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