1 debian-policy (3.9.2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
5 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:04:37 -0700
7 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
9 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
13 Closes: #459868, #581011
14 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
17 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
20 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
22 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
25 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
27 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
35 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
38 Closes: #501930, #593909
39 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
44 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
45 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
46 machine. (Closes: #591857)
47 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
48 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
49 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
50 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
51 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
52 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
53 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
54 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
55 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
56 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
58 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
59 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
60 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
61 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
62 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
63 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
64 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
65 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
66 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
67 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
68 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
69 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
70 than the version in oldstable.
71 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
72 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
73 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
74 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
75 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
76 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
77 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
78 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
79 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
80 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
81 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
82 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
83 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
84 package. (Closes: #609160)
86 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
88 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
90 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
91 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
96 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
97 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
101 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
102 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
106 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
107 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
111 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
112 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
116 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
117 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
121 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
122 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
126 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
127 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
129 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
131 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
132 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
134 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
136 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
142 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
148 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
149 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
153 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
154 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
158 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
159 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
163 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
164 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
168 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
169 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
173 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
174 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
178 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
180 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
181 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
182 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
183 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
184 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
185 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
186 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
187 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
188 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
190 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
191 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
192 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
193 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
194 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
195 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
197 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
199 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
205 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
208 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
209 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
210 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
211 and distribution license' (three times).
212 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
213 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
218 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
220 Proposed by Santiago Vila
221 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
228 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
229 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
233 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
234 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
235 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
238 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
240 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
241 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
245 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
246 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
249 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
251 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
252 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
255 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
257 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
258 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
261 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
263 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
264 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
265 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
268 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
269 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
274 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
275 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
279 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
280 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
284 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
285 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
290 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
291 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
292 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
295 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
296 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
301 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
302 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
306 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
307 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
308 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
309 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
310 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
311 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
312 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
313 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
314 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
315 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
316 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
317 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
318 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
319 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
320 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
321 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
322 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
323 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
324 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
325 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
326 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
327 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
328 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
329 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
330 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
331 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
332 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
333 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
334 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
335 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
336 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
337 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
339 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
341 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
343 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
346 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
347 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
349 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
350 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
354 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
357 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
358 Wording: Steve Langasek.
359 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
360 Seconded: Julien Cristau
361 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
364 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
365 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
366 Seconded: Russ Allbery
367 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
370 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
371 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
372 Seconded: Russ Allbery
374 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
375 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
376 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
377 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
378 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
379 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
380 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
381 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
384 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
385 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
386 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
387 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
388 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
389 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
390 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
392 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
393 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
394 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
395 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
396 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
397 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
398 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
401 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
402 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
403 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
404 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
405 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
407 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
410 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
411 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
413 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
414 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
415 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
418 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
420 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
422 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
423 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
427 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
428 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
432 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
433 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
437 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
438 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
441 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
442 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
444 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
445 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
450 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
451 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
455 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
456 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
460 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
461 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
465 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
466 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
468 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
470 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
471 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
475 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
476 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
477 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
478 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
479 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
480 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
481 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
482 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
483 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
484 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
485 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
486 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
487 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
488 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
489 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
491 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
492 Source field descriptions.
493 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
494 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
495 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
496 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
497 description says otherwise.
499 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
501 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
504 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
505 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
508 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
509 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
511 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
512 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
516 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
517 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
521 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
522 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
526 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
527 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
528 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
529 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
533 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
534 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
535 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
536 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
537 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
539 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
540 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
544 * Add myself to Uploaders.
547 * Add myself to Uploaders.
