1 debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
4 the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
5 * Fix use of metasyntactic variable in [11.5.1] Web servers and applications
6 Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
7 * Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
8 Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
9 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
10 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
12 * Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
13 Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when /lib<qual>
20 or /usr/lib<qual> does.
21 Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
22 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
28 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Thu, 01 May 2014 22:14:14 +0200
30 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
33 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
38 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
44 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
48 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
49 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
50 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
51 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
56 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
57 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
61 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
65 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
66 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
68 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
70 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
71 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
72 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
76 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
77 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
81 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
82 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
84 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
86 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
87 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
88 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
91 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
92 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
93 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
97 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
98 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
99 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
101 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
102 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
103 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
104 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
105 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
106 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
107 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
108 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
109 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
110 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
111 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
112 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
114 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
115 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
116 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
117 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
119 -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
121 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
123 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
124 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
125 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
127 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
128 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
129 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
130 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
135 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
136 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
141 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
145 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
146 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
147 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
148 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
152 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
153 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
157 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
158 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
160 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
163 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
164 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
165 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
168 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
169 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
174 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
176 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
178 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
179 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
180 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
181 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
182 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
184 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
185 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
186 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
187 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
188 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
189 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
190 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
191 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
192 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
193 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
194 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
195 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
196 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
197 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
198 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
199 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
200 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
202 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
203 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
204 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
205 good to know which version one is looking at.
206 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
207 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
208 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
209 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
210 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
211 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
212 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
214 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
215 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
216 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
217 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
218 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
220 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
221 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
222 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
224 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
225 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
226 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
227 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
229 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
231 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
235 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
236 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
237 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
238 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
239 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
240 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
241 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
242 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
243 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
244 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
249 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
250 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
255 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
256 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
257 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
260 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
262 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
263 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
267 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
268 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
271 Closes: #620870, #532120
272 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
273 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
278 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
279 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
280 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
284 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
285 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
286 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
287 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
288 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
290 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
291 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
292 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
293 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
294 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
295 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
296 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
297 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
298 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
299 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
300 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
301 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
302 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
303 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
304 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
305 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
307 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
309 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
310 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
311 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
312 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
313 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
314 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
315 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
316 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
317 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
318 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
321 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
323 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
324 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
325 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
326 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
331 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
332 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
334 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
335 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
336 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
337 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
340 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
342 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
346 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
347 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
348 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
351 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
352 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
353 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
355 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
356 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
362 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
363 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
364 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
367 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
368 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
373 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
374 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
375 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
376 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
379 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
380 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
381 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
384 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
385 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
390 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
392 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
398 Closes: #459868, #581011
399 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
402 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
404 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
405 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
407 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
409 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
410 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
412 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
414 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
415 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
419 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
420 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
423 Closes: #501930, #593909
424 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
425 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
429 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
430 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
431 machine. (Closes: #591857)
432 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
433 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
434 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
435 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
436 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
437 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
438 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
439 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
440 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
441 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
443 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
444 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
445 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
446 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
447 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
448 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
449 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
450 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
451 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
452 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
453 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
454 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
455 than the version in oldstable.
456 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
457 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
458 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
459 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
460 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
461 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
462 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
463 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
464 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
465 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
466 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
467 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
468 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
469 package. (Closes: #609160)
471 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
473 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
476 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
477 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
481 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
482 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
486 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
487 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
491 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
492 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
496 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
497 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
501 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
502 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
506 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
507 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
511 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
512 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
514 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
516 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
517 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
519 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
521 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
522 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
527 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
528 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
533 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
534 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
538 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
539 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
540 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
543 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
544 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
546 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
548 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
549 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
551 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
553 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
554 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
556 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
558 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
559 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
563 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
565 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
566 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
567 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
568 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
569 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
570 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
571 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
572 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
573 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
575 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
576 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
577 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
578 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
579 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
580 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
582 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
584 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
587 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
590 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
593 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
594 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
595 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
596 and distribution license' (three times).
