1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
4 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
5 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
6 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
7 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
8 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
9 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
10 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
11 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
12 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
13 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
14 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
15 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
16 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
17 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
18 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
20 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
22 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
23 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
24 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
26 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
27 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
28 list?" (Closes: #412634).
29 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
30 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
31 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
32 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
33 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
34 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
35 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
36 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
37 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
38 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
39 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
41 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
43 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
46 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
47 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
48 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
49 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
51 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
53 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
54 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
55 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
56 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
57 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
59 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
60 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
61 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
62 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
63 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
64 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
65 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
66 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
67 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
68 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
69 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
70 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
71 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
72 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
73 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
74 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
76 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
78 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
79 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
80 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
81 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
82 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
83 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
84 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
85 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
87 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
89 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
92 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
93 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
94 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
95 Polo (Closes: #372497).
96 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
97 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
99 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
100 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
101 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
102 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
104 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
105 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
106 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
108 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
110 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
111 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
112 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
113 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
114 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
115 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
117 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
119 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
122 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
123 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
124 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
127 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
129 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
131 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
134 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
135 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
136 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
137 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
138 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
139 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
140 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
141 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
142 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
144 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
145 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
147 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
148 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
149 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
150 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
151 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
153 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
154 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
157 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
159 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
162 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
164 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
165 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
166 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
167 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
168 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
169 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
170 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
171 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
172 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
173 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
174 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
175 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
176 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
177 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
178 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
179 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
180 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
182 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
183 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
184 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
185 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
186 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
187 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
188 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
190 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
191 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
192 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
193 Hess (Closes: #362247).
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
195 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
196 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
197 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
198 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
199 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
200 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
201 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
202 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
203 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
204 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
205 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
208 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
211 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
213 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
214 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
215 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
216 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
217 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
218 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
219 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
220 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
222 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
224 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
227 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
228 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
230 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
232 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
233 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
234 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
236 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
237 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
238 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
242 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
244 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
245 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
247 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
249 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
251 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
253 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
255 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
256 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
257 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
259 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
262 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
264 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
267 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
268 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
269 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
271 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
272 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
274 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
276 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
278 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
282 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
283 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
284 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
285 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
287 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
288 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
289 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
290 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
293 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
294 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
297 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
298 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
300 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
301 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
302 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
304 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
305 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
306 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
307 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
310 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
311 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
312 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
314 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
315 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
316 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
319 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
320 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
321 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
323 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
324 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
325 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
327 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
328 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
329 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
330 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
331 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
332 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
333 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
334 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
336 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
338 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
341 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
342 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
343 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
344 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
345 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
346 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
347 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
348 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
349 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
351 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
352 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
353 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
354 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
355 this section. closes: Bug#248618
356 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
357 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
358 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
359 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
360 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
361 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
362 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
364 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
365 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
366 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
370 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
371 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
374 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
375 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
376 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
378 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
379 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
380 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
381 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
382 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
383 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
385 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
386 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
388 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
389 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
390 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
391 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
392 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
393 Closes: #185943, #237049
395 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
397 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
403 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
404 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
405 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
406 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
407 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
408 running. closes: Bug#187250
409 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
410 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
411 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
412 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
413 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
414 user closes: Bug#176506
416 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
418 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
421 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
422 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
423 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
424 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
425 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
426 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
427 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
428 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
429 deb-building toolchain.
430 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
431 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
432 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
433 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
434 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
435 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
436 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
437 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
438 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
439 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
440 sections about changelog files.
442 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
443 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
444 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
445 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
446 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
447 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
449 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
450 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
451 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
452 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
453 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
454 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
455 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
456 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
457 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
458 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
459 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
460 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
461 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
462 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
463 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
464 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
465 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
466 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
467 for the restructuring
469 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
471 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
474 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
476 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
477 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
478 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
479 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
480 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
481 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
483 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
484 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
485 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
486 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
487 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
488 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
489 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
491 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
492 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
493 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
494 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
496 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
498 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
501 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
502 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
503 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
504 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
505 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
506 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
508 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
509 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
510 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
511 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
513 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
514 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
515 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
516 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
517 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
518 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
519 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
520 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
521 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
523 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
524 script should start it, closes: #60979
525 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
526 "should", closes: #170019
527 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
528 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
529 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
530 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
531 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
532 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
533 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
534 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
537 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
539 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
542 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
543 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
544 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
545 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
546 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
547 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
548 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
549 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
550 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
552 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
553 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
554 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
555 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
556 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
557 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
558 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
559 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
560 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
562 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
563 file, closes: Bug#65764
565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
567 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
569 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
570 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
571 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
572 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
573 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
574 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
575 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
576 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
577 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
578 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
579 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
580 details. closes: Bug#133030
581 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
582 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
585 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
587 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
589 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
590 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
591 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
592 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
593 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
594 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
595 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
596 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
597 not. closes: Bug#139820
598 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
599 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
600 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
601 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
602 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
603 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
604 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
605 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
606 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
607 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
609 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
611 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
612 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
613 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
614 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
615 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
616 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
617 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
618 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
619 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
620 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
621 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
622 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
623 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
624 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
625 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
626 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
627 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
628 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
629 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
630 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
632 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
633 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
634 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
635 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
636 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
637 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
638 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
640 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
641 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
642 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
643 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
644 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
645 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
646 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
647 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
648 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
650 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
652 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
654 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
655 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
656 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
657 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
658 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
659 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
660 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
661 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
662 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
663 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
664 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
665 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
666 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
667 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
668 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
669 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
670 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
671 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
672 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
673 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
674 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
675 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
676 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
678 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
680 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
682 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
683 medium, high, emergency.
