1 debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
5 the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
6 * Fix use of metasyntactic variable in [11.5.1] Web servers and applications
7 Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
8 * Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
9 Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
11 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
14 Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
20 * Perl Policy: @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
21 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
25 * Perl Policy: Explain %Config earlier
26 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
30 * Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories
31 Wording Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
33 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
38 * Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when /lib<qual>
39 or /usr/lib<qual> does.
40 Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
41 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
43 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Fri, 30 May 2014 11:55:39 +0200
48 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
51 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
55 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
56 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
61 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
62 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
66 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
67 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
68 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
69 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
74 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
75 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
79 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
83 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
84 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
86 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
88 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
89 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
90 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
94 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
95 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
99 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
100 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
102 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
104 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
105 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
106 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
109 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
110 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
111 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
115 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
116 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
117 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
119 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
120 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
121 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
122 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
123 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
124 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
125 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
126 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
127 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
128 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
129 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
130 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
132 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
133 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
134 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
135 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
137 -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
139 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
141 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
142 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
143 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
145 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
146 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
147 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
153 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
154 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
158 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
159 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
163 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
164 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
165 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
166 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
170 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
171 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
175 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
176 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
178 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
181 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
182 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
183 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
186 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
187 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
192 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
194 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
197 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
198 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
199 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
200 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
202 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
203 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
204 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
205 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
206 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
207 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
208 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
209 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
210 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
211 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
212 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
213 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
214 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
215 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
216 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
217 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
218 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
220 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
221 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
222 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
223 good to know which version one is looking at.
224 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
225 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
226 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
227 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
228 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
229 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
230 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
232 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
233 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
234 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
235 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
236 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
238 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
239 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
240 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
242 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
243 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
244 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
245 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
247 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
249 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
253 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
254 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
255 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
256 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
257 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
258 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
259 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
260 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
261 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
262 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
267 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
268 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
273 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
274 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
275 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
278 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
280 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
281 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
285 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
286 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
289 Closes: #620870, #532120
290 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
291 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
296 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
297 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
298 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
302 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
303 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
304 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
305 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
306 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
308 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
309 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
310 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
311 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
312 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
313 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
314 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
315 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
316 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
317 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
318 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
319 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
320 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
321 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
322 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
323 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
325 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
327 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
328 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
329 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
330 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
331 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
332 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
333 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
334 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
335 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
336 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
339 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
341 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
342 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
343 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
344 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
349 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
350 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
352 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
353 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
354 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
355 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
358 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
360 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
364 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
365 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
366 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
369 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
370 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
371 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
373 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
374 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
380 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
381 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
382 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
385 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
386 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
389 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
391 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
392 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
393 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
394 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
397 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
398 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
399 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
402 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
403 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
404 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
405 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
408 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
410 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
412 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
413 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
416 Closes: #459868, #581011
417 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
418 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
420 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
422 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
423 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
425 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
427 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
428 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
430 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
432 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
433 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
437 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
438 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
441 Closes: #501930, #593909
442 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
443 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
447 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
448 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
449 machine. (Closes: #591857)
450 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
451 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
452 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
453 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
454 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
455 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
456 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
457 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
458 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
459 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
461 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
462 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
463 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
464 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
465 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
466 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
467 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
468 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
469 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
470 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
471 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
472 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
473 than the version in oldstable.
474 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
475 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
476 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
477 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
478 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
479 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
480 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
481 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
482 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
483 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
484 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
485 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
486 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
487 package. (Closes: #609160)
489 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
491 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
494 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
495 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
499 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
500 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
504 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
505 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
509 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
510 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
511 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
514 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
515 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
519 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
520 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
522 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
524 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
525 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
529 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
530 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
532 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
534 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
535 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
537 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
539 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
540 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
545 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
546 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
547 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
548 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
551 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
552 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
556 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
557 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
561 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
562 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
566 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
567 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
571 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
572 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
576 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
577 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
581 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
583 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
584 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
585 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
586 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
587 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
588 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
589 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
590 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
591 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
593 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
594 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
595 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
596 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
597 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
598 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
600 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
602 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
608 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
611 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
612 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
613 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
614 and distribution license' (three times).
