1 debian-policy (3.5.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
4 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
5 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
6 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
7 package for the time being
8 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
9 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
10 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
11 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
12 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
13 * Rename all .text files as .txt
17 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
21 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
23 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
26 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
27 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
28 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
29 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
30 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
31 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
32 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
33 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
34 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
35 minor version number for this
36 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
37 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
38 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
39 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
40 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
41 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
42 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
43 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
44 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
46 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
48 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
50 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
51 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
52 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
53 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
54 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
56 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
58 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
59 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
60 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
61 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
62 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
63 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
64 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
65 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
66 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
67 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
68 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
69 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
70 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
71 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
72 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
73 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
76 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
78 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
80 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
81 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
83 * Document the Enhances relationship
84 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
85 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
86 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
87 policy. closes: Bug#53496
88 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
89 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
91 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
93 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
94 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
95 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
96 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
98 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
99 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
100 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
101 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
102 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
104 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
106 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
109 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
110 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
112 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
113 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
114 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
115 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
116 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
117 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
118 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
119 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
120 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
122 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
126 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
128 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
129 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
130 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
131 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
132 policy. closes: Bug#64437
133 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
134 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
135 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
136 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
137 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
138 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
139 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
140 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
141 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
142 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
143 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
144 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
145 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
146 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
147 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
148 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
149 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
151 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
152 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
154 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
156 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
158 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
159 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
160 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
161 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
162 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
163 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
164 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
165 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
166 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
167 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
168 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
169 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
170 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
171 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
172 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
173 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
174 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
175 alternative closes: Bug#53755
176 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
177 list closes: Bug#53756
178 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
179 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
180 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
181 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
182 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
183 policy closes: Bug#53760
184 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
185 policy closes: Bug#53761
186 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
187 that use X closes: Bug#53762
188 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
189 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
190 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
191 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
192 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
193 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
194 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
195 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
196 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
198 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
199 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
200 to install with older fileutils.
201 * Installed FHS version 2.1
202 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
203 * Added FHS details to copyright file
204 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
206 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
207 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
209 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
211 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
214 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
216 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
218 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
220 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
221 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
223 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
226 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
229 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
231 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
233 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
235 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
237 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
238 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
240 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
242 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
245 #45561, #42447, #48570)
246 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
247 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
248 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
249 directoried (closes: #41547)
250 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
251 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
252 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
253 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
254 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
255 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
256 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
257 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
258 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
259 package criteria (closes: #45318)
260 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
262 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
263 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
264 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
265 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
266 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
267 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
268 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
270 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
271 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
272 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
273 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
275 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
277 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
279 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
280 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
282 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
284 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
287 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
289 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
291 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
293 * A few typos and omissions corrected
294 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
296 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
297 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
298 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
299 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
300 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
301 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
302 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
303 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
304 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
305 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
306 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
307 this closes: Bug#38612
308 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
309 before. closes: Bug#40864
311 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
313 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
315 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
317 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
319 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
320 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
321 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
323 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
324 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
325 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
326 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
327 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
328 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
330 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
331 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
332 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
334 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
336 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
337 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
338 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
339 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
340 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
342 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
344 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
346 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
347 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
348 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
349 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
350 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
351 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
352 there). closes: Bug#34233
353 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
354 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
355 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
356 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
357 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
359 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
361 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
363 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
364 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
365 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
366 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
369 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
370 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
371 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
372 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
373 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
376 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
377 number. closes: BUG#25911
379 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
380 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
381 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
382 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
383 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
384 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
386 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
387 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
388 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
391 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
392 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
393 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
395 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
396 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
397 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
398 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
400 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
401 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
402 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
404 * Make the package optional, not extra.