548 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
550 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
551 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
552 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
554 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
556 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
558 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
559 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
563 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
564 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
566 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
568 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
569 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
573 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
574 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
576 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
578 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
579 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
581 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
583 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
584 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
588 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
589 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
591 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
593 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
594 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
596 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
598 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
599 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
600 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
603 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
604 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
605 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
606 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
608 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
609 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
612 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
614 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
615 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
616 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
617 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
618 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
619 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
620 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
621 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
622 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
623 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
624 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
625 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
626 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
627 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
628 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
629 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
630 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
631 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
632 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
633 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
634 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
635 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
636 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
637 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
638 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
639 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
640 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
641 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
642 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
643 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
645 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
646 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
647 links was completed long ago.
648 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
650 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
652 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
654 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
655 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
657 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
659 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
661 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
662 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
663 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
664 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
665 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
666 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
667 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
668 Millan (Closes: #209008).
669 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
670 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
672 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
674 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
676 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
677 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
678 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
679 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
680 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
681 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
682 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
684 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
685 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
686 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
687 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
689 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
690 Küster (Closes: #403391).
691 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
692 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
693 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
694 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
695 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
696 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
697 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
700 Closes: #186700, #458910
701 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
702 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
703 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
705 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
706 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
707 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
708 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
709 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
710 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
711 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
712 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
714 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
715 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
717 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
718 * Add an md5sums control file.
719 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
720 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
721 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
722 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
723 currently part of policy.
724 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
725 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
726 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
729 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
731 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
733 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
734 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
735 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
736 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
737 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
738 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
739 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
740 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
741 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
742 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
743 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
744 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
745 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
746 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
747 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
748 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
750 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
752 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
753 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
754 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
756 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
757 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
758 list?" (Closes: #412634).
759 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
760 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
761 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
762 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
763 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
764 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
765 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
766 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
767 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
768 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
769 debconf specification.
770 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
771 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
773 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
775 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
777 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
778 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
779 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
780 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
781 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
783 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
785 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
786 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
787 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
788 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
789 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
791 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
792 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
793 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
794 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
795 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
796 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
797 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
798 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
799 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
800 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
801 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
802 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
803 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
804 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
805 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
806 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
808 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
810 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
811 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
812 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
813 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
814 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
815 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
816 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
817 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
819 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
821 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
823 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
824 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
825 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
826 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
827 Polo (Closes: #372497).
828 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
829 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
831 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
832 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
833 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
834 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
836 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
837 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
838 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
840 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
842 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
843 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
844 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
845 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
846 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
847 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
849 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
851 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
853 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
854 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
855 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
856 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
858 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
859 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
861 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
863 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
865 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
866 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
867 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
868 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
869 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
870 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
871 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
872 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
873 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
874 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
876 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
877 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
878 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
879 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
880 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
881 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
882 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
883 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
885 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
886 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
889 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
891 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
893 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
894 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
895 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
896 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
897 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
898 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
899 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
900 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
901 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
902 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
903 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
904 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
905 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
906 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
907 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
908 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
909 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
910 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
911 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
912 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
913 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
914 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
915 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
916 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
917 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
918 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
919 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
920 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
922 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
923 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
924 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
925 Hess (Closes: #362247).
926 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
927 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
928 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
929 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
930 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
931 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
932 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
933 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
934 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
935 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
936 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
937 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
939 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
940 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
942 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
943 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
944 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
945 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
946 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
947 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
948 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
949 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
950 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
951 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
952 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
954 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
956 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
959 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
960 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
961 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
962 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
963 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
964 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
965 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
966 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
967 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
968 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
969 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
970 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
971 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
973 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
974 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
975 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
976 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
977 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
978 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
979 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
980 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
981 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
982 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
983 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
985 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
986 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
987 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
988 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
989 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
990 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
991 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
994 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
996 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
999 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1000 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1001 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1003 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1004 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1005 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1006 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1008 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1010 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1014 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1015 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1016 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1017 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1018 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1019 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1020 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1021 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1022 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1024 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1025 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1026 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1028 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1029 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1030 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1031 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1032 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1033 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1034 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1036 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1037 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1038 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1039 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1041 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1042 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1043 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1044 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1045 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1046 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1047 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1048 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1050 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1051 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1052 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1053 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1054 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1055 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1056 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1057 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1058 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1059 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1060 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1061 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1062 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1063 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1064 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1065 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1066 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1068 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1070 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1074 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1075 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1076 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1077 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1078 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1079 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1080 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1081 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1083 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1084 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1085 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1086 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1087 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1088 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1089 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1090 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1091 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1092 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1093 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1094 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1095 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1096 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1097 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1098 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1102 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1103 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1106 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1107 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1108 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1110 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1111 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1112 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1113 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1114 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1115 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1117 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1118 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1120 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1121 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1122 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1123 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1124 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1125 Closes: #185943, #237049
1127 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1129 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1135 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1136 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1137 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1138 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1139 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1140 running. closes: Bug#187250
1141 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1142 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1143 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1144 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1145 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1146 user closes: Bug#176506
1148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1150 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1154 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1155 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1156 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1157 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1158 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1159 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1160 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1161 deb-building toolchain.
