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>
10 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:30:33 -0700
12 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
14 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
15 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
16 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
17 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
18 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
20 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
21 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
22 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
23 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
24 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
25 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
26 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
27 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
28 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
29 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
30 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
31 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
32 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
33 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
34 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
35 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
36 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
38 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
39 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
40 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
41 good to know which version one is looking at.
42 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
43 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
44 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
45 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
46 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
47 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
48 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
50 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
51 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
52 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
53 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
54 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
56 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
57 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
58 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
60 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
61 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
62 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
63 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
65 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
67 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
71 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
72 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
73 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
74 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
75 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
76 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
77 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
78 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
79 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
80 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
86 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
91 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
92 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
93 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
96 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
98 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
99 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
103 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
104 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
107 Closes: #620870, #532120
108 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
109 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
114 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
115 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
116 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
120 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
121 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
122 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
123 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
124 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
126 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
127 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
128 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
129 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
130 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
131 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
132 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
133 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
134 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
135 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
136 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
137 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
138 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
139 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
140 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
141 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
143 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
145 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
146 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
147 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
148 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
149 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
150 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
151 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
152 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
153 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
154 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
157 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
159 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
160 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
161 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
162 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
167 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
168 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
170 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
171 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
172 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
173 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
176 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
178 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
182 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
183 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
184 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
187 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
188 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
189 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
191 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
192 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
198 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
199 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
200 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
203 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
204 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
209 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
210 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
211 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
212 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
215 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
216 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
217 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
220 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
221 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
226 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
228 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
231 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
234 Closes: #459868, #581011
235 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
236 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
238 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
240 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
241 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
243 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
246 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
248 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
250 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
251 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
255 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
256 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
259 Closes: #501930, #593909
260 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
261 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
265 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
266 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
267 machine. (Closes: #591857)
268 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
269 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
270 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
271 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
272 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
273 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
274 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
275 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
276 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
277 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
279 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
280 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
281 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
282 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
283 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
284 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
285 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
286 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
287 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
288 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
289 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
290 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
291 than the version in oldstable.
292 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
293 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
294 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
295 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
296 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
297 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
298 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
299 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
300 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
301 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
302 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
303 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
304 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
305 package. (Closes: #609160)
307 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
309 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
312 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
313 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
317 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
318 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
322 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
323 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
327 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
328 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
332 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
333 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
337 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
338 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
342 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
343 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
347 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
348 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
350 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
352 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
353 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
355 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
357 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
358 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
363 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
364 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
369 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
370 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
374 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
375 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
379 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
380 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
384 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
385 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
389 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
390 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
394 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
399 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
401 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
402 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
403 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
404 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
405 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
406 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
407 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
408 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
409 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
411 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
412 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
413 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
414 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
415 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
416 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
418 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
420 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
423 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
426 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
429 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
430 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
431 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
432 and distribution license' (three times).
