1 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
4 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
5 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
6 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
7 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
9 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
10 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
11 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
12 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
13 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
14 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
15 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
16 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
17 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
19 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
20 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
21 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
22 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
24 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
25 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
26 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
29 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:42 -0800
31 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
35 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
36 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
37 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
38 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
39 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
40 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
41 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
42 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
43 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
44 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
49 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
50 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
55 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
56 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
57 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
60 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
62 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
63 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
67 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
68 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
71 Closes: #620870, #532120
72 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
73 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
78 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
79 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
80 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
84 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
85 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
86 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
87 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
88 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
90 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
91 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
92 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
93 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
94 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
95 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
96 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
97 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
98 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
99 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
100 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
101 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
102 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
103 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
104 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
105 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
107 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
109 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
110 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
111 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
112 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
113 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
114 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
115 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
116 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
117 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
118 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
121 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
123 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
124 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
125 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
126 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
131 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
132 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
134 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
135 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
136 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
137 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
140 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
142 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
146 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
147 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
148 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
151 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
152 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
153 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
155 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
156 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
162 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
163 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
164 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
167 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
168 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
173 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
174 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
175 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
176 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
179 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
180 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
181 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
184 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
185 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
190 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
192 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
195 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
198 Closes: #459868, #581011
199 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
200 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
202 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
204 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
205 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
207 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
210 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
212 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
214 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
215 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
219 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
220 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
223 Closes: #501930, #593909
224 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
225 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
229 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
230 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
231 machine. (Closes: #591857)
232 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
233 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
234 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
235 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
236 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
237 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
238 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
239 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
240 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
241 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
243 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
244 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
245 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
246 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
247 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
248 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
249 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
250 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
251 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
252 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
253 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
254 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
255 than the version in oldstable.
256 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
257 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
258 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
259 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
260 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
261 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
262 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
263 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
264 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
265 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
266 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
267 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
268 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
269 package. (Closes: #609160)
271 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
273 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
276 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
281 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
282 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
286 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
287 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
291 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
292 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
296 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
297 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
301 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
302 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
306 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
307 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
311 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
312 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
314 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
316 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
317 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
319 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
321 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
322 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
327 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
328 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
333 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
334 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
338 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
339 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
343 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
344 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
348 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
349 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
353 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
354 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
358 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
359 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
363 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
365 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
366 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
367 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
368 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
369 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
370 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
371 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
372 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
373 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
375 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
376 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
377 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
378 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
379 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
380 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
382 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
384 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
387 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
390 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
393 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
394 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
395 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
396 and distribution license' (three times).
397 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
398 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
403 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
405 Proposed by Santiago Vila
406 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
413 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
414 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
418 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
419 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
420 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
423 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
425 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
426 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
430 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
431 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
434 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
436 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
437 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
440 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
442 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
443 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
446 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
448 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
449 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
450 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
453 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
454 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
459 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
460 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
464 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
465 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
469 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
470 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
471 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
475 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
476 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
477 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
480 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
481 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
486 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
487 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
491 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
492 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
493 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
494 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
495 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
496 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
497 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
498 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
499 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
500 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
501 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
502 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
503 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
504 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
505 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
506 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
507 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
508 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
509 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
510 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
511 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
512 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
513 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
514 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
515 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
516 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
517 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
518 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
519 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
520 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
521 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
522 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
524 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
526 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
528 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
531 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
532 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
534 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
535 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
539 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
542 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
543 Wording: Steve Langasek.
544 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
545 Seconded: Julien Cristau
546 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
549 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
550 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
551 Seconded: Russ Allbery
552 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
555 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
556 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
557 Seconded: Russ Allbery
559 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
560 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
561 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
562 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
563 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
564 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
565 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
566 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
569 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
570 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
571 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
572 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
573 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
574 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
575 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
576 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
577 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
578 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
579 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
580 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
581 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
582 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
583 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
586 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
587 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
588 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
589 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
590 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
592 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
595 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
596 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
598 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
599 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
600 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
603 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
605 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
607 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
608 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
609 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
612 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
613 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
617 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
618 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
622 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
623 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
626 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
627 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
629 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
630 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
632 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
635 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
636 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
637 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
640 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
641 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
642 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
643 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
645 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
646 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
647 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
648 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
650 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
651 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
655 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
656 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
657 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
660 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
661 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
662 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
663 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
664 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
665 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
666 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
667 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
668 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
669 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
670 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
671 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
672 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
673 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
674 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
676 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
677 Source field descriptions.
678 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
679 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
680 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
681 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
682 description says otherwise.