1162 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1163 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1164 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1165 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1166 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1167 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1168 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1169 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1170 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1171 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1172 sections about changelog files.
1174 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1175 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1176 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1177 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1178 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1179 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1181 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1182 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1183 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1184 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1185 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1186 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1187 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1188 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1189 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1190 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1191 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1192 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1193 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1194 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1195 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1196 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1197 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1198 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1199 for the restructuring
1201 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1203 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1206 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1208 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1209 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1210 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1211 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1212 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1213 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1215 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1216 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1217 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1218 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1219 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1220 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1221 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1223 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1224 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1225 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1226 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1228 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1230 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1234 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1235 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1236 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1237 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1238 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1240 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1241 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1242 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1243 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1245 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1246 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1247 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1248 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1249 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1250 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1251 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1252 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1253 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1254 offtopic stuff, too.
1255 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1256 script should start it, closes: #60979
1257 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1258 "should", closes: #170019
1259 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1260 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1261 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1262 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1263 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1264 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1265 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1266 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1269 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1271 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1274 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1275 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1276 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1277 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1278 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1279 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1280 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1281 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1282 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1284 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1285 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1286 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1287 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1288 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1289 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1290 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1291 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1292 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1294 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1295 file, closes: Bug#65764
1297 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1299 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1302 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1303 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1304 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1305 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1306 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1307 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1308 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1309 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1310 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1311 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1312 details. closes: Bug#133030
1313 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1314 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1315 parts of Bug#161455.
1317 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1319 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1321 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1322 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1323 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1324 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1325 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1326 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1327 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1328 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1329 not. closes: Bug#139820
1330 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1331 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1332 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1333 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1334 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1335 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1336 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1337 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1338 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1339 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1341 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1343 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1344 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1345 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1346 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1347 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1348 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1349 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1350 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1351 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1352 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1353 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1354 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1355 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1356 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1357 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1358 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1359 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1360 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1361 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1362 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1364 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1365 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1366 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1367 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1368 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1369 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1370 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1372 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1373 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1374 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1375 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1376 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1377 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1378 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1379 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1380 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1384 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1387 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1388 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1389 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1390 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1391 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1392 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1393 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1394 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1395 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1396 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1397 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1398 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1399 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1400 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1401 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1402 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1403 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1404 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1405 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1406 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1407 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1408 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1412 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1414 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1415 medium, high, emergency.
1416 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1417 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1418 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1419 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1420 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1423 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1424 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1425 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1427 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1428 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1429 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1430 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1431 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1432 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1433 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1436 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1438 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1440 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1441 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1442 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1443 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1445 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1446 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1447 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1448 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1449 debian/rules to do this
1450 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1451 patches are incorporated upstream
1452 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1453 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1454 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1455 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1456 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1457 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1459 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1460 system closes: Bug#91249
1461 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1462 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1463 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1464 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1465 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1466 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1467 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1468 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1469 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1470 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1471 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1472 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1473 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1475 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1477 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1480 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1481 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1482 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1484 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1485 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1486 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1488 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1491 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1493 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1496 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1497 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1498 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1499 package for the time being
1500 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1501 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1502 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1503 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1504 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1505 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1506 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1507 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1508 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1509 Build-Depends arch syntax
1510 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1512 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1513 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1515 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1516 from policy maintenance duties.