597 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
598 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
599 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
600 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
603 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
605 Proposed by Santiago Vila
606 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
609 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
613 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
614 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
616 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
618 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
619 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
620 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
621 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
623 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
625 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
626 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
628 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
630 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
631 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
632 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
634 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
636 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
637 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
639 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
640 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
642 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
643 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
644 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
646 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
648 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
649 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
650 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
653 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
654 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
655 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
656 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
657 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
659 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
660 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
661 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
662 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
664 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
665 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
666 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
667 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
669 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
670 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
671 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
672 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
675 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
676 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
677 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
680 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
681 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
682 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
686 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
687 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
691 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
692 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
693 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
694 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
695 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
696 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
697 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
698 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
699 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
700 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
701 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
702 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
703 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
704 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
705 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
706 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
707 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
708 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
709 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
710 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
711 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
712 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
713 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
714 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
715 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
716 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
717 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
718 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
719 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
720 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
721 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
722 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
724 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
726 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
728 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
731 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
732 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
734 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
735 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
739 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
742 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
743 Wording: Steve Langasek.
744 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
745 Seconded: Julien Cristau
746 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
749 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
750 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
751 Seconded: Russ Allbery
752 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
755 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
756 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
757 Seconded: Russ Allbery
759 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
760 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
761 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
762 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
763 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
764 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
765 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
766 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
767 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
769 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
770 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
771 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
772 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
773 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
774 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
775 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
776 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
777 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
778 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
779 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
780 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
781 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
782 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
783 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
786 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
787 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
788 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
789 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
790 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
792 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
795 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
796 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
797 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
798 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
799 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
800 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
803 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
805 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
807 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
808 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
809 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
810 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
812 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
813 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
814 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
815 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
817 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
818 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
819 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
820 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
822 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
823 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
824 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
825 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
826 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
827 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
829 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
830 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
831 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
832 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
833 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
835 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
836 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
837 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
838 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
840 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
841 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
842 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
843 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
845 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
846 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
847 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
848 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
850 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
851 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
852 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
853 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
855 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
856 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
857 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
858 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
860 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
861 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
862 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
863 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
864 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
865 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
866 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
867 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
868 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
869 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
870 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
871 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
872 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
873 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
874 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
876 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
877 Source field descriptions.
878 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
879 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
880 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
881 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
882 description says otherwise.
884 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
886 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
889 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
890 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
891 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
892 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
893 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
894 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
896 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
897 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
898 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
899 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
901 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
902 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
903 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
904 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
906 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
907 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
908 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
909 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
911 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
912 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
913 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
914 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
918 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
919 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
920 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
921 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
922 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
924 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
925 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
926 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
927 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
929 * Add myself to Uploaders.
932 * Add myself to Uploaders.
933 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
935 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
936 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
937 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
939 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
941 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
944 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
945 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
946 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
948 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
949 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
950 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
951 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
953 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
954 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
955 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
956 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
958 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
959 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
960 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
961 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
963 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
964 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
965 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
966 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
968 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
969 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
970 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
971 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
973 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
974 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
975 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
976 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
978 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
979 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
980 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
981 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
983 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
984 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
985 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
986 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
988 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
989 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
990 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
991 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
993 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
994 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
995 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
996 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
997 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
999 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
1000 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
1001 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
1002 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
1003 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
1004 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
1005 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
1006 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
1007 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
1008 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
1009 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
1010 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
1011 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
1012 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
1013 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
1014 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
1015 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
1016 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
1017 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
1018 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
1019 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
1020 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
1021 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
1022 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
1023 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
1024 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
1025 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
1026 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
1027 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
1028 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1030 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1031 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1032 links was completed long ago.
1033 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1035 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1037 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1040 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1042 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1044 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1047 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1048 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1049 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1050 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1051 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1052 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1053 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1054 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1055 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1057 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1059 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1061 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1062 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1063 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1064 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1065 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1066 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1067 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1069 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1070 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1071 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1072 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1074 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1075 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1076 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1077 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1078 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1079 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1080 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1081 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1082 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1083 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1084 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1085 Closes: #186700, #458910
1086 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1087 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1088 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1090 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1091 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1092 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1093 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1094 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1095 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1096 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1097 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1099 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1100 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1102 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1103 * Add an md5sums control file.
1104 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1105 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1106 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1107 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1108 currently part of policy.
1109 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1110 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1111 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1114 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1116 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1119 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1120 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1121 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1122 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1123 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1124 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1125 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1126 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1127 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1129 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1130 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1131 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1132 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1133 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1135 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1137 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1138 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1139 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1141 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1142 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1143 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1144 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1145 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1146 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1147 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1148 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1149 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1150 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1151 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1152 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1153 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1154 debconf specification.