684 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
686 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
690 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
691 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
693 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
694 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
696 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
697 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
701 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
702 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
703 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
704 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
706 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
707 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
709 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
711 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
712 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
713 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
714 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
718 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
719 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
720 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
721 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
722 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
724 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
725 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
726 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
727 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
729 * Add myself to Uploaders.
732 * Add myself to Uploaders.
733 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
735 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
736 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
737 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
739 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
741 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
743 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
744 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
745 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
746 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
748 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
749 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
750 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
751 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
753 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
754 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
755 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
758 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
759 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
760 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
761 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
763 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
764 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
765 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
766 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
768 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
769 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
770 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
771 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
773 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
774 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
775 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
776 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
778 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
779 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
780 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
781 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
783 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
784 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
785 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
788 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
789 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
790 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
793 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
794 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
795 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
797 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
799 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
800 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
801 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
802 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
803 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
804 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
805 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
806 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
807 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
808 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
809 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
810 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
811 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
812 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
813 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
814 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
815 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
816 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
817 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
818 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
819 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
820 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
821 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
822 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
823 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
824 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
825 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
826 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
827 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
828 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
830 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
831 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
832 links was completed long ago.
833 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
835 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
837 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
839 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
840 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
842 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
844 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
846 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
847 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
848 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
849 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
850 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
851 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
852 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
853 Millan (Closes: #209008).
854 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
855 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
857 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
859 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
861 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
862 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
863 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
864 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
865 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
866 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
867 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
869 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
870 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
871 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
872 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
874 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
875 Küster (Closes: #403391).
876 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
877 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
878 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
879 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
880 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
881 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
882 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
883 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
884 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
885 Closes: #186700, #458910
886 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
887 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
888 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
890 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
891 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
892 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
893 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
894 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
895 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
896 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
897 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
899 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
900 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
902 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
903 * Add an md5sums control file.
904 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
905 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
906 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
907 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
908 currently part of policy.
909 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
910 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
911 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
914 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
916 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
919 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
920 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
921 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
922 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
923 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
924 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
925 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
926 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
927 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
929 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
930 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
931 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
932 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
933 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
935 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
937 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
938 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
939 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
941 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
942 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
943 list?" (Closes: #412634).
944 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
945 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
946 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
947 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
948 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
949 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
950 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
951 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
952 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
953 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
954 debconf specification.
955 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
956 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
958 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
960 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
962 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
963 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
965 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
966 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
968 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
970 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
971 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
972 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
973 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
974 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
976 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
977 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
978 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
979 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
980 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
981 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
982 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
983 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
984 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
985 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
986 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
987 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
988 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
989 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
990 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
991 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
993 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
995 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
996 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
997 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
998 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
999 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1000 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1001 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1002 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1004 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1006 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1009 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1010 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1011 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1012 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1013 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1014 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1016 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1017 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1018 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1019 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1020 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1021 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1022 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1023 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1024 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1025 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1027 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1028 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1029 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1030 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1031 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1032 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1034 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1036 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1039 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1040 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1041 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1043 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1044 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1046 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1048 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1051 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1052 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1053 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1054 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1055 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1056 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1057 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1058 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1059 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1061 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1062 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1063 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1064 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1065 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1066 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1067 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1068 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1069 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1070 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1071 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1074 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1076 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1079 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1080 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1081 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1082 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1083 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1084 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1085 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1086 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1087 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1088 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1089 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1090 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1091 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1092 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1093 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1094 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1095 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1096 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1097 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1098 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1099 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1100 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1101 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1102 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1103 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1104 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1105 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1107 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1108 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1109 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1110 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1112 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1113 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1114 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1115 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1116 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1117 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1118 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1119 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1120 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1121 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1122 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1125 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1128 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1130 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1131 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1132 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1133 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1134 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1135 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1136 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1137 