433 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
434 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
439 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
441 Proposed by Santiago Vila
442 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
443 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
449 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
450 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
454 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
455 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
456 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
459 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
461 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
462 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
466 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
467 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
468 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
470 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
472 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
473 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
476 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
478 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
479 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
482 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
484 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
485 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
486 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
489 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
490 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
495 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
496 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
500 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
501 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
505 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
506 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
511 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
512 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
513 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
516 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
517 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
522 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
523 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
527 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
528 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
529 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
530 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
531 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
532 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
533 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
534 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
535 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
536 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
537 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
538 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
539 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
540 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
541 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
542 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
543 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
544 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
545 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
546 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
547 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
548 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
549 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
550 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
551 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
552 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
553 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
554 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
555 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
556 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
557 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
558 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
560 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
562 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
564 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
567 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
568 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
570 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
571 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
575 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
578 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
579 Wording: Steve Langasek.
580 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
581 Seconded: Julien Cristau
582 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
585 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
586 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
587 Seconded: Russ Allbery
588 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
591 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
592 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
593 Seconded: Russ Allbery
595 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
596 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
597 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
598 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
599 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
600 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
601 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
602 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
605 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
606 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
607 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
608 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
609 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
610 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
611 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
613 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
614 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
615 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
616 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
617 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
618 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
619 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
622 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
623 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
624 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
625 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
626 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
628 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
631 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
632 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
634 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
635 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
636 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
639 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
641 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
643 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
644 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
648 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
649 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
653 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
654 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
655 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
656 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
658 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
659 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
660 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
661 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
662 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
663 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
665 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
666 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
667 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
671 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
672 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
676 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
677 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
679 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
681 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
682 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
686 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
687 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
691 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
692 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
696 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
697 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
698 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
699 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
700 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
701 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
702 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
703 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
704 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
705 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
706 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
707 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
708 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
709 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
710 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
712 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
713 Source field descriptions.
714 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
715 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
716 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
717 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
718 description says otherwise.
720 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
722 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
725 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
726 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
727 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
728 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
729 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
730 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
732 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
733 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
734 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
735 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
737 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
738 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
739 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
740 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
742 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
743 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
744 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
745 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
747 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
748 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
749 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
750 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
754 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
755 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
756 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
757 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
758 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
760 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
761 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
762 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
763 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
765 * Add myself to Uploaders.
768 * Add myself to Uploaders.
769 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
771 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
772 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
773 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
775 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
777 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
779 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
780 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
781 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
782 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
784 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
785 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
787 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
789 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
790 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
792 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
794 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
795 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
797 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
799 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
800 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
804 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
805 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
806 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
807 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
809 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
810 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
812 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
814 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
815 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
816 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
817 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
819 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
820 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
821 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
822 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
824 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
825 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
826 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
827 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
829 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
830 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
831 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
832 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
833 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
835 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
836 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
837 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
838 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
839 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
840 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
841 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
842 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
843 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
844 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
845 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
846 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
847 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
848 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
849 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
850 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
851 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
852 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
853 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
854 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
855 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
856 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
857 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
858 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
859 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
860 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
861 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
862 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
863 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
864 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
866 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
867 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
868 links was completed long ago.
869 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
871 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
873 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
875 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
876 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
878 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
880 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
882 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
883 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
884 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
885 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
886 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
887 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
888 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
889 Millan (Closes: #209008).
890 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
891 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
893 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
895 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
897 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
898 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
899 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
900 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
901 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
902 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
903 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
905 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
906 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
907 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
908 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
910 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
911 Küster (Closes: #403391).
912 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
913 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
914 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
915 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
916 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
917 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
918 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
919 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
920 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
921 Closes: #186700, #458910
922 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
923 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
924 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
926 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
927 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
928 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
929 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
930 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
931 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
932 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
933 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
935 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
936 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
938 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
939 * Add an md5sums control file.
940 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
941 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
942 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
943 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
944 currently part of policy.
945 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
946 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
947 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
950 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
952 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
954 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
955 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
956 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
957 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
958 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
959 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
960 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
961 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
962 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
963 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
965 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
966 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
967 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
968 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
969 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
971 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
973 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
974 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
975 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
977 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
978 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
979 list?" (Closes: #412634).
980 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
981 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
982 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
983 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
984 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
985 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
986 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
987 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
988 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
989 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
990 debconf specification.
