's description
2613 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2615 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2617 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2619 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2621 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2623 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2624 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2625 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2626 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2628 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2630 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2632 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2633 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2634 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2636 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2637 and upload it "byhand" too.
2639 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2641 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2644 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2645 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2646 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2647 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2648 functionality must not have the same name.
2649 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2650 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2651 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2652 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2653 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2654 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2655 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2657 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2658 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2659 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2660 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2661 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2662 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2663 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2664 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2667 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2669 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2671 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2673 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2674 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2675 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2676 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2677 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2680 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2682 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2684 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2686 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2687 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2688 description of deb file format.
2689 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2690 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2692 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2694 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2695 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2697 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2699 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2701 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2702 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2703 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2704 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2705 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2706 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2707 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2708 packages in section on Procedure
2709 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2710 a package maintainer
2711 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2712 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2713 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2715 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2716 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2717 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2718 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2719 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2720 on various shlib files
2721 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2722 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2723 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2725 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2727 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2729 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2730 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2731 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2733 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2734 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2735 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2736 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2737 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2739 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2741 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2743 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2745 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2747 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2748 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2749 compatibility go in contrib.
2751 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2752 instructions in policy manual.
2753 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2756 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2758 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2760 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2761 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2762 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2763 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2765 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2766 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2769 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2771 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2773 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2774 * More detail about changelog format names.
2776 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2777 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2781 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2783 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2785 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2787 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2789 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2791 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2793 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2795 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2796 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2797 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2799 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2801 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2803 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2805 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2807 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2811 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100