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1139 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1141 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1145 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1147 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1148 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1149 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1150 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1151 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1153 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1154 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1155 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1156 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1158 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1159 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1161 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1162 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1164 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1166 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1168 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1169 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1170 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1172 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1173 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1174 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1176 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1179 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1181 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1184 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1185 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1186 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1188 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1189 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1190 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1191 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1193 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1195 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1199 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1200 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1201 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1202 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1204 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1205 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1206 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1207 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1210 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1211 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1214 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1215 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1217 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1218 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1219 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1221 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1222 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1223 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1224 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1227 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1228 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1229 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1231 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1232 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1233 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1236 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1237 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1238 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1240 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1241 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1242 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1244 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1245 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1246 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1247 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1248 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1249 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1250 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1251 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1255 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1259 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1260 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1261 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1262 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1263 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1264 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1265 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1266 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1268 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1269 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1270 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1271 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1272 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1273 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1274 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1275 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1276 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1277 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1278 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1279 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1281 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1282 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1283 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1287 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1288 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1291 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1292 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1293 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1295 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1296 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1297 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1298 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1299 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1300 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1302 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1303 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1305 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1306 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1307 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1308 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1309 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1310 Closes: #185943, #237049
1312 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1314 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1320 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1321 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1322 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1323 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1324 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1325 running. closes: Bug#187250
1326 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1327 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1328 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1329 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1330 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1331 user closes: Bug#176506
1333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1335 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1339 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1340 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1341 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1342 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1343 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1344 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1345 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1346 deb-building toolchain.
1347 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1348 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1349 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1350 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1351 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1352 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1353 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1354 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1355 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1356 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1357 sections about changelog files.
1359 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1360 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1361 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1362 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1363 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1364 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1366 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1367 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1368 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1369 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1370 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1371 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1372 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1373 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1374 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1375 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1376 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1377 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1378 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1379 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1380 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1381 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1382 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1383 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1384 for the restructuring
1386 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1388 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1393 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1394 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1395 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1396 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1397 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1398 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1400 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1401 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1402 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1403 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1404 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1405 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1406 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1408 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1409 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1410 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1411 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1413 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1415 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1419 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1420 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1421 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1422 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1423 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1425 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1426 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1427 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1428 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1430 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1431 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1432 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1433 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1434 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1435 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1436 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1437 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1438 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1439 offtopic stuff, too.
1440 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1441 script should start it, closes: #60979
1442 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1443 "should", closes: #170019
1444 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1445 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1446 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1447 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1448 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1449 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1450 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1451 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1454 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1456 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1459 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1460 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1461 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1462 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1463 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1464 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1465 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1466 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1467 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1469 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1470 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1471 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1472 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1473 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1474 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1475 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1476 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1477 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1479 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1480 file, closes: Bug#65764
1482 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1484 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1487 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1488 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1489 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1490 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1491 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1492 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1493 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1494 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1495 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1496 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1497 details. closes: Bug#133030
1498 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1499 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1500 parts of Bug#161455.
1502 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1504 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1506 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1507 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1508 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1509 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1510 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1511 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1512 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1513 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1514 not. closes: Bug#139820
1515 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1516 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1517 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1518 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1519 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1520 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1521 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1522 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1523 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1524 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1526 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1528 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1529 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1530 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1531 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1532 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1533 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1534 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1535 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1536 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1537 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1538 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1539 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1540 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1541 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1542 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1543 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1544 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1545 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1546 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1547 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1549 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1550 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1551 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1552 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1553 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1554 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1555 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1557 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1558 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1559 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1560 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1561 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1562 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1563 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1564 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1565 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1567 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1569 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1571 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1572 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1573 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1574 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1575 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1576 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1577 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1578 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1579 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1580 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1581 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1582 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1583 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1584 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1585 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1586 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1587 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1588 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1589 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1590 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1591 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1592 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1593 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1595 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1597 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1599 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1600 medium, high, emergency.
