1 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
10 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
20 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:30:33 -0700
22 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
25 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
26 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
27 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
28 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
30 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
31 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
32 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
33 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
34 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
35 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
36 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
37 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
38 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
39 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
40 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
41 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
42 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
43 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
44 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
45 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
46 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
48 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
49 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
50 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
51 good to know which version one is looking at.
52 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
53 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
54 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
55 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
56 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
57 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
58 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
60 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
61 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
62 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
63 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
64 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
66 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
67 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
68 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
70 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
71 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
72 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
73 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
75 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
77 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
81 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
82 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
83 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
84 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
85 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
86 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
87 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
88 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
89 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
90 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
96 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
101 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
102 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
106 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
108 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
109 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
113 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
114 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
117 Closes: #620870, #532120
118 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
119 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
124 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
125 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
126 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
130 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
131 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
132 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
133 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
134 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
136 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
137 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
138 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
139 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
140 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
141 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
142 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
143 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
144 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
145 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
146 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
147 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
148 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
149 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
150 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
151 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
153 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
155 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
156 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
157 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
158 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
159 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
160 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
161 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
162 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
163 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
164 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
167 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
169 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
170 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
171 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
172 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
177 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
178 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
180 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
181 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
182 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
183 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
186 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
188 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
192 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
193 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
194 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
197 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
198 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
199 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
201 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
202 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
208 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
209 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
210 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
213 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
214 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
219 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
220 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
221 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
222 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
225 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
226 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
227 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
230 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
231 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
236 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
238 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
241 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
244 Closes: #459868, #581011
245 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
246 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
248 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
250 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
251 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
253 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
256 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
258 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
260 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
261 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
265 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
266 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
269 Closes: #501930, #593909
270 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
271 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
275 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
276 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
277 machine. (Closes: #591857)
278 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
279 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
280 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
281 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
282 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
283 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
284 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
285 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
286 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
287 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
289 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
290 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
291 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
292 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
293 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
294 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
295 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
296 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
297 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
298 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
299 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
300 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
301 than the version in oldstable.
302 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
303 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
304 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
305 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
306 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
307 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
308 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
309 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
310 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
311 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
312 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
313 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
314 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
315 package. (Closes: #609160)
317 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
319 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
322 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
323 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
327 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
328 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
332 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
333 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
337 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
338 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
342 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
343 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
347 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
348 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
352 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
353 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
357 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
358 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
360 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
362 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
363 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
365 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
367 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
368 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
373 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
374 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
379 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
380 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
384 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
385 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
389 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
390 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
394 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
399 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
404 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
409 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
411 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
412 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
413 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
414 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
415 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
416 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
417 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
418 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
419 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
421 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
422 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
423 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
424 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
425 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
426 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
428 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
430 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
436 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
439 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
440 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
441 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
442 and distribution license' (three times).