684 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
685 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
686 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
687 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
688 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
691 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
692 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
693 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
695 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
696 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
697 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
698 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
699 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
700 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
701 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
704 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
706 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
709 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
710 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
711 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
713 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
714 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
715 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
716 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
717 debian/rules to do this
718 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
719 patches are incorporated upstream
720 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
721 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
722 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
723 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
724 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
725 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
727 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
728 system closes: Bug#91249
729 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
730 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
731 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
732 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
733 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
734 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
735 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
736 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
737 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
738 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
739 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
740 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
741 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
743 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
745 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
747 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
748 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
749 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
750 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
752 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
753 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
754 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
756 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
761 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
763 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
764 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
765 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
766 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
767 package for the time being
768 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
769 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
770 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
771 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
772 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
773 * Rename all .text files as .txt
774 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
775 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
776 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
777 Build-Depends arch syntax
778 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
780 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
781 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
783 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
784 from policy maintenance duties.
785 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
786 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
788 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
790 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
792 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
794 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
796 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
799 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
800 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
801 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
802 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
803 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
804 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
805 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
806 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
807 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
808 minor version number for this
809 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
810 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
811 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
812 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
813 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
814 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
815 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
816 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
817 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
819 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
821 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
823 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
824 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
825 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
826 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
827 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
829 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
831 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
832 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
833 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
834 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
835 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
836 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
837 xutils closes: Bug#82966
838 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
839 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
840 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
841 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
842 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
843 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
844 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
845 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
846 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
849 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
851 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
853 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
854 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
856 * Document the Enhances relationship
857 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
858 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
859 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
860 policy. closes: Bug#53496
861 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
862 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
864 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
866 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
867 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
868 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
869 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
871 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
872 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
873 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
874 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
875 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
877 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
879 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
882 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
883 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
885 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
886 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
887 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
888 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
889 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
890 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
891 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
892 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
893 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
895 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
899 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
901 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
902 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
903 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
904 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
905 policy. closes: Bug#64437
906 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
907 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
908 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
909 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
910 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
911 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
912 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
913 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
914 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
915 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
916 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
917 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
918 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
919 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
920 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
921 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
922 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
924 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
925 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
927 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
929 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
931 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
932 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
933 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
934 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
935 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
936 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
937 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
938 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
939 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
940 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
941 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
942 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
943 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
944 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
945 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
946 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
947 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
948 alternative closes: Bug#53755
949 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
950 list closes: Bug#53756
951 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
952 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
953 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
954 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
955 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
956 policy closes: Bug#53760
957 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
958 policy closes: Bug#53761
959 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
960 that use X closes: Bug#53762
961 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
962 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
963 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
964 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
965 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
966 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
967 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
968 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
969 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
971 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
972 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
973 to install with older fileutils.
974 * Installed FHS version 2.1
975 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
976 * Added FHS details to copyright file
977 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
979 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
980 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
982 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
984 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
987 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
989 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
991 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
994 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
996 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
999 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1002 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1004 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1006 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1008 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1011 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1013 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1015 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1018 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1019 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1020 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1021 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1022 directoried (closes: #41547)
1023 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1024 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1025 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1026 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1027 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1028 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1029 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1030 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1031 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1032 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1033 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1035 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1036 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1037 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1038 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1039 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1040 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1041 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1043 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1044 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1045 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1046 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1048 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1050 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1052 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1053 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1055 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1057 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1060 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1062 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1064 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1067 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1069 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1070 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1071 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1072 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1073 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1074 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1075 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1076 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1077 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1078 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1079 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1080 this closes: Bug#38612
1081 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1082 before. closes: Bug#40864
1084 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1086 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1089 officially uploaded.