1601 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1602 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1603 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1604 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1605 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1608 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1609 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1610 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1612 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1613 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1614 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1615 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1616 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1617 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1618 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1621 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1623 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1625 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1626 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1627 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1628 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1630 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1631 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1632 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1633 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1634 debian/rules to do this
1635 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1636 patches are incorporated upstream
1637 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1638 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1639 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1640 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1641 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1642 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1644 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1645 system closes: Bug#91249
1646 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1647 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1648 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1649 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1650 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1651 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1652 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1653 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1654 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1655 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1656 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1657 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1658 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1660 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1662 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1664 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1665 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1666 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1667 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1669 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1670 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1671 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1673 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1676 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1678 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1680 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1681 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1682 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1683 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1684 package for the time being
1685 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1686 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1687 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1688 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1689 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1690 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1691 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1692 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1693 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1694 Build-Depends arch syntax
1695 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1697 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1698 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1700 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1701 from policy maintenance duties.
1702 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1703 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1705 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1707 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1709 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1711 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1713 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1715 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1716 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1717 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1718 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1719 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1720 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1721 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1722 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1723 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1724 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1725 minor version number for this
1726 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1727 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1728 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1729 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1730 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1731 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1732 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1733 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1734 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1736 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1738 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1740 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1741 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1742 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1743 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1744 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1746 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1748 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1749 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1750 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1751 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1752 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1753 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1754 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1755 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1756 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1757 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1758 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1759 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1760 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1761 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1762 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1763 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1766 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1768 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1770 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1771 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1773 * Document the Enhances relationship
1774 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1775 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1776 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1777 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1778 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1779 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1781 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1783 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1784 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1785 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1786 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1788 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1789 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1790 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1791 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1792 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1794 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1796 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1798 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1799 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1800 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1802 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1803 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1804 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1805 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1806 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1807 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1808 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1809 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1810 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1812 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1814 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1816 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1818 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1819 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1820 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1821 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1822 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1823 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1824 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1825 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1826 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1827 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1828 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1829 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1830 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1831 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1832 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1833 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1834 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1835 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1836 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1837 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1838 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1839 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1841 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1842 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1844 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1846 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1848 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1849 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1850 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1851 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1852 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1853 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1854 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1855 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1856 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1857 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1858 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1859 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1860 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1861 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1862 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1863 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1864 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1865 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1866 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1867 list closes: Bug#53756
1868 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1869 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1870 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1871 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1872 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1873 policy closes: Bug#53760
1874 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1875 policy closes: Bug#53761
1876 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1877 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1878 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1879 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1880 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1881 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1882 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1883 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1884 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1885 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1886 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1888 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1889 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1890 to install with older fileutils.
1891 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1892 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1893 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1894 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1896 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1897 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1901 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1903 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1904 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1906 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1908 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1910 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1911 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1913 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1916 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1918 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1919 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1921 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1923 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1925 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1927 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1928 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1930 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1932 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1934 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1935 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1936 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1937 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1938 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1939 directoried (closes: #41547)
1940 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1941 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1942 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1943 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1944 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1945 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1946 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1947 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1948 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1949 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1950 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1952 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1953 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1954 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1955 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1956 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1957 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1958 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1960 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1961 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1962 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1963 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1965 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1967 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1969 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1970 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1972 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1974 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1976 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1977 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1979 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1981 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1983 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1984 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1986 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1987 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1988 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1989 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1990 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1991 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1992 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1993 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1994 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1995 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1996 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1997 this closes: Bug#38612
1998 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1999 before. closes: Bug#40864
2001 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2003 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2005 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2006 officially uploaded.