443 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
444 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
449 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
451 Proposed by Santiago Vila
452 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
459 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
460 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
464 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
465 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
466 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
468 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
469 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
471 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
472 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
476 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
477 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
480 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
482 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
483 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
485 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
486 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
488 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
489 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
490 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
492 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
494 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
495 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
496 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
499 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
500 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
505 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
506 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
510 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
511 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
515 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
516 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
517 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
521 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
522 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
523 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
526 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
527 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
532 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
533 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
534 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
537 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
538 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
539 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
540 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
541 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
542 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
543 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
544 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
545 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
546 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
547 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
548 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
549 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
550 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
551 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
552 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
553 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
554 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
555 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
556 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
557 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
558 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
559 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
560 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
561 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
562 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
563 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
564 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
565 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
566 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
567 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
568 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
570 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
572 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
574 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
578 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
580 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
581 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
585 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
588 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
589 Wording: Steve Langasek.
590 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
591 Seconded: Julien Cristau
592 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
595 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
596 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
597 Seconded: Russ Allbery
598 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
601 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
602 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
603 Seconded: Russ Allbery
605 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
606 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
607 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
608 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
609 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
610 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
611 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
612 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
615 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
616 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
617 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
618 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
619 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
620 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
621 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
623 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
624 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
625 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
626 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
627 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
628 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
629 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
632 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
633 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
634 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
635 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
636 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
638 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
641 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
642 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
643 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
644 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
645 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
646 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
649 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
651 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
653 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
654 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
655 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
656 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
658 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
659 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
660 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
661 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
663 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
664 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
665 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
666 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
668 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
669 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
670 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
671 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
672 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
673 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
675 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
676 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
677 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
679 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
681 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
682 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
686 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
687 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
691 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
692 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
696 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
697 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
701 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
702 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
703 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
704 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
706 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
707 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
708 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
709 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
710 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
711 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
712 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
713 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
714 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
715 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
716 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
717 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
718 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
719 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
720 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
722 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
723 Source field descriptions.
724 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
725 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
726 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
727 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
728 description says otherwise.
730 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
732 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
736 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
737 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
738 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
739 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
740 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
742 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
743 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
744 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
745 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
747 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
748 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
749 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
750 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
752 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
753 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
754 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
755 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
757 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
758 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
759 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
760 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
764 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
765 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
766 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
767 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
768 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
770 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
771 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
772 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
775 * Add myself to Uploaders.
778 * Add myself to Uploaders.
779 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
781 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
782 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
783 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
785 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
787 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
789 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
790 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
792 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
794 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
795 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
797 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
799 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
800 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
804 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
805 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
806 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
807 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
809 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
810 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
812 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
814 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
815 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
816 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
817 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
819 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
820 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
821 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
822 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
824 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
825 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
826 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
827 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
829 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
830 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
831 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
832 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
834 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
835 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
836 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
837 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
839 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
840 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
841 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
842 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
843 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
845 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
846 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
847 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
848 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
849 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
850 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
851 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
852 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
853 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
854 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
855 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
856 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
857 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
858 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
859 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
860 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
861 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
862 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
863 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
864 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
865 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
866 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
867 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
868 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
869 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
870 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
871 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
872 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
873 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
874 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
876 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
877 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
878 links was completed long ago.
879 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
881 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
883 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
885 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
886 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
888 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
890 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
892 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
893 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
894 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
895 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
896 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
897 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
898 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
899 Millan (Closes: #209008).
900 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
901 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
903 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
905 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
907 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
908 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
909 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
910 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
911 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
912 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
913 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
915 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
916 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
917 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
918 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
920 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
921 Küster (Closes: #403391).
922 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
923 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
924 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
925 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
926 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
927 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
928 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
929 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
930 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
931 Closes: #186700, #458910
932 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
933 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
934 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
936 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
937 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
938 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
939 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
940 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
941 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
942 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
943 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
945 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
946 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
948 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
949 * Add an md5sums control file.
950 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
951 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
952 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
953 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
954 currently part of policy.
955 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
956 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
957 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
960 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
962 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
965 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
966 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
967 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
968 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
969 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
970 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
971 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
972 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
973 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
974 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
975 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
976 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
977 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
978 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
979 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
981 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
983 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
984 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
985 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
987 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
988 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
989 list?" (Closes: #412634).
990 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
991 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
992 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
993 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
994 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
995 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
996 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
997 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
998 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
999 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1000 debconf specification.