1090 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1092 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1093 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1094 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1096 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1097 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1098 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1099 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1100 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1101 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1103 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1104 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1105 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1107 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1109 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1110 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1111 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1112 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1113 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1117 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1120 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1121 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1122 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1123 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1124 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1125 there). closes: Bug#34233
1126 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1127 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1128 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1129 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1130 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1132 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1134 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1137 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1138 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1139 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1142 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1143 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1144 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1145 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1146 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1149 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1150 number. closes: BUG#25911
1152 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1153 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1154 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1155 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1156 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1157 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1159 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1160 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1161 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1164 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1165 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1166 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1168 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1169 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1170 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1171 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1173 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1174 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1175 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1177 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1179 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1180 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1181 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1182 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1183 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1184 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1185 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1186 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1189 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1191 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1192 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1195 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1197 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1201 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1203 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1206 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1207 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1208 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1209 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1210 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1211 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1212 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1214 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1215 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1217 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1219 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1221 * non-maintainer release
1222 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1223 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1225 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1226 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1227 * no content changes
1228 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1230 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1232 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1236 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1238 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1242 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1243 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1244 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1246 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1247 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1249 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1250 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1251 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1252 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1254 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1255 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1256 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1257 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1258 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1259 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1260 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1262 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1263 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1264 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1267 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1268 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1269 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1271 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1272 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1273 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1275 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1276 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1278 * New version numbering scheme:
1280 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1281 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1282 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1285 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1286 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1287 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1288 differ between the manuals.
1290 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1291 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1292 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1293 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1295 * Packaging changes:
1297 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1298 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1300 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1302 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1304 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1308 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1309 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1310 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1312 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1313 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1316 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1317 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1318 file extension as the referenced file
1320 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1321 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1323 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1324 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1325 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1326 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1329 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1330 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1331 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1333 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1334 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1335 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1336 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1339 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1340 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1343 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1344 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1345 reasonable default configuration
1347 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1348 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1349 by all news servers and clients
1351 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1352 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1353 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1354 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1355 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1357 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1358 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1361 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1363 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1364 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1366 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1369 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1370 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1372 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1373 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1375 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1377 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1379 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1381 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1382 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1383 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1384 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1386 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1388 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1389 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1390 * Don't use debstd anymore
1392 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1394 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1396 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1397 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1398 contrib/non-free policy
1399 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1400 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1401 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1402 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1403 - new section about `Daemons'
1404 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1405 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1406 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1407 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1408 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1409 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1410 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1411 * SGML source code included in package
1412 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1414 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1416 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1419 - completely reworked structure
1420 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1421 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1422 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1423 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1424 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1425 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1426 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1427 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1428 - mention "orphaned packages"
1429 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1430 distributions' policy
1431 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1432 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1433 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1434 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1435 - added section about arch spec strings
1436 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1437 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1438 - added section about "menus"
1439 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1440 the new documentation policy soon
1441 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1442 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1444 - added section about editors and pagers
1445 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1446 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1447 - added section about device files
1448 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1449 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1450 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1452 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1453 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1454 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1455 - Added new section about obsolete names
1456 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1457 * Fixed package's description
1459 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1461 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1463 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1465 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1467 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1470 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1471 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1472 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1474 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1476 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1478 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1479 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1480 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1482 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1483 and upload it "byhand" too.
1485 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1487 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1490 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1491 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1492 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1493 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1494 functionality must not have the same name.
1495 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1496 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1497 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1498 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1499 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1500 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1501 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1503 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1504 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1505 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1506 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1507 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1508 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1509 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1510 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1513 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1515 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1517 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1519 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1520 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1521 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1522 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1523 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1526 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1528 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1530 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1532 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1533 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1534 description of deb file format.
1535 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1536 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1538 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1540 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1541 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1543 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1545 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1547 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1548 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1549 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1550 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1551 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1552 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1553 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1554 packages in section on Procedure
1555 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1556 a package maintainer
1557 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1558 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1559 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1561 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1562 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1563 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1564 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1565 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1566 on various shlib files
1567 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1568 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1569 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1571 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1573 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1575 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1576 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1577 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1579 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1580 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1581 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1582 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1583 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1585 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1587 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1589 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1591 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1593 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1594 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1595 compatibility go in contrib.
1597 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1598 instructions in policy manual.
1599 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1602 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1604 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1606 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1607 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1608 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1609 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1611 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1612 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1615 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1617 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1619 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1620 * More detail about changelog format names.
1622 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1623 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1627 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1629 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1631 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1633 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1635 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1637 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1639 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1641 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1642 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1643 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1645 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1647 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1649 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1651 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1653 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1657 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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