1 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
4 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
5 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
6 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
8 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
9 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
11 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
14 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
16 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
19 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
20 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
21 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
22 package for the time being
23 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
24 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
25 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
26 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
27 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
28 * Rename all .text files as .txt
29 * Fixed the to to typo in policy. closes: Bug#87007
30 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
31 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
32 Build-Depends arch syntax
33 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
35 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
36 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
39 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
41 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
45 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
47 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
50 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
51 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
52 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
53 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
54 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
55 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
56 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
57 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
58 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
59 minor version number for this
60 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
61 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
62 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
63 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
64 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
65 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
66 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
67 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
68 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
70 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
72 debian-policy (3.5.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Richard Braakman and Micheal Dorman have exressed their resignation
75 from policy maintenance duties.
76 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
77 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
79 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 11:24:51 -0500
81 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
83 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
84 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
85 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
86 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
87 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
89 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
91 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
92 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
93 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
94 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
95 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
96 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
97 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
98 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
99 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
100 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
101 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
102 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
103 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
104 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
105 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
106 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
111 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
113 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
114 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
116 * Document the Enhances relationship
117 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
118 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
119 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
120 policy. closes: Bug#53496
121 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
122 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
124 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
126 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
127 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
128 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
129 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
131 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
132 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
133 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
134 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
135 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
137 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
139 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
142 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
143 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
145 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
146 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
147 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
148 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
149 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
150 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
151 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
152 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
153 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
155 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
157 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
159 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
161 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
162 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
163 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
164 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
165 policy. closes: Bug#64437
166 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
167 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
168 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
169 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
170 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
171 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
172 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
173 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
174 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
175 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
176 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
177 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
178 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
179 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
180 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
181 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
182 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
184 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
185 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
189 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
192 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
193 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
194 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
195 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
196 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
197 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
198 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
199 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
200 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
201 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
202 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
203 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
204 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
205 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
206 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
207 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
208 alternative closes: Bug#53755
209 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
210 list closes: Bug#53756
211 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
212 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
213 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
214 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
215 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
216 policy closes: Bug#53760
217 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
218 policy closes: Bug#53761
219 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
220 that use X closes: Bug#53762
221 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
222 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
223 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
224 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
225 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
226 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
227 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
228 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
229 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
231 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
232 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
233 to install with older fileutils.
234 * Installed FHS version 2.1
235 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
236 * Added FHS details to copyright file
237 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
239 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
240 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
242 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
244 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
246 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
247 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
251 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
254 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
256 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
259 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
262 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
264 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
266 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
268 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
270 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
271 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
273 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
275 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
278 #45561, #42447, #48570)
279 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
280 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
281 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
282 directoried (closes: #41547)
283 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
284 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
285 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
286 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
287 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
288 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
289 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
290 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
291 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
292 package criteria (closes: #45318)
293 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
295 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
296 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
297 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
298 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
299 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
300 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
301 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
303 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
304 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
305 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
306 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
308 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
310 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
312 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
313 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
315 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
317 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
320 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
322 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
324 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
326 * A few typos and omissions corrected
327 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
329 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
330 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
331 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
332 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
333 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
334 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
335 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
336 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
337 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
338 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
339 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
340 this closes: Bug#38612
341 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
342 before. closes: Bug#40864
344 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
346 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
348 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
350 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
352 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
353 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
354 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
356 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
357 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
358 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
359 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
360 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
361 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
363 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
364 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
365 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
367 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
369 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
370 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
371 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
372 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
373 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
377 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
379 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
380 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
381 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
382 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
383 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
384 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
385 there). closes: Bug#34233
386 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
387 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
388 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
389 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
390 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
394 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
396 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
397 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
398 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
399 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
402 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
403 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
404 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
405 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
406 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
409 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
410 number. closes: BUG#25911
412 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
413 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
414 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
415 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
416 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
417 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
419 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
420 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
421 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
424 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
425 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
426 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
428 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
429 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
430 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
431 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
433 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
434 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
435 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
437 * Make the package optional, not extra.