991 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
992 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
994 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
996 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
999 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1000 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1001 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1002 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1004 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1006 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1007 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1008 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1009 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1010 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1012 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1013 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1014 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1015 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1016 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1017 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1018 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1019 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1020 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1021 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1022 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1023 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1024 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1025 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1026 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1027 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1029 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1031 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1032 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1033 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1034 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1035 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1036 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1037 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1038 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1042 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1045 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1046 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1047 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1048 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1049 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1050 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1052 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1053 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1054 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1055 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1056 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1057 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1058 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1059 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1060 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1061 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1063 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1064 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1065 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1066 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1067 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1068 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1070 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1072 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1075 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1076 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1077 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1079 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1080 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1082 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1084 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1087 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1088 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1089 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1090 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1091 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1092 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1093 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1094 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1095 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1097 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1098 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1100 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1101 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1102 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1104 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1105 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1106 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1107 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1112 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1115 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1117 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1118 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1119 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1120 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1121 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1122 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1123 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1124 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1125 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1126 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1127 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1128 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1129 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1130 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1131 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1132 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1133 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1135 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1136 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1137 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1138 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1139 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1140 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1141 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1143 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1144 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1145 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1146 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1148 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1149 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1150 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1151 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1152 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1153 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1154 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1155 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1156 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1157 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1158 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1161 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1164 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1166 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1167 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1168 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1169 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1170 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1171 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1172 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1173 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1175 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1177 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1181 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1183 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1185 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1186 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1187 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1189 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1190 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1191 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1195 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1197 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1198 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1200 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1202 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1204 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1206 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1208 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1209 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1210 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1212 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1215 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1217 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1220 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1221 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1222 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1224 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1225 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1227 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1229 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1231 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1235 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1236 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1237 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1238 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1240 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1241 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1242 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1243 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1246 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1247 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1250 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1251 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1253 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1254 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1255 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1257 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1258 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1259 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1260 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1263 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1264 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1265 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1267 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1268 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1269 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1272 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1273 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1274 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1276 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1277 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1278 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1280 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1281 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1282 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1283 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1284 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1285 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1286 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1287 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1289 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1291 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1295 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1296 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1297 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1298 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1299 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1300 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1301 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1302 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1304 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1305 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1306 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1307 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1308 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1309 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1310 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1311 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1312 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1313 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1314 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1315 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1317 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1318 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1319 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1323 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1324 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1327 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1328 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1329 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1331 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1332 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1333 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1334 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1335 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1336 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1338 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1339 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1341 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1342 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1343 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1344 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1345 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1346 Closes: #185943, #237049
1348 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1350 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1356 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1357 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1358 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1359 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1360 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1361 running. closes: Bug#187250
1362 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1363 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1364 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1365 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1366 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1367 user closes: Bug#176506
1369 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1371 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1375 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1376 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1377 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1378 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1379 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1380 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1381 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1382 deb-building toolchain.
1383 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1384 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1385 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1386 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1387 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1388 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1389 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1390 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1391 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1392 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1393 sections about changelog files.
1395 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1396 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1397 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1398 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1399 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1400 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1402 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1403 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1404 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1405 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1406 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1407 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1408 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1409 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1410 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1411 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1412 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1413 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1414 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1415 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1416 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1417 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1418 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1419 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1420 for the restructuring
1422 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1424 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1429 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1430 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1431 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1432 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1433 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1434 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1436 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1437 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1438 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1439 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1440 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1441 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1442 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1444 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1445 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1446 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1447 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1449 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1451 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1455 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1456 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1457 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1458 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1459 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1461 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1462 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1463 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1464 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1466 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1467 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1468 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1469 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1470 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1471 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1472 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1473 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1474 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1475 offtopic stuff, too.
1476 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1477 script should start it, closes: #60979
1478 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1479 "should", closes: #170019
1480 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1481 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1482 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1483 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1484 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1485 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1486 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1487 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1490 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1492 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1496 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1497 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1498 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1499 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1500 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1501 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1502 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1503 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1505 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1506 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1507 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1508 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1509 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1510 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1511 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1512 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1513 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1515 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1516 file, closes: Bug#65764
1518 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1520 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1523 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1524 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1525 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1526 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1527 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1528 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1529 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1530 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1531 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1532 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1533 details. closes: Bug#133030
1534 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1535 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1536 parts of Bug#161455.
1538 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1540 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1542 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1543 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1544 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1545 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1546 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1547 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1548 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1549 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1550 not. closes: Bug#139820
1551 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1552 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1553 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1554 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1555 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1556 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1557 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1558 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1559 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1560 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1562 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1564 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1565 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1566 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1567 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1568 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1569 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1570 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1571 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1572 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1573 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1574 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1575 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1576 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1577 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1578 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1579 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1580 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1581 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1582 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1583 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1585 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1586 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1587 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1588 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1589 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1590 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1591 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1593 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1594 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1595 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1596 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1597 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1598 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1599 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1600 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1601 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1603 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1605 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1607 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1608 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1609 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1610 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1611 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1612 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1613 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1614 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1615 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1616 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1617 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1618 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1619 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1620 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1621 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1622 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1623 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1624 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1625 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1626 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1627 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1628 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1629 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1631 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1633 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1635 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1636 medium, high, emergency.