1001 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1002 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1004 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1006 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1009 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1010 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1011 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1012 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1014 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1016 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1017 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1018 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1019 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1020 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1022 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1023 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1024 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1025 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1026 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1027 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1028 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1029 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1030 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1031 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1032 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1033 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1034 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1035 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1036 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1037 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1041 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1042 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1043 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1044 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1045 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1046 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1047 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1048 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1050 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1052 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1055 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1056 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1057 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1058 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1059 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1060 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1062 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1063 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1064 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1065 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1066 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1067 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1068 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1069 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1070 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1071 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1073 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1074 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1075 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1076 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1077 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1078 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1080 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1082 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1085 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1086 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1087 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1089 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1090 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1092 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1094 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1097 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1098 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1099 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1100 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1101 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1102 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1103 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1104 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1105 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1107 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1108 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1110 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1111 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1112 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1113 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1114 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1115 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1116 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1117 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1120 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1122 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1125 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1127 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1128 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1129 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1130 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1131 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1132 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1133 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1134 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1135 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1136 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1137 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1138 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1139 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1140 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1141 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1142 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1143 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1145 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1146 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1147 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1148 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1149 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1150 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1151 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1153 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1154 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1155 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1156 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1158 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1159 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1160 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1161 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1162 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1163 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1164 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1165 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1166 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1167 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1168 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1171 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1174 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1176 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1177 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1178 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1179 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1180 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1181 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1182 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1183 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1187 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1191 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1193 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1195 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1196 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1197 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1199 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1200 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1201 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1205 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1207 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1208 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1210 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1212 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1214 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1216 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1218 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1219 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1220 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1222 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1225 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1227 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1230 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1231 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1232 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1234 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1235 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1237 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1239 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1241 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1245 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1246 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1247 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1248 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1250 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1251 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1252 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1253 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1256 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1257 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1260 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1261 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1263 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1264 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1265 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1267 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1268 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1269 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1270 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1273 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1274 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1275 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1277 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1278 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1279 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1282 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1283 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1284 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1286 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1287 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1288 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1290 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1291 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1292 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1293 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1294 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1295 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1296 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1297 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1299 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1301 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1305 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1306 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1307 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1308 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1309 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1310 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1311 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1312 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1314 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1315 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1316 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1317 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1318 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1319 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1320 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1321 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1322 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1323 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1324 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1325 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1327 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1328 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1329 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1333 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1334 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1337 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1338 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1339 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1341 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1342 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1343 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1344 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1345 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1346 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1348 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1349 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1351 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1352 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1353 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1354 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1355 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1356 Closes: #185943, #237049
1358 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1360 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1366 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1367 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1368 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1369 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1370 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1371 running. closes: Bug#187250
1372 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1373 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1374 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1375 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1376 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1377 user closes: Bug#176506
1379 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1381 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1385 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1386 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1387 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1388 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1389 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1390 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1391 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1392 deb-building toolchain.
1393 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1394 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1395 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1396 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1397 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1398 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1399 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1400 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1401 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1402 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1403 sections about changelog files.
1405 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1406 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1407 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1408 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1409 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1410 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1412 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1413 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1414 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1415 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1416 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1417 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1418 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1419 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1420 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1421 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1422 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1423 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1424 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1425 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1426 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1427 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1428 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1429 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1430 for the restructuring
1432 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1434 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1439 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1440 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1441 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1442 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1443 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1444 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1446 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1447 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1448 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1449 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1450 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1451 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1452 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1454 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1455 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1456 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1457 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1459 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1461 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1465 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1466 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1467 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1468 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1469 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1471 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1472 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1473 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1474 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1476 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1477 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1478 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1479 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1480 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1481 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1482 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1483 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1484 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1485 offtopic stuff, too.
1486 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1487 script should start it, closes: #60979
1488 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1489 "should", closes: #170019
1490 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1491 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1492 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1493 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1494 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1495 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1496 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1497 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1500 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1502 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1505 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1506 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1507 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1508 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1509 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1510 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1511 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1512 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1513 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1515 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1516 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1517 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1518 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1519 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1520 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1521 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1522 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1523 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1525 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1526 file, closes: Bug#65764
1528 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1530 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1533 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1534 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1535 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1536 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1537 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1538 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1539 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1540 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1541 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1542 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1543 details. closes: Bug#133030
1544 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1545 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1546 parts of Bug#161455.
1548 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1550 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1552 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1553 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1554 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1555 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1556 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1557 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1558 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1559 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1560 not. closes: Bug#139820
1561 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1562 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1563 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1564 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1565 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1566 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1567 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1568 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1569 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1570 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1572 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1574 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1575 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1576 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1577 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1578 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1579 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1580 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1581 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1582 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1583 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1584 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1585 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1586 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1587 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1588 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1589 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1590 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1591 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1592 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1593 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1595 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1596 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1597 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1598 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1599 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1600 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1601 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1603 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1604 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1605 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1606 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1607 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1608 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1609 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1610 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1611 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1613 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1615 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1617 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1618 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1619 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1620 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1621 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1622 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1623 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1624 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1625 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1626 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1627 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1628 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1629 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1630 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1631 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1632 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1633 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1634 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1635 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1636 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1637 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1638 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1639 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1641 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1643 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1645 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1646 medium, high, emergency.