615 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
616 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
617 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
621 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
623 Proposed by Santiago Vila
624 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
631 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
632 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
634 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
636 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
637 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
638 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
639 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
641 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
643 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
644 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
648 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
649 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
652 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
654 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
655 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
656 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
657 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
658 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
660 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
661 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
662 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
663 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
664 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
666 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
667 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
668 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
671 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
672 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
675 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
677 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
678 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
679 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
680 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
682 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
683 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
685 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
687 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
688 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
689 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
690 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
691 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
693 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
694 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
695 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
696 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
698 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
699 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
700 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
701 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
702 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
704 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
705 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
706 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
707 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
709 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
710 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
711 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
712 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
713 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
714 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
715 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
716 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
717 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
718 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
719 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
720 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
721 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
722 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
723 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
724 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
725 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
726 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
727 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
728 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
729 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
730 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
731 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
732 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
733 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
734 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
735 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
736 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
737 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
738 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
739 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
740 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
742 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
744 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
746 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
749 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
750 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
752 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
753 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
757 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
760 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
761 Wording: Steve Langasek.
762 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
763 Seconded: Julien Cristau
764 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
767 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
768 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
769 Seconded: Russ Allbery
770 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
773 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
774 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
775 Seconded: Russ Allbery
777 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
778 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
779 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
780 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
781 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
782 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
783 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
784 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
785 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
787 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
788 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
789 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
790 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
791 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
792 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
793 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
794 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
795 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
796 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
797 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
798 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
799 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
800 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
801 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
804 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
805 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
806 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
807 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
808 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
810 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
813 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
814 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
815 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
816 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
817 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
818 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
821 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
823 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
826 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
827 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
828 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
830 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
831 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
832 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
833 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
835 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
836 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
837 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
838 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
840 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
841 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
842 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
843 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
844 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
845 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
847 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
848 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
849 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
851 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
853 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
854 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
855 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
856 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
858 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
859 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
860 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
863 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
864 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
865 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
866 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
868 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
869 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
870 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
871 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
873 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
874 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
875 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
876 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
878 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
879 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
880 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
881 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
882 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
883 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
884 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
885 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
886 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
887 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
888 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
889 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
890 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
891 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
892 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
894 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
895 Source field descriptions.
896 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
897 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
898 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
899 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
900 description says otherwise.
902 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
904 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
907 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
908 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
909 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
910 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
911 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
912 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
914 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
915 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
916 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
917 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
919 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
920 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
921 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
922 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
924 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
925 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
926 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
927 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
929 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
930 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
931 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
932 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
936 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
937 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
938 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
939 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
940 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
942 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
943 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
944 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
945 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
947 * Add myself to Uploaders.
950 * Add myself to Uploaders.
951 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
953 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
954 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
955 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
957 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
959 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
962 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
963 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
964 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
966 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
967 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
968 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
969 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
971 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
972 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
973 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
974 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
976 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
977 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
978 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
979 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
981 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
982 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
983 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
984 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
986 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
987 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
988 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
989 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
991 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
992 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
993 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
994 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
996 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
997 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
998 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
999 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
1001 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
1002 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
1003 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1004 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
1006 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
1007 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
1008 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1009 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
1011 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
1012 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1013 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1014 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
1015 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1017 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
1018 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
1019 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
1020 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
1021 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
1022 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
1023 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
1024 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
1025 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
1026 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
1027 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
1028 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
1029 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
1030 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
1031 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
1032 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
1033 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
1034 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
1035 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
1036 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
1037 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
1038 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
1039 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
1040 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
1041 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
1042 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
1043 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
1044 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
1045 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
1046 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1048 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1049 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1050 links was completed long ago.
1051 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1053 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1055 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1058 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1060 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1062 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1065 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1066 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1067 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1068 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1069 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1070 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1071 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1072 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1073 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1075 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1077 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1079 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1080 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1081 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1082 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1083 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1084 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1085 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1087 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1088 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1089 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1090 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1092 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1093 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1094 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1095 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1096 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1097 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1098 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1099 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1100 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1101 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1102 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1103 Closes: #186700, #458910
1104 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1105 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1106 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1108 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1109 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1110 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1111 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1112 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1113 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1114 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1115 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1117 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1118 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1120 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1121 * Add an md5sums control file.
1122 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1123 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1124 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1125 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1126 currently part of policy.