1637 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1638 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1639 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1640 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1641 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1644 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1645 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1646 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1648 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1649 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1650 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1651 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1652 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1653 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1654 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1657 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1659 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1661 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1662 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1663 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1664 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1666 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1667 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1668 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1669 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1670 debian/rules to do this
1671 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1672 patches are incorporated upstream
1673 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1674 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1675 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1676 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1677 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1678 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1680 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1681 system closes: Bug#91249
1682 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1683 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1684 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1685 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1686 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1687 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1688 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1689 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1690 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1691 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1692 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1693 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1694 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1696 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1698 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1700 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1701 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1702 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1703 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1705 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1706 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1707 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1709 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1712 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1714 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1716 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1717 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1718 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1719 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1720 package for the time being
1721 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1722 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1723 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1724 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1725 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1726 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1727 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1728 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1729 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1730 Build-Depends arch syntax
1731 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1733 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1734 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1736 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1737 from policy maintenance duties.
1738 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1739 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1741 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1743 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1745 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1747 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1749 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1751 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1752 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1753 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1754 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1755 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1756 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1757 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1758 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1759 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1760 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1761 minor version number for this
1762 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1763 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1764 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1765 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1766 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1767 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1768 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1769 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1770 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1772 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1774 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1776 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1777 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1778 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1779 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1780 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1782 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1784 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1785 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1786 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1787 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1788 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1789 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1790 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1791 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1792 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1793 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1794 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1795 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1796 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1797 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1798 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1799 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1802 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1804 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1806 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1807 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1809 * Document the Enhances relationship
1810 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1811 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1812 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1813 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1814 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1815 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1817 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1819 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1820 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1821 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1822 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1824 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1825 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1826 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1827 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1828 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1830 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1832 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1834 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1835 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1836 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1838 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1839 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1840 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1841 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1842 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1843 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1844 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1845 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1846 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1848 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1850 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1852 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1854 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1855 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1856 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1857 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1858 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1859 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1860 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1861 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1862 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1863 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1864 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1865 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1866 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1867 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1868 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1869 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1870 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1871 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1872 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1873 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1874 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1875 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1877 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1878 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1880 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1882 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1884 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1885 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1886 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1887 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1888 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1889 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1890 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1891 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1892 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1893 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1894 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1895 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1896 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1897 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1898 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1899 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1900 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1901 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1902 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1903 list closes: Bug#53756
1904 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1905 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1906 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1907 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1908 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1909 policy closes: Bug#53760
1910 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1911 policy closes: Bug#53761
1912 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1913 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1914 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1915 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1916 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1917 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1918 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1919 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1920 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1921 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1922 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1924 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1925 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1926 to install with older fileutils.
1927 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1928 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1929 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1930 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1932 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1933 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1935 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1937 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1939 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1940 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1942 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1944 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1946 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1947 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1949 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1952 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1954 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1955 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1957 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1959 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1961 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1963 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1964 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1966 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1968 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1970 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1971 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1972 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1973 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1974 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1975 directoried (closes: #41547)
1976 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1977 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1978 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1979 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1980 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1981 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1982 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1983 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1984 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1985 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1986 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1988 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1989 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1990 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1991 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1992 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1993 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1994 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1996 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1997 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1998 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1999 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2001 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2003 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2005 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2006 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2008 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2010 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2012 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2013 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2015 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2017 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2019 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2020 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2022 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2023 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2024 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2025 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2026 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2027 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2028 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2029 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2030 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2031 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2032 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2033 this closes: Bug#38612
2034 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2035 before. closes: Bug#40864
2037 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2039 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2041 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2042 officially uploaded.