406 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
407 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
408 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
409 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
410 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
411 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
412 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
413 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
416 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
418 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
419 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
422 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
424 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
426 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
428 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
430 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
432 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
433 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
434 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
435 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
436 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
437 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
438 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
439 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
441 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
442 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
444 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
446 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
448 * non-maintainer release
449 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
450 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
452 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
453 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
455 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
457 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
459 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
463 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
465 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
467 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
469 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
470 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
471 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
473 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
474 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
476 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
477 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
478 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
479 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
481 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
482 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
483 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
484 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
485 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
486 and restart options and to comply with the console message
487 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
489 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
490 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
491 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
494 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
495 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
496 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
498 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
499 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
500 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
502 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
503 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
505 * New version numbering scheme:
507 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
508 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
509 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
512 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
513 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
514 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
515 differ between the manuals.
517 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
518 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
519 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
520 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
524 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
525 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
527 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
531 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
533 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
535 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
536 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
537 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
539 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
540 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
543 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
544 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
545 file extension as the referenced file
547 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
548 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
550 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
551 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
552 start, stop, restart, force-reload
553 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
556 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
557 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
558 be installed into /etc/cron.d
560 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
561 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
562 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
563 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
566 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
567 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
570 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
571 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
572 reasonable default configuration
574 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
575 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
576 by all news servers and clients
578 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
579 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
580 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
581 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
582 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
584 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
585 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
588 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
590 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
591 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
593 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
596 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
597 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
599 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
600 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
602 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
604 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
606 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
609 - X library package is now called xlib6g
610 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
611 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
613 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
615 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
616 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
617 * Don't use debstd anymore
619 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
621 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
624 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
625 contrib/non-free policy
626 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
627 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
628 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
629 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
630 - new section about `Daemons'
631 - updated section about `Configuration files'
632 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
633 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
634 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
635 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
636 * Paper about libc6 migration:
637 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
638 * SGML source code included in package
639 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
641 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
643 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
646 - completely reworked structure
647 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
648 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
649 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
650 - removed all those ugly footnotes
651 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
652 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
653 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
654 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
655 - mention "orphaned packages"
656 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
657 distributions' policy
658 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
659 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
660 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
661 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
662 - added section about arch spec strings
663 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
664 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
665 - added section about "menus"
666 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
667 the new documentation policy soon
668 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
669 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
671 - added section about editors and pagers
672 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
673 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
674 - added section about device files
675 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
676 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
677 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
679 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
680 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
681 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
682 - Added new section about obsolete names
683 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
684 * Fixed package's description
686 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
688 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
690 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
692 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
694 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
696 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
697 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
698 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
699 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
701 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
703 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
705 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
706 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
707 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
709 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
710 and upload it "byhand" too.
712 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
714 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
717 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
718 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
719 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
720 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
721 functionality must not have the same name.
722 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
723 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
724 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
725 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
726 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
727 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
728 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
730 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
731 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
732 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
733 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
734 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
735 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
736 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
737 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
740 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
742 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
744 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
746 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
747 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
748 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
749 a package into. (Guy Maor)
750 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
753 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
755 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
757 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
759 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
760 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
761 description of deb file format.
762 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
763 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
765 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
767 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
768 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
770 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
772 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
774 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
775 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
776 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
777 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
778 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
779 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
780 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
781 packages in section on Procedure
782 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
784 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
785 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
786 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
788 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
789 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
790 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
791 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
792 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
793 on various shlib files
794 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
795 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
796 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
798 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
800 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
802 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
803 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
804 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
806 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
807 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
808 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
809 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
810 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
812 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
814 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
816 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
818 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
820 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
821 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
822 compatibility go in contrib.
824 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
825 instructions in policy manual.
826 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
829 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
831 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
833 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
834 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
835 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
836 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
838 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
839 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
842 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
844 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
846 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
847 * More detail about changelog format names.
849 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
850 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
854 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
856 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
858 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
860 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
862 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
864 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
866 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
868 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
869 * More verbosity about netiquette.
870 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
872 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
874 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
876 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
878 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
880 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
884 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
887 mode: debian-changelog