1127 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1128 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1129 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1132 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1134 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1137 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1138 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1139 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1140 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1141 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1142 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1143 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1144 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1145 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1147 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1148 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1149 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1150 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1151 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1153 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1155 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1156 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1157 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1159 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1160 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1161 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1162 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1163 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1164 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1165 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1166 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1167 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1168 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1169 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1170 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1171 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1172 debconf specification.
1173 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1174 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1176 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1178 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1181 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1183 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1184 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1189 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1190 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1191 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1192 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1194 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1195 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1196 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1197 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1198 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1199 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1200 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1201 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1202 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1203 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1204 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1205 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1206 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1208 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1214 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1215 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1216 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1218 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1219 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1220 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1222 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1224 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1227 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1228 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1230 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1232 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1235 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1236 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1237 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1239 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1241 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1243 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1245 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1246 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1247 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1248 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1249 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1250 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1254 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1257 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1258 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1259 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1261 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1262 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1264 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1266 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1269 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1270 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1271 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1272 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1273 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1274 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1275 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1276 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1277 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1279 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1280 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1282 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1283 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1284 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1286 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1288 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1289 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1292 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1294 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1296 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1297 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1299 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1300 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1301 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1302 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1303 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1304 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1305 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1306 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1307 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1308 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1309 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1310 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1311 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1312 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1313 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1314 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1315 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1317 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1318 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1319 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1320 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1321 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1322 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1323 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1325 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1326 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1327 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1328 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1330 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1331 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1332 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1333 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1334 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1335 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1336 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1337 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1338 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1339 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1340 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1343 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1346 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1348 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1349 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1350 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1351 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1352 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1353 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1354 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1355 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1359 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1363 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1365 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1367 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1368 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1369 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1371 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1372 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1373 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1377 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1379 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1380 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1382 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1384 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1386 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1388 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1390 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1391 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1392 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1394 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1397 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1399 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1402 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1403 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1404 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1406 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1407 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1409 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1411 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1413 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1416 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1417 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1418 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1419 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1420 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1422 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1423 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1424 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1425 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1427 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1428 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1429 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1431 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1432 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1433 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1434 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1435 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1436 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1437 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1439 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1440 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1441 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1442 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1445 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1446 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1447 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1449 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1450 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1451 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1453 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1454 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1455 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1456 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1458 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1459 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1460 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1461 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1462 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1463 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1464 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1465 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1466 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1467 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1468 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1469 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1471 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1473 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1477 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1478 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1479 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1480 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1481 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1482 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1483 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1484 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1486 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1487 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1488 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1489 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1490 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1491 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1492 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1493 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1494 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1495 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1496 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1497 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1498 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1499 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1500 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1501 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1504 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1505 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1506 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1509 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1510 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1511 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1513 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1514 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1515 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1516 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1517 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1518 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1520 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1521 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1523 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1524 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1525 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1526 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1527 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1528 Closes: #185943, #237049
1530 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1532 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1538 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1539 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1540 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1541 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1542 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1543 running. closes: Bug#187250
1544 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1545 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1546 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1547 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1548 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1549 user closes: Bug#176506
1551 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1553 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1556 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1557 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1558 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1559 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1560 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1561 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1562 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1563 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1564 deb-building toolchain.
1565 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1566 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1567 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1568 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1569 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1570 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1571 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1572 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1573 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1574 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1575 sections about changelog files.
1577 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1578 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1579 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1580 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1581 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1582 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1584 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1585 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1586 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1587 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1588 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1589 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1590 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1591 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1592 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1593 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1594 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1595 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1596 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1597 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1598 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1599 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1600 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1601 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1602 for the restructuring
1604 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1606 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1609 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1611 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1612 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1613 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1614 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1615 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1616 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1618 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1619 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1620 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1621 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1622 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1623 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1624 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1626 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1627 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1628 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1629 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1631 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1633 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1636 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1637 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1638 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1639 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1640 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1641 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1643 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1644 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1645 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1646 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1648 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1649 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1650 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1651 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1652 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1653 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1654 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1655 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1656 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1657 offtopic stuff, too.
1658 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1659 script should start it, closes: #60979
1660 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1661 "should", closes: #170019
1662 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1663 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1664 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1665 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1666 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1667 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1668 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1669 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1674 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1677 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1678 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1679 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1680 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1681 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1682 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1683 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1684 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1685 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1687 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1688 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1689 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1690 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1691 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1692 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1693 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1694 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1695 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1697 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1698 file, closes: Bug#65764
1700 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1702 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1704 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1705 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1706 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1707 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1708 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1709 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1710 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1711 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1712 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1713 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1714 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1715 details. closes: Bug#133030
1716 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1717 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1718 parts of Bug#161455.