1155 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1156 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1158 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1160 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1163 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1164 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1165 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1166 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1171 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1172 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1173 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1174 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1176 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1177 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1178 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1179 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1180 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1181 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1182 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1183 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1184 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1185 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1186 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1187 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1188 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1189 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1190 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1191 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1195 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1196 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1197 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1198 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1200 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1201 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1202 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1206 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1209 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1210 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1212 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1214 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1217 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1218 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1219 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1221 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1223 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1225 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1227 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1228 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1229 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1230 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1231 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1232 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1236 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1238 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1239 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1240 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1241 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1244 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1246 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1248 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1251 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1252 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1253 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1254 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1255 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1256 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1257 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1258 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1259 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1261 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1262 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1264 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1265 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1266 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1268 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1270 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1271 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1276 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1279 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1281 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1282 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1283 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1284 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1285 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1286 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1287 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1288 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1289 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1290 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1291 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1292 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1293 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1294 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1295 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1296 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1297 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1299 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1300 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1301 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1302 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1303 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1304 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1305 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1307 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1308 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1309 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1310 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1312 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1313 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1314 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1315 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1316 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1317 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1318 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1319 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1320 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1321 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1322 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1325 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1328 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1330 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1331 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1332 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1333 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1334 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1335 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1336 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1337 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1341 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1345 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1347 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1349 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1350 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1351 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1353 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1354 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1355 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1356 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1358 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1359 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1361 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1362 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1364 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1366 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1368 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1370 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1372 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1373 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1374 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1375 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1376 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1379 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1381 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1384 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1385 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1386 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1388 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1389 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1391 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1393 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1395 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1399 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1400 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1401 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1402 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1404 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1405 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1406 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1407 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1410 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1411 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1414 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1415 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1417 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1418 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1419 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1421 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1422 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1423 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1424 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1427 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1428 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1429 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1430 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1431 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1432 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1433 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1436 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1437 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1438 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1439 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1440 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1441 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1442 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1443 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1444 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1445 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1446 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1447 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1448 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1449 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1450 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1451 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1453 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1455 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1459 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1460 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1461 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1462 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1463 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1464 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1465 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1466 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1468 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1469 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1470 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1471 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1472 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1473 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1474 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1475 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1476 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1477 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1478 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1479 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1480 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1481 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1482 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1483 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1484 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1486 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1487 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1488 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1491 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1492 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1493 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1495 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1496 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1497 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1498 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1499 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1500 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1502 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1503 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1505 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1506 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1507 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1508 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1509 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1510 Closes: #185943, #237049
1512 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1514 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1517 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1520 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1521 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1522 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1523 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1524 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1525 running. closes: Bug#187250
1526 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1527 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1528 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1529 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1530 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1531 user closes: Bug#176506
1533 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1535 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1539 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1540 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1541 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1542 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1543 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1544 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1545 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1546 deb-building toolchain.
1547 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1548 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1549 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1550 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1551 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1552 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1553 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1554 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1555 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1556 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1557 sections about changelog files.
1559 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1560 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1561 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1562 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1563 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1564 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1566 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1567 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1568 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1569 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1570 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1571 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1572 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1573 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1574 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1575 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1576 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1577 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1578 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1579 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1580 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1581 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1582 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1583 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1584 for the restructuring
1586 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1588 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1591 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1593 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1594 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1595 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1596 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1597 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1598 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1600 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1601 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1602 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1603 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1604 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1605 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1606 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1608 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1609 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1610 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1611 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1613 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1615 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1618 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1619 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1620 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1621 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1622 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1623 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1625 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1626 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1627 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1628 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1630 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1631 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1632 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1633 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1634 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1635 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1636 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1637 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1638 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1639 offtopic stuff, too.
1640 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1641 script should start it, closes: #60979
1642 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1643 "should", closes: #170019
1644 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1645 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1646 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1647 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1648 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1649 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1650 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1651 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1654 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1656 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1659 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1660 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1661 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1662 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1663 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1664 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1665 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1666 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1667 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1669 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1670 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1671 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1672 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1673 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1674 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1675 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1676 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1677 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1679 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1680 file, closes: Bug#65764
1682 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1684 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1686 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1687 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1688 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1689 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1690 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1691 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1692 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1693 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1694 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1695 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1696 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1697 details. closes: Bug#133030
1698 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1699 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1700 parts of Bug#161455.