1517 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1518 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1520 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1522 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1524 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1526 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1528 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1531 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1532 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1533 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1534 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1535 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1536 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1537 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1538 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1539 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1540 minor version number for this
1541 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1542 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1543 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1544 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1545 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1546 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1547 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1548 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1549 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1551 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1553 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1555 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1556 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1557 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1558 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1559 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1561 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1563 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1564 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1565 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1566 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1567 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1568 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1569 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1570 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1571 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1572 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1573 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1574 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1575 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1576 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1577 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1578 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1581 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1583 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1585 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1586 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1588 * Document the Enhances relationship
1589 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1590 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1591 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1592 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1593 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1594 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1596 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1598 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1599 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1600 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1601 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1603 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1604 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1605 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1606 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1607 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1609 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1611 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1613 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1614 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1615 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1617 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1618 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1619 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1620 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1621 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1622 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1623 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1624 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1625 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1627 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1629 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1631 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1633 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1634 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1635 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1636 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1637 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1638 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1639 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1640 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1641 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1642 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1643 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1644 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1645 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1646 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1647 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1648 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1649 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1650 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1651 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1652 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1653 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1654 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1656 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1657 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1659 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1661 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1663 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1664 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1665 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1666 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1667 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1668 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1669 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1670 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1671 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1672 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1673 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1674 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1675 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1676 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1677 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1678 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1679 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1680 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1681 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1682 list closes: Bug#53756
1683 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1684 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1685 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1686 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1687 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1688 policy closes: Bug#53760
1689 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1690 policy closes: Bug#53761
1691 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1692 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1693 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1694 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1695 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1696 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1697 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1698 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1699 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1700 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1701 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1703 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1704 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1705 to install with older fileutils.
1706 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1707 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1708 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1709 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1711 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1712 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1714 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1716 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1718 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1719 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1721 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1723 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1725 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1726 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1728 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1731 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1734 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1736 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1738 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1740 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1742 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1743 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1745 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1747 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1749 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1750 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1751 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1752 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1753 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1754 directoried (closes: #41547)
1755 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1756 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1757 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1758 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1759 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1760 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1761 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1762 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1763 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1764 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1765 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1767 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1768 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1769 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1770 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1771 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1772 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1773 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1775 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1776 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1777 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1778 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1780 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1782 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1784 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1785 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1787 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1789 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1791 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1792 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1794 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1796 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1798 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1799 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1801 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1802 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1803 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1804 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1805 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1806 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1807 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1808 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1809 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1810 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1811 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1812 this closes: Bug#38612
1813 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1814 before. closes: Bug#40864
1816 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1818 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1820 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1821 officially uploaded.
1822 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1824 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1825 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1826 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1828 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1829 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1830 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1831 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1832 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1833 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1835 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1836 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1837 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1839 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1841 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1842 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1843 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1844 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1845 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1847 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1849 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1851 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1852 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1853 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1854 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1855 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1856 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1857 there). closes: Bug#34233
1858 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1859 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1860 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1861 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1862 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1864 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1866 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1868 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1869 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1870 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1871 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1874 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1875 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1876 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1877 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1878 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1881 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1882 number. closes: BUG#25911
1884 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1885 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1886 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1887 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1888 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1889 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1891 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1892 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1893 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1896 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1897 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1898 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1900 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1901 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1902 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1903 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1905 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1906 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1907 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1909 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1911 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1912 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1913 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1914 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1915 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1916 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1917 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1918 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1921 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1923 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1924 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1927 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1929 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1931 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1933 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1935 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1937 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1938 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1939 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1940 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1941 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1942 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1943 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1944 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1946 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1947 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1949 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1951 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1953 * non-maintainer release
1954 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1955 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1957 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1958 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1959 * no content changes
1960 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1962 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1964 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1968 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1970 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1972 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1974 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1975 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1976 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1978 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1979 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1981 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1982 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1983 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1984 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1986 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1987 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1988 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1989 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1990 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1991 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1992 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1994 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1995 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1996 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1999 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2000 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2001 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2003 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2004 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2005 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2007 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2008 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2010 * New version numbering scheme:
2012 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2013 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2014 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2017 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2018 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2019 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2020 differ between the manuals.