1720 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1722 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1724 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1725 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1726 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1727 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1728 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1729 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1730 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1731 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1732 not. closes: Bug#139820
1733 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1734 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1735 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1736 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1737 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1738 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1739 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1740 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1741 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1742 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1744 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1746 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1747 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1748 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1749 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1750 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1751 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1752 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1753 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1754 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1755 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1756 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1757 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1758 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1759 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1760 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1761 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1762 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1763 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1764 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1765 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1767 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1768 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1769 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1770 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1771 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1772 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1773 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1775 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1776 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1777 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1778 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1779 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1780 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1781 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1782 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1783 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1785 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1787 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1789 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1790 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1791 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1792 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1793 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1794 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1795 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1796 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1797 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1798 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1799 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1800 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1801 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1802 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1803 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1804 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1805 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1806 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1807 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1808 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1809 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1810 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1811 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1813 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1815 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1817 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1818 medium, high, emergency.
1819 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1820 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1821 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1822 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1823 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1826 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1827 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1828 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1830 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1831 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1832 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1833 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1834 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1835 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1836 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1839 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1841 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1843 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1844 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1845 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1846 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1848 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1849 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1850 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1851 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1852 debian/rules to do this
1853 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1854 patches are incorporated upstream
1855 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1856 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1857 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1858 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1859 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1860 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1862 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1863 system closes: Bug#91249
1864 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1865 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1866 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1867 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1868 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1869 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1870 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1871 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1872 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1873 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1874 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1875 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1876 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1878 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1880 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1882 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1883 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1884 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1885 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1887 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1888 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1889 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1891 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1894 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1896 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1898 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1899 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1900 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1901 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1902 package for the time being
1903 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1904 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1905 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1906 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1907 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1908 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1909 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1910 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1911 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1912 Build-Depends arch syntax
1913 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1915 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1916 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1918 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1919 from policy maintenance duties.
1920 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1921 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1923 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1925 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1927 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1929 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1931 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1933 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1934 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1935 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1936 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1937 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1938 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1939 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1940 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1941 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1942 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1943 minor version number for this
1944 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1945 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1946 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1947 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1948 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1949 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1950 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1951 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1952 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1954 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1956 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1958 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1959 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1960 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1961 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1962 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1964 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1966 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1967 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1968 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1969 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1970 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1971 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1972 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1973 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1974 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1975 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1976 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1977 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1978 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1979 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1980 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1981 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1984 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1986 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1988 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1989 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1991 * Document the Enhances relationship
1992 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1993 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1994 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1995 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1996 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1997 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1999 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
2001 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
2002 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
2003 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
2004 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
2006 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
2007 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
2008 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
2009 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
2010 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
2012 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
2014 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2016 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
2017 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
2018 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
2020 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
2021 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
2022 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
2023 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
2024 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
2025 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
2026 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
2027 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
2028 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
2030 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
2032 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
2034 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2036 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
2037 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
2038 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
2039 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
2040 policy. closes: Bug#64437
2041 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
2042 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
2043 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
2044 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
2045 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
2046 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
2047 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2048 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2049 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2050 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2051 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2052 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2053 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2054 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2055 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2056 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2057 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2059 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2060 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2062 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2064 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2066 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2067 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2068 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2069 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2070 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2071 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2072 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2073 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2074 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2075 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2076 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2077 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2078 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2079 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2080 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2081 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2082 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2083 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2084 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2085 list closes: Bug#53756
2086 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2087 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2088 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2089 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2090 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2091 policy closes: Bug#53760
2092 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2093 policy closes: Bug#53761
2094 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2095 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2096 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2097 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2098 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2099 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2100 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2101 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2102 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2103 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2104 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2106 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2107 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2108 to install with older fileutils.