1702 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1704 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1706 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1707 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1708 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1709 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1710 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1711 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1712 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1713 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1714 not. closes: Bug#139820
1715 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1716 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1717 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1718 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1719 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1720 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1721 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1722 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1723 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1724 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1726 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1728 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1729 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1730 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1731 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1732 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1733 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1734 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1735 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1736 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1737 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1738 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1739 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1740 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1741 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1742 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1743 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1744 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1745 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1746 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1747 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1749 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1750 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1751 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1752 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1753 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1754 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1755 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1757 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1758 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1759 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1760 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1761 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1762 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1763 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1764 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1765 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1767 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1769 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1771 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1772 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1773 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1774 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1775 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1776 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1777 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1778 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1779 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1780 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1781 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1782 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1783 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1784 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1785 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1786 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1787 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1788 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1789 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1790 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1791 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1792 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1793 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1795 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1797 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1799 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1800 medium, high, emergency.
1801 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1802 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1803 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1804 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1805 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1808 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1809 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1810 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1812 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1813 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1814 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1815 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1816 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1817 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1818 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1823 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1825 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1826 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1827 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1828 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1830 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1831 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1832 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1833 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1834 debian/rules to do this
1835 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1836 patches are incorporated upstream
1837 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1838 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1839 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1840 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1841 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1842 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1844 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1845 system closes: Bug#91249
1846 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1847 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1848 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1849 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1850 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1851 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1852 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1853 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1854 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1855 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1856 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1857 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1858 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1860 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1862 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1864 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1865 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1866 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1867 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1869 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1870 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1871 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1873 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1876 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1878 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1880 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1881 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1882 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1883 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1884 package for the time being
1885 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1886 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1887 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1888 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1889 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1890 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1891 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1892 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1893 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1894 Build-Depends arch syntax
1895 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1897 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1898 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1900 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1901 from policy maintenance duties.
1902 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1903 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1905 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1907 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1909 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1911 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1913 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1915 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1916 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1917 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1918 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1919 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1920 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1921 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1922 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1923 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1924 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1925 minor version number for this
1926 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1927 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1928 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1929 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1930 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1931 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1932 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1933 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1934 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1936 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1938 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1940 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1941 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1942 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1943 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1944 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1946 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1948 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1949 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1950 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1951 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1952 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1953 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1954 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1955 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1956 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1957 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1958 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1959 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1960 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1961 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1962 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1963 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1966 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1968 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1970 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1971 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1973 * Document the Enhances relationship
1974 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1975 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1976 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1977 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1978 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1979 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1981 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1983 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1984 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1985 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1986 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1988 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1989 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1990 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1991 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1992 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1994 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1996 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1998 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1999 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
2000 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
2002 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
2003 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
2004 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
2005 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
2006 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
2007 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
2008 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
2009 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
2010 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
2012 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
2014 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
2016 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2018 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
2019 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
2020 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
2021 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
2022 policy. closes: Bug#64437
2023 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
2024 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
2025 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
2026 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
2027 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
2028 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
2029 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2030 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2031 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2032 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2033 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2034 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2035 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2036 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2037 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2038 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2039 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2041 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2042 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2044 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2046 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2048 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2049 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2050 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2051 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2052 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2053 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2054 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2055 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2056 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2057 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2058 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2059 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2060 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2061 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2062 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2063 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2064 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2065 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2066 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2067 list closes: Bug#53756
2068 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2069 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2070 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2071 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2072 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2073 policy closes: Bug#53760
2074 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2075 policy closes: Bug#53761
2076 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2077 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2078 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2079 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2080 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2081 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2082 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2083 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2084 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2085 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2086 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2088 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2089 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2090 to install with older fileutils.
2091 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2092 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2093 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2094 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2096 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2097 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2099 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2101 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2103 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2104 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2106 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2108 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2110 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2111 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2113 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2116 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2118 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2119 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2121 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2123 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2125 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2127 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2128 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2130 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2132 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2134 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2135 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2136 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2137 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2138 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2139 directoried (closes: #41547)
2140 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2141 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2142 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2143 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2144 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2145 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2146 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2147 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2148 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2149 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2150 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2152 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2153 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2154 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2155 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2156 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2157 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2158 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2160 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2161 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2162 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2163 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2165 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2167 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2169 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2170 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2172 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2174 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2176 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2177 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2179 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2181 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2183 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2184 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2186 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2187 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2188 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2189 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2190 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2191 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2192 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2193 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2194 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2195 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2196 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2197 this closes: Bug#38612
2198 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2199 before. closes: Bug#40864
2201 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2203 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2205 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2206 officially uploaded.