2043 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2045 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2046 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2047 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2049 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2050 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2051 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2052 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2053 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2054 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2056 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2057 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2058 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2060 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2062 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2063 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2064 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2065 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2066 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2068 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2070 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2072 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2073 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2074 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2075 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2076 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2077 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2078 there). closes: Bug#34233
2079 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2080 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2081 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2082 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2083 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2085 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2087 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2089 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2090 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2091 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2092 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2095 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2096 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2097 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2098 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2099 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2102 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2103 number. closes: BUG#25911
2105 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2106 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2107 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2108 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2109 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2110 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2112 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2113 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2114 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2117 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2118 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2119 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2121 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2122 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2123 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2124 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2126 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2127 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2128 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2130 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2132 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2133 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2134 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2135 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2136 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2137 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2138 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2139 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2142 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2144 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2145 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2150 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2152 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2154 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2156 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2158 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2159 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2160 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2161 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2162 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2163 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2164 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2165 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2167 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2168 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2170 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2172 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2174 * non-maintainer release
2175 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2176 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2178 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2179 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2180 * no content changes
2181 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2183 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2185 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2189 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2191 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2193 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2195 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2196 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2197 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2199 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2200 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2202 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2203 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2204 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2205 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2207 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2208 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2209 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2210 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2211 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2212 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2213 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2215 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2216 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2217 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2220 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2221 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2222 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2224 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2225 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2226 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2228 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2229 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2231 * New version numbering scheme:
2233 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2234 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2235 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2238 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2239 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2240 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2241 differ between the manuals.
2243 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2244 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2245 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2246 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2248 * Packaging changes:
2250 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2251 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2253 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2255 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2257 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2259 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2261 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2262 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2263 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2265 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2266 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2269 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2270 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2271 file extension as the referenced file
2273 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2274 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2276 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2277 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2278 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2279 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2282 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2283 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2284 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2286 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2287 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2288 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2289 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2292 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2293 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2296 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2297 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2298 reasonable default configuration
2300 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2301 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2302 by all news servers and clients
2304 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2305 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2306 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2307 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2308 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2310 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2311 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2314 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2316 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2317 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2319 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2322 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2323 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2325 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2326 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2328 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2330 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2332 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2334 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2335 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2336 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2337 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2339 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2341 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2342 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2343 * Don't use debstd anymore
2345 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2347 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2349 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2350 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2351 contrib/non-free policy
2352 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2353 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2354 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2355 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2356 - new section about `Daemons'
2357 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2358 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2359 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2360 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2361 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2362 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2363 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2364 * SGML source code included in package
2365 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2367 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2369 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2371 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2372 - completely reworked structure
2373 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2374 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2375 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2376 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2377 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2378 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2379 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2380 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2381 - mention "orphaned packages"
2382 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2383 distributions' policy
2384 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2385 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2386 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2387 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2388 - added section about arch spec strings
2389 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2390 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2391 - added section about "menus"
2392 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2393 the new documentation policy soon
2394 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2395 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2397 - added section about editors and pagers
2398 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2399 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2400 - added section about device files
2401 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2402 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2403 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2405 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2406 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2407 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2408 - Added new section about obsolete names
2409 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2410 * Fixed package's description
2412 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2414 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2416 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2418 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2420 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2422 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2423 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2424 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2425 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2427 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2429 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2431 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2432 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2433 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2435 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2436 and upload it "byhand" too.
2438 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2440 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2443 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2444 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2445 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2446 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2447 functionality must not have the same name.
2448 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2449 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2450 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2451 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2452 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2453 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2454 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2456 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2457 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2458 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2459 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2460 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2461 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2462 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2463 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2466 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2468 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2470 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2472 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2473 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2474 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2475 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2476 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2479 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2481 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2483 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2485 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2486 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2487 description of deb file format.
2488 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2489 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2491 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2493 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2494 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2496 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2498 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2500 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2501 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2502 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2503 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2504 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2505 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2506 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2507 packages in section on Procedure
2508 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2509 a package maintainer
2510 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2511 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2512 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2514 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2515 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2516 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2517 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2518 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2519 on various shlib files
2520 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2521 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2522 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2524 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2526 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2528 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2529 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2530 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2532 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2533 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2534 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2535 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2536 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2538 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2540 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2542 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2544 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2546 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2547 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2548 compatibility go in contrib.
2550 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2551 instructions in policy manual.
2552 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2555 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2557 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2559 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2560 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2561 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2562 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2564 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2565 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2568 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2570 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2572 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2573 * More detail about changelog format names.
2575 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2576 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2580 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2582 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2584 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2586 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2588 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2590 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2592 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2594 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2595 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2596 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2598 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2600 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2602 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2604 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2606 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2610 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100