2007 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2009 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2010 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2011 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2013 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2014 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2015 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2016 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2017 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2018 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2020 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2021 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2022 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2024 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2026 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2027 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2028 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2029 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2030 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2032 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2034 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2036 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2037 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2038 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2039 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2040 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2041 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2042 there). closes: Bug#34233
2043 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2044 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2045 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2046 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2047 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2049 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2051 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2053 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2054 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2055 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2056 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2059 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2060 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2061 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2062 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2063 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2066 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2067 number. closes: BUG#25911
2069 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2070 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2071 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2072 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2073 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2074 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2076 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2077 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2078 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2081 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2082 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2083 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2085 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2086 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2087 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2088 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2090 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2091 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2092 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2094 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2096 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2097 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2098 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2099 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2100 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2101 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2102 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2103 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2106 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2108 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2109 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2114 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2116 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2118 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2120 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2122 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2123 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2124 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2125 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2126 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2127 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2128 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2129 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2131 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2132 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2134 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2136 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2138 * non-maintainer release
2139 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2140 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2142 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2143 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2144 * no content changes
2145 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2147 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2149 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2153 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2155 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2157 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2159 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2160 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2161 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2163 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2164 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2166 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2167 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2168 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2169 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2171 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2172 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2173 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2174 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2175 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2176 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2177 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2179 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2180 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2181 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2184 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2185 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2186 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2188 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2189 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2190 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2192 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2193 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2195 * New version numbering scheme:
2197 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2198 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2199 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2202 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2203 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2204 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2205 differ between the manuals.
2207 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2208 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2209 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2210 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2212 * Packaging changes:
2214 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2215 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2217 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2219 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2221 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2223 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2225 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2226 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2227 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2229 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2230 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2233 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2234 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2235 file extension as the referenced file
2237 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2238 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2240 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2241 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2242 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2243 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2246 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2247 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2248 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2250 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2251 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2252 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2253 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2256 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2257 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2260 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2261 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2262 reasonable default configuration
2264 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2265 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2266 by all news servers and clients
2268 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2269 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2270 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2271 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2272 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2274 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2275 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2278 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2280 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2281 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2283 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2286 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2287 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2289 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2290 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2292 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2296 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2298 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2299 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2300 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2301 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2303 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2305 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2306 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2307 * Don't use debstd anymore
2309 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2311 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2313 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2314 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2315 contrib/non-free policy
2316 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2317 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2318 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2319 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2320 - new section about `Daemons'
2321 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2322 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2323 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2324 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2325 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2326 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2327 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2328 * SGML source code included in package
2329 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2331 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2333 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2335 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2336 - completely reworked structure
2337 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2338 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2339 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2340 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2341 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2342 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2343 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2344 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2345 - mention "orphaned packages"
2346 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2347 distributions' policy
2348 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2349 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2350 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2351 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2352 - added section about arch spec strings
2353 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2354 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2355 - added section about "menus"
2356 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2357 the new documentation policy soon
2358 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2359 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2361 - added section about editors and pagers
2362 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2363 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2364 - added section about device files
2365 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2366 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2367 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2369 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2370 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2371 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2372 - Added new section about obsolete names
2373 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2374 * Fixed package's description
2376 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2378 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2380 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2382 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2384 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2386 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2387 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2388 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2389 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2391 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2393 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2395 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2396 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2397 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2399 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2400 and upload it "byhand" too.
2402 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2404 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2407 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2408 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2409 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2410 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2411 functionality must not have the same name.
2412 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2413 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2414 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2415 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2416 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2417 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2418 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2420 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2421 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2422 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2423 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2424 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2425 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2426 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2427 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2430 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2432 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2434 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2436 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2437 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2438 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2439 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2440 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2443 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2445 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2447 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2449 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2450 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2451 description of deb file format.
2452 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2453 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2455 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2457 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2458 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2460 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2462 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2464 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2465 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2466 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2467 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2468 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2469 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2470 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2471 packages in section on Procedure
2472 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2473 a package maintainer
2474 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2475 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2476 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2478 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2479 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2480 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2481 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2482 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2483 on various shlib files
2484 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2485 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2486 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2488 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2490 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2492 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2493 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2494 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2496 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2497 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2498 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2499 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2500 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2502 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2504 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2506 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2508 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2510 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2511 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2512 compatibility go in contrib.
2514 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2515 instructions in policy manual.
2516 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2519 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2521 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2523 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2524 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2525 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2526 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2528 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2529 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2532 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2534 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2536 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2537 * More detail about changelog format names.
2539 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2540 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2544 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2546 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2548 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2550 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2552 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2554 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2556 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2558 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2559 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2560 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2562 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2564 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2566 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2568 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2570 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2574 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100