2207 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2209 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2210 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2211 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2213 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2214 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2215 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2216 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2217 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2218 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2220 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2221 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2222 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2224 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2226 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2227 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2228 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2229 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2230 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2232 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2234 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2236 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2237 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2238 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2239 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2240 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2241 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2242 there). closes: Bug#34233
2243 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2244 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2245 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2246 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2247 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2251 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2253 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2254 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2255 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2256 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2259 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2260 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2261 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2262 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2263 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2266 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2267 number. closes: BUG#25911
2269 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2270 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2271 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2272 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2273 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2274 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2276 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2277 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2278 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2281 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2282 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2283 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2285 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2286 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2287 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2288 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2290 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2291 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2292 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2294 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2296 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2297 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2298 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2299 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2300 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2301 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2302 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2303 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2306 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2308 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2309 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2312 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2314 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2316 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2318 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2320 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2322 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2323 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2324 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2325 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2326 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2327 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2328 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2329 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2331 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2332 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2334 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2336 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2338 * non-maintainer release
2339 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2340 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2342 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2343 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2344 * no content changes
2345 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2347 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2349 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2353 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2355 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2357 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2359 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2360 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2361 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2363 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2364 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2366 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2367 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2368 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2369 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2371 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2372 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2373 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2374 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2375 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2376 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2377 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2379 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2380 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2381 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2384 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2385 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2386 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2388 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2389 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2390 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2392 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2393 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2395 * New version numbering scheme:
2397 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2398 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2399 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2402 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2403 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2404 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2405 differ between the manuals.
2407 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2408 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2409 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2410 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2412 * Packaging changes:
2414 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2415 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2417 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2419 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2421 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2423 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2425 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2426 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2427 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2429 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2430 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2433 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2434 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2435 file extension as the referenced file
2437 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2438 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2440 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2441 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2442 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2443 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2446 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2447 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2448 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2450 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2451 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2452 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2453 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2456 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2457 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2460 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2461 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2462 reasonable default configuration
2464 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2465 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2466 by all news servers and clients
2468 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2469 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2470 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2471 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2472 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2474 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2475 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2478 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2480 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2481 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2483 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2486 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2487 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2489 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2490 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2492 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2496 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2498 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2499 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2500 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2501 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2503 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2505 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2506 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2507 * Don't use debstd anymore
2509 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2511 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2513 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2514 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2515 contrib/non-free policy
2516 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2517 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2518 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2519 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2520 - new section about `Daemons'
2521 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2522 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2523 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2524 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2525 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2526 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2527 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2528 * SGML source code included in package
2529 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2533 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2535 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2536 - completely reworked structure
2537 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2538 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2539 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2540 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2541 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2542 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2543 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2544 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2545 - mention "orphaned packages"
2546 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2547 distributions' policy
2548 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2549 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2550 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2551 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2552 - added section about arch spec strings
2553 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2554 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2555 - added section about "menus"
2556 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2557 the new documentation policy soon
2558 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2559 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2561 - added section about editors and pagers
2562 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2563 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2564 - added section about device files
2565 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2566 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2567 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2569 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2570 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2571 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2572 - Added new section about obsolete names
2573 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2574 * Fixed package's description
2576 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2578 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2580 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2582 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2584 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2586 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2587 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2588 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2589 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2591 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2593 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2595 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2596 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2597 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2599 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2600 and upload it "byhand" too.
2602 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2604 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2607 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2608 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2609 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2610 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2611 functionality must not have the same name.
2612 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2613 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2614 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2615 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2616 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2617 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2618 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2620 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2621 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2622 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2623 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2624 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2625 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2626 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2627 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2630 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2632 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2634 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2636 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2637 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2638 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2639 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2640 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2643 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2645 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2647 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2649 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2650 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2651 description of deb file format.
2652 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2653 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2655 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2657 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2658 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2660 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2662 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2664 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2665 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2666 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2667 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2668 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2669 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2670 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2671 packages in section on Procedure
2672 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2673 a package maintainer
2674 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2675 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2676 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2678 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2679 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2680 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2681 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2682 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2683 on various shlib files
2684 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2685 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2686 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2688 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2690 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2692 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2693 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2694 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2696 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2697 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2698 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2699 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2700 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2702 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2704 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2706 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2708 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2710 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2711 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2712 compatibility go in contrib.
2714 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2715 instructions in policy manual.
2716 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2719 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2721 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2723 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2724 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2725 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2726 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2728 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2729 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2732 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2734 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2736 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2737 * More detail about changelog format names.
2739 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2740 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2744 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2746 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2748 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2750 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2752 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2754 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2756 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2758 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2759 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2760 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2762 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2764 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2766 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2768 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2770 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2774 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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