1 debian-policy (3.5.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
11 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
13 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
14 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
15 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
16 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
18 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
19 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
20 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
22 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
25 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
27 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
30 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
31 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
32 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
33 package for the time being
34 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
35 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
36 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
37 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
38 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
39 * Rename all .text files as .txt
40 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
41 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
42 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
43 Build-Depends arch syntax
44 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
46 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
47 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
49 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
50 from policy maintenance duties.
51 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
52 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
54 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
56 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
60 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
62 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
64 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
65 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
66 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
67 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
68 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
69 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
70 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
71 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
72 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
73 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
74 minor version number for this
75 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
76 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
77 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
78 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
79 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
80 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
81 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
82 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
83 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
85 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
87 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
89 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
90 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
91 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
92 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
93 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
95 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
97 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
98 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
99 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
100 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
101 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
102 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
103 xutils closes: Bug#82966
104 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
105 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
106 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
107 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
108 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
109 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
110 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
111 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
112 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
117 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
119 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
120 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
122 * Document the Enhances relationship
123 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
124 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
125 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
126 policy. closes: Bug#53496
127 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
128 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
130 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
132 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
133 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
134 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
135 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
137 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
138 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
139 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
140 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
141 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
145 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
148 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
149 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
151 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
152 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
153 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
154 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
155 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
156 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
157 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
158 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
159 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
161 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
165 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
167 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
168 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
169 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
170 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
171 policy. closes: Bug#64437
172 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
173 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
174 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
175 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
176 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
177 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
178 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
179 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
180 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
181 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
182 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
183 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
184 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
185 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
186 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
187 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
188 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
190 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
191 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
193 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
195 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
197 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
198 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
199 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
200 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
201 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
202 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
203 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
204 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
205 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
206 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
207 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
208 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
209 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
210 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
211 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
212 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
213 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
214 alternative closes: Bug#53755
215 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
216 list closes: Bug#53756
217 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
218 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
219 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
220 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
221 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
222 policy closes: Bug#53760
223 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
224 policy closes: Bug#53761
225 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
226 that use X closes: Bug#53762
227 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
228 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
229 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
230 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
231 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
232 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
233 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
234 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
235 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
237 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
238 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
239 to install with older fileutils.
240 * Installed FHS version 2.1
241 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
242 * Added FHS details to copyright file
243 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
245 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
246 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
250 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
253 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
255 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
257 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
260 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
262 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
265 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
267 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
268 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
270 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
272 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
274 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
277 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
279 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
281 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
284 #45561, #42447, #48570)
285 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
286 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
287 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
288 directoried (closes: #41547)
289 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
290 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
291 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
292 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
293 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
294 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
295 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
296 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
297 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
298 package criteria (closes: #45318)
299 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
301 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
302 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
303 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
304 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
305 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
306 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
307 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
309 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
310 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
311 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
312 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
314 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
316 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
318 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
319 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
321 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
323 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
326 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
328 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
330 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
332 * A few typos and omissions corrected
333 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
335 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
336 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
337 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
338 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
339 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
340 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
341 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
342 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
343 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
344 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
345 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
346 this closes: Bug#38612
347 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
348 before. closes: Bug#40864
350 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
352 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
354 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
356 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
358 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
359 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
360 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
362 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
363 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
364 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
365 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
366 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
367 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
369 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
370 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
371 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
373 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
375 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
376 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
377 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
378 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
379 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
381 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
383 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
385 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
386 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
387 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
388 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
389 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
390 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
391 there). closes: Bug#34233
392 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
393 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
394 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
395 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
396 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
398 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
400 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
402 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
403 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
404 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
405 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
408 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
409 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
410 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
411 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
412 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
415 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
416 number. closes: BUG#25911
418 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
419 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
420 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
421 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
422 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
423 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
425 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
426 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
427 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
430 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
431 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
432 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
434 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
435 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
436 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
437 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
439 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
440 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
441 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
443 * Make the package optional, not extra.