1647 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1648 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1649 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1650 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1651 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1654 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1655 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1656 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1658 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1659 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1660 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1661 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1662 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1663 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1664 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1667 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1669 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1671 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1672 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1673 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1674 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1676 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1677 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1678 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1679 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1680 debian/rules to do this
1681 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1682 patches are incorporated upstream
1683 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1684 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1685 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1686 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1687 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1688 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1690 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1691 system closes: Bug#91249
1692 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1693 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1694 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1695 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1696 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1697 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1698 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1699 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1700 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1701 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1702 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1703 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1704 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1706 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1708 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1710 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1711 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1712 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1713 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1715 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1716 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1717 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1719 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1722 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1724 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1726 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1727 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1728 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1729 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1730 package for the time being
1731 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1732 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1733 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1734 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1735 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1736 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1737 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1738 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1739 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1740 Build-Depends arch syntax
1741 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1743 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1744 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1746 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1747 from policy maintenance duties.
1748 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1749 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1751 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1753 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1755 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1757 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1759 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1761 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1762 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1763 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1764 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1765 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1766 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1767 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1768 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1769 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1770 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1771 minor version number for this
1772 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1773 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1774 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1775 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1776 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1777 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1778 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1779 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1780 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1782 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1784 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1786 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1787 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1788 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1789 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1790 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1792 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1794 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1795 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1796 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1797 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1798 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1799 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1800 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1801 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1802 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1803 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1804 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1805 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1806 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1807 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1808 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1809 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1812 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1814 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1816 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1817 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1819 * Document the Enhances relationship
1820 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1821 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1822 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1823 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1824 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1825 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1827 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1829 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1830 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1831 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1832 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1834 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1835 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1836 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1837 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1838 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1840 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1842 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1844 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1845 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1846 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1848 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1849 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1850 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1851 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1852 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1853 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1854 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1855 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1856 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1858 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1860 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1862 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1864 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1865 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1866 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1867 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1868 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1869 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1870 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1871 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1872 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1873 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1874 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1875 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1876 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1877 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1878 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1879 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1880 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1881 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1882 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1883 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1884 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1885 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1887 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1888 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1890 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1892 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1894 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1895 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1896 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1897 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1898 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1899 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1900 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1901 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1902 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1903 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1904 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1905 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1906 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1907 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1908 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1909 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1910 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1911 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1912 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1913 list closes: Bug#53756
1914 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1915 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1916 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1917 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1918 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1919 policy closes: Bug#53760
1920 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1921 policy closes: Bug#53761
1922 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1923 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1924 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1925 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1926 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1927 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1928 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1929 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1930 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1931 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1932 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1934 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1935 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1936 to install with older fileutils.
1937 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1938 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1939 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1940 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1942 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1943 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1945 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1947 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1949 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1950 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1952 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1954 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1956 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1957 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1959 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1962 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1964 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1965 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1967 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1969 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1971 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1973 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1974 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1976 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1978 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1980 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1981 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1982 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1983 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1984 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1985 directoried (closes: #41547)
1986 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1987 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1988 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1989 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1990 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1991 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1992 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1993 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1994 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1995 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1996 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1998 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1999 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2000 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2001 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2002 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2003 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2004 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2006 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2007 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2008 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2009 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2011 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2013 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2015 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2016 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2018 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2020 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2022 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2023 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2027 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2029 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2030 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2032 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2033 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2034 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2035 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2036 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2037 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2038 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2039 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2040 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2041 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2042 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2043 this closes: Bug#38612
2044 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2045 before. closes: Bug#40864
2047 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2049 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2051 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2052 officially uploaded.