2022 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2023 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2024 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2025 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2027 * Packaging changes:
2029 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2030 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2032 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2034 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2036 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2038 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2040 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2041 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2042 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2044 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2045 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2048 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2049 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2050 file extension as the referenced file
2052 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2053 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2055 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2056 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2057 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2058 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2061 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2062 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2063 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2065 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2066 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2067 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2068 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2071 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2072 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2075 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2076 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2077 reasonable default configuration
2079 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2080 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2081 by all news servers and clients
2083 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2084 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2085 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2086 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2087 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2089 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2090 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2093 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2095 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2096 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2098 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2101 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2102 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2104 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2105 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2107 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2109 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2111 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2113 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2114 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2115 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2116 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2118 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2120 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2121 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2122 * Don't use debstd anymore
2124 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2126 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2128 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2129 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2130 contrib/non-free policy
2131 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2132 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2133 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2134 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2135 - new section about `Daemons'
2136 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2137 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2138 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2139 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2140 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2141 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2142 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2143 * SGML source code included in package
2144 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2146 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2148 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2150 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2151 - completely reworked structure
2152 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2153 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2154 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2155 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2156 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2157 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2158 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2159 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2160 - mention "orphaned packages"
2161 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2162 distributions' policy
2163 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2164 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2165 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2166 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2167 - added section about arch spec strings
2168 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2169 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2170 - added section about "menus"
2171 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2172 the new documentation policy soon
2173 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2174 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2176 - added section about editors and pagers
2177 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2178 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2179 - added section about device files
2180 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2181 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2182 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2184 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2185 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2186 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2187 - Added new section about obsolete names
2188 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2189 * Fixed package's description
2191 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2193 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2195 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2197 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2199 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2201 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2202 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2203 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2204 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2206 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2208 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2210 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2211 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2212 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2214 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2215 and upload it "byhand" too.
2217 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2219 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2222 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2223 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2224 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2225 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2226 functionality must not have the same name.
2227 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2228 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2229 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2230 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2231 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2232 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2233 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2235 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2236 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2237 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2238 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2239 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2240 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2241 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2242 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2245 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2247 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2249 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2251 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2252 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2253 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2254 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2255 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2258 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2260 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2262 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2264 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2265 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2266 description of deb file format.
2267 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2268 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2270 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2272 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2273 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2275 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2277 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2279 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2280 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2281 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2282 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2283 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2284 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2285 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2286 packages in section on Procedure
2287 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2288 a package maintainer
2289 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2290 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2291 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2293 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2294 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2295 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2296 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2297 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2298 on various shlib files
2299 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2300 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2301 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2303 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2305 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2307 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2308 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2309 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2311 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2312 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2313 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2314 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2315 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2317 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2319 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2321 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2323 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2325 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2326 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2327 compatibility go in contrib.
2329 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2330 instructions in policy manual.
2331 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2334 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2336 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2338 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2339 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2340 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2341 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2343 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2344 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2347 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2349 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2351 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2352 * More detail about changelog format names.
2354 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2355 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2359 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2361 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2363 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2365 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2367 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2369 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2371 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2373 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2374 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2375 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2377 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2379 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2381 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2383 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2385 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2389 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100