439 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
440 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
441 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
442 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
443 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
444 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
445 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
446 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
449 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
451 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
452 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
455 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
457 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
459 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
461 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
463 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
465 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
466 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
467 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
468 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
469 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
470 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
471 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
472 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
474 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
475 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
477 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
479 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
481 * non-maintainer release
482 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
483 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
485 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
486 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
488 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
490 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
492 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
496 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
498 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
500 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
502 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
503 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
504 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
506 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
507 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
509 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
510 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
511 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
512 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
514 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
515 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
516 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
517 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
518 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
519 and restart options and to comply with the console message
520 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
522 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
523 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
524 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
527 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
528 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
529 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
531 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
532 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
533 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
535 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
536 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
538 * New version numbering scheme:
540 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
541 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
542 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
545 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
546 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
547 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
548 differ between the manuals.
550 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
551 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
552 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
553 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
557 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
558 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
560 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
562 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
564 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
566 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
568 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
569 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
570 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
572 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
573 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
576 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
577 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
578 file extension as the referenced file
580 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
581 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
583 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
584 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
585 start, stop, restart, force-reload
586 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
589 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
590 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
591 be installed into /etc/cron.d
593 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
594 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
595 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
596 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
599 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
600 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
603 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
604 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
605 reasonable default configuration
607 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
608 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
609 by all news servers and clients
611 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
612 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
613 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
614 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
615 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
617 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
618 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
621 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
623 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
624 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
626 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
629 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
630 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
632 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
633 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
635 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
637 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
639 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
641 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
642 - X library package is now called xlib6g
643 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
644 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
646 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
648 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
649 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
650 * Don't use debstd anymore
652 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
654 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
657 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
658 contrib/non-free policy
659 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
660 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
661 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
662 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
663 - new section about `Daemons'
664 - updated section about `Configuration files'
665 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
666 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
667 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
668 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
669 * Paper about libc6 migration:
670 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
671 * SGML source code included in package
672 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
674 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
676 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
679 - completely reworked structure
680 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
681 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
682 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
683 - removed all those ugly footnotes
684 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
685 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
686 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
687 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
688 - mention "orphaned packages"
689 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
690 distributions' policy
691 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
692 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
693 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
694 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
695 - added section about arch spec strings
696 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
697 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
698 - added section about "menus"
699 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
700 the new documentation policy soon
701 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
702 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
704 - added section about editors and pagers
705 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
706 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
707 - added section about device files
708 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
709 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
710 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
712 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
713 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
714 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
715 - Added new section about obsolete names
716 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
717 * Fixed package's description
719 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
721 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
723 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
725 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
727 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
729 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
730 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
731 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
732 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
734 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
736 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
738 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
739 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
740 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
742 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
743 and upload it "byhand" too.
745 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
747 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
751 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
752 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
753 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
754 functionality must not have the same name.
755 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
756 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
757 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
758 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
759 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
760 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
761 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
763 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
764 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
765 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
766 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
767 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
768 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
769 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
770 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
773 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
775 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
777 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
779 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
780 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
781 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
782 a package into. (Guy Maor)
783 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
786 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
788 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
790 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
792 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
793 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
794 description of deb file format.
795 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
796 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
798 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
800 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
801 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
803 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
805 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
807 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
808 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
809 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
810 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
811 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
812 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
813 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
814 packages in section on Procedure
815 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
817 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
818 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
819 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
821 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
822 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
823 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
824 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
825 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
826 on various shlib files
827 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
828 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
829 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
831 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
833 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
835 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
836 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
837 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
839 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
840 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
841 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
842 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
843 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
845 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
847 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
849 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
851 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
853 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
854 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
855 compatibility go in contrib.
857 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
858 instructions in policy manual.
859 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
862 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
864 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
866 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
867 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
868 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
869 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
871 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
872 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
875 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
877 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
879 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
880 * More detail about changelog format names.
882 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
883 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
887 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
889 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
891 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
893 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
895 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
897 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
899 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
901 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
902 * More verbosity about netiquette.
903 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
905 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
907 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
909 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
911 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
913 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
917 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
920 mode: debian-changelog