2053 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2055 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2056 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2057 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2059 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2060 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2061 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2062 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2063 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2064 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2066 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2067 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2068 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2070 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2072 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2073 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2074 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2075 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2076 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2078 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2080 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2082 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2083 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2084 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2085 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2086 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2087 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2088 there). closes: Bug#34233
2089 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2090 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2091 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2092 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2093 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2095 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2097 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2099 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2100 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2101 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2102 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2105 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2106 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2107 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2108 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2109 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2112 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2113 number. closes: BUG#25911
2115 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2116 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2117 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2118 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2119 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2120 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2122 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2123 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2124 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2127 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2128 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2129 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2131 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2132 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2133 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2134 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2136 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2137 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2138 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2140 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2142 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2143 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2144 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2145 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2146 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2147 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2148 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2149 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2152 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2154 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2155 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2158 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2160 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2162 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2164 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2166 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2168 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2169 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2170 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2171 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2172 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2173 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2174 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2175 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2177 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2178 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2180 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2182 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2184 * non-maintainer release
2185 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2186 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2188 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2189 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2190 * no content changes
2191 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2193 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2195 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2199 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2201 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2203 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2205 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2206 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2207 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2209 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2210 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2212 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2213 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2214 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2215 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2217 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2218 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2219 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2220 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2221 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2222 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2223 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2225 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2226 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2227 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2230 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2231 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2232 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2234 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2235 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2236 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2238 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2239 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2241 * New version numbering scheme:
2243 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2244 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2245 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2248 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2249 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2250 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2251 differ between the manuals.
2253 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2254 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2255 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2256 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2258 * Packaging changes:
2260 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2261 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2263 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2265 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2267 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2269 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2271 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2272 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2273 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2275 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2276 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2279 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2280 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2281 file extension as the referenced file
2283 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2284 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2286 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2287 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2288 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2289 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2292 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2293 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2294 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2296 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2297 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2298 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2299 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2302 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2303 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2306 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2307 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2308 reasonable default configuration
2310 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2311 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2312 by all news servers and clients
2314 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2315 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2316 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2317 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2318 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2320 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2321 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2324 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2326 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2327 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2329 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2332 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2333 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2335 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2336 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2338 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2340 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2342 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2344 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2345 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2346 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2347 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2349 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2351 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2352 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2353 * Don't use debstd anymore
2355 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2357 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2359 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2360 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2361 contrib/non-free policy
2362 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2363 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2364 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2365 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2366 - new section about `Daemons'
2367 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2368 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2369 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2370 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2371 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2372 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2373 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2374 * SGML source code included in package
2375 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2377 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2379 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2381 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2382 - completely reworked structure
2383 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2384 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2385 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2386 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2387 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2388 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2389 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2390 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2391 - mention "orphaned packages"
2392 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2393 distributions' policy
2394 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2395 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2396 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2397 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2398 - added section about arch spec strings
2399 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2400 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2401 - added section about "menus"
2402 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2403 the new documentation policy soon
2404 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2405 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2407 - added section about editors and pagers
2408 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2409 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2410 - added section about device files
2411 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2412 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2413 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2415 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2416 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2417 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2418 - Added new section about obsolete names
2419 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2420 * Fixed package's description
2422 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2424 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2426 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2428 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2430 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2432 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2433 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2434 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2435 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2439 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2441 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2442 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2443 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2445 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2446 and upload it "byhand" too.
2448 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2450 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2453 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2454 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2455 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2456 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2457 functionality must not have the same name.
2458 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2459 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2460 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2461 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2462 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2463 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2464 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2466 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2467 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2468 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2469 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2470 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2471 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2472 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2473 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2478 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2480 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2482 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2483 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2484 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2485 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2486 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2489 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2491 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2493 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2495 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2496 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2497 description of deb file format.
2498 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2499 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2501 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2503 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2504 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2506 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2508 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2510 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2511 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2512 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2513 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2514 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2515 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2516 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2517 packages in section on Procedure
2518 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2519 a package maintainer
2520 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2521 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2522 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2524 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2525 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2526 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2527 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2528 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2529 on various shlib files
2530 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2531 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2532 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2534 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2536 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2538 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2539 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2540 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2542 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2543 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2544 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2545 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2546 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2548 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2550 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2552 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2554 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2556 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2557 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2558 compatibility go in contrib.
2560 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2561 instructions in policy manual.
2562 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2565 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2567 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2569 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2570 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2571 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2572 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2574 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2575 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2578 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2580 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2582 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2583 * More detail about changelog format names.
2585 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2586 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2590 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2592 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2594 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2596 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2598 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2600 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2602 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2604 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2605 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2606 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2608 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2610 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2612 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2614 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2616 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2620 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100