445 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
446 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
447 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
448 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
449 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
450 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
451 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
452 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
455 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
457 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
458 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
461 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
463 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
465 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
467 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
469 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
471 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
472 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
473 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
474 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
475 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
476 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
477 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
478 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
480 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
481 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
483 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
485 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
487 * non-maintainer release
488 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
489 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
491 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
492 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
494 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
496 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
498 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
504 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
506 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
508 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
509 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
510 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
512 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
513 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
515 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
516 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
517 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
518 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
520 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
521 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
522 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
523 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
524 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
525 and restart options and to comply with the console message
526 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
528 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
529 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
530 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
533 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
534 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
535 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
537 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
538 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
539 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
541 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
542 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
544 * New version numbering scheme:
546 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
547 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
548 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
551 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
552 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
553 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
554 differ between the manuals.
556 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
557 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
558 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
559 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
563 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
564 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
566 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
570 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
572 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
574 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
575 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
576 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
578 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
579 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
582 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
583 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
584 file extension as the referenced file
586 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
587 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
589 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
590 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
591 start, stop, restart, force-reload
592 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
595 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
596 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
597 be installed into /etc/cron.d
599 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
600 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
601 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
602 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
605 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
606 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
609 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
610 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
611 reasonable default configuration
613 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
614 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
615 by all news servers and clients
617 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
618 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
619 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
620 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
621 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
623 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
624 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
627 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
629 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
630 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
632 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
635 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
636 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
638 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
639 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
641 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
643 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
645 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
647 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
648 - X library package is now called xlib6g
649 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
650 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
652 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
654 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
655 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
656 * Don't use debstd anymore
658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
660 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
662 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
663 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
664 contrib/non-free policy
665 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
666 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
667 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
668 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
669 - new section about `Daemons'
670 - updated section about `Configuration files'
671 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
672 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
673 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
674 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
675 * Paper about libc6 migration:
676 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
677 * SGML source code included in package
678 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
680 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
682 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
685 - completely reworked structure
686 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
687 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
688 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
689 - removed all those ugly footnotes
690 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
691 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
692 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
693 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
694 - mention "orphaned packages"
695 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
696 distributions' policy
697 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
698 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
699 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
700 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
701 - added section about arch spec strings
702 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
703 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
704 - added section about "menus"
705 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
706 the new documentation policy soon
707 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
708 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
710 - added section about editors and pagers
711 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
712 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
713 - added section about device files
714 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
715 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
716 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
718 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
719 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
720 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
721 - Added new section about obsolete names
722 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
723 * Fixed package's description
725 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
727 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
729 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
733 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
735 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
736 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
737 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
738 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
740 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
742 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
744 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
745 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
746 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
748 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
749 and upload it "byhand" too.
751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
753 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
756 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
757 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
758 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
759 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
760 functionality must not have the same name.
761 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
762 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
763 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
764 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
765 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
766 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
767 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
769 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
770 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
771 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
772 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
773 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
774 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
775 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
776 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
779 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
781 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
783 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
785 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
786 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
787 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
788 a package into. (Guy Maor)
789 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
792 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
794 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
796 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
798 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
799 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
800 description of deb file format.
801 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
802 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
804 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
806 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
807 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
809 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
811 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
813 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
814 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
815 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
816 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
817 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
818 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
819 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
820 packages in section on Procedure
821 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
823 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
824 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
825 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
827 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
828 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
829 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
830 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
831 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
832 on various shlib files
833 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
834 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
835 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
837 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
839 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
841 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
842 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
843 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
845 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
846 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
847 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
848 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
849 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
851 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
853 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
855 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
857 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
859 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
860 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
861 compatibility go in contrib.
863 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
864 instructions in policy manual.
865 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
868 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
870 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
872 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
873 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
874 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
875 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
877 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
878 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
881 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
883 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
885 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
886 * More detail about changelog format names.
888 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
889 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
893 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
895 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
897 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
899 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
901 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
903 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
905 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
907 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
908 * More verbosity about netiquette.
909 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
911 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
913 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
915 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
917 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
919 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
923 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100