2109 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2110 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2111 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2112 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2114 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2115 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2117 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2119 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2121 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2122 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2126 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2128 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2129 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2131 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2134 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2136 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2137 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2139 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2141 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2143 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2145 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2146 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2148 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2150 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2152 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2153 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2154 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2155 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2156 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2157 directoried (closes: #41547)
2158 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2159 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2160 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2161 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2162 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2163 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2164 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2165 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2166 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2167 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2168 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2170 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2171 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2172 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2173 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2174 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2175 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2176 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2178 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2179 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2180 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2181 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2183 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2185 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2187 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2188 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2190 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2192 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2194 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2195 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2197 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2199 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2201 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2202 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2204 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2205 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2206 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2207 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2208 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2209 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2210 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2211 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2212 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2213 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2214 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2215 this closes: Bug#38612
2216 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2217 before. closes: Bug#40864
2219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2221 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2223 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2224 officially uploaded.
2225 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2227 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2228 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2229 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2231 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2232 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2233 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2234 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2235 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2236 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2238 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2239 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2240 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2242 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2244 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2245 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2246 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2247 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2248 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2252 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2254 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2255 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2256 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2257 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2258 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2259 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2260 there). closes: Bug#34233
2261 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2262 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2263 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2264 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2265 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2267 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2269 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2271 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2272 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2273 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2274 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2277 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2278 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2279 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2280 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2281 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2284 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2285 number. closes: BUG#25911
2287 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2288 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2289 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2290 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2291 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2292 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2294 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2295 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2296 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2299 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2300 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2301 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2303 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2304 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2305 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2306 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2308 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2309 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2310 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2312 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2314 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2315 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2316 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2317 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2318 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2319 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2320 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2321 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2324 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2326 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2327 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2332 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2334 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2336 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2338 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2340 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2341 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2342 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2343 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2344 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2345 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2346 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2347 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2349 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2350 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2352 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2354 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2356 * non-maintainer release
2357 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2358 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2360 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2361 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2362 * no content changes
2363 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2365 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2367 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2371 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2373 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2375 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2377 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2378 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2379 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2381 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2382 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2384 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2385 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2386 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2387 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2389 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2390 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2391 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2392 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2393 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2394 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2395 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2397 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2398 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2399 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2402 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2403 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2404 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2406 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2407 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2408 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2410 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2411 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2413 * New version numbering scheme:
2415 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2416 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2417 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2420 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2421 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2422 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2423 differ between the manuals.
2425 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2426 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2427 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2428 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2430 * Packaging changes:
2432 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2433 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2435 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2439 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2441 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2443 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2444 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2445 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2447 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2448 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2451 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2452 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2453 file extension as the referenced file
2455 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2456 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2458 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2459 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2460 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2461 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2464 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2465 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2466 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2468 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2469 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2470 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2471 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2474 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2475 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2478 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2479 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2480 reasonable default configuration
2482 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2483 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2484 by all news servers and clients
2486 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2487 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2488 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2489 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2490 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2492 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2493 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2496 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2498 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2499 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2501 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2504 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2505 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2507 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2508 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2510 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2512 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2514 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2516 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2517 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2518 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2519 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2521 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2523 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2524 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2525 * Don't use debstd anymore
2527 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2529 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2531 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2532 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2533 contrib/non-free policy
2534 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2535 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2536 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2537 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2538 - new section about `Daemons'
2539 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2540 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2541 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2542 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2543 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2544 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2545 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2546 * SGML source code included in package
2547 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2549 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2551 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2553 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2554 - completely reworked structure
2555 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2556 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2557 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2558 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2559 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2560 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2561 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2562 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2563 - mention "orphaned packages"
2564 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2565 distributions' policy
2566 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2567 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2568 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2569 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2570 - added section about arch spec strings
2571 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2572 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2573 - added section about "menus"
2574 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2575 the new documentation policy soon
2576 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2577 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2579 - added section about editors and pagers
2580 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2581 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2582 - added section about device files
2583 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2584 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2585 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2587 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2588 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2589 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2590 - Added new section about obsolete names
2591 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2592 * Fixed package's description
2594 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2596 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2598 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2600 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2602 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2604 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2605 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2606 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2607 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2609 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2611 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2613 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2614 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2615 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2617 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2618 and upload it "byhand" too.
2620 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2622 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2625 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2626 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2627 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2628 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2629 functionality must not have the same name.
2630 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2631 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2632 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2633 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2634 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2635 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2636 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2638 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2639 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2640 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2641 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2642 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2643 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2644 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2645 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2648 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2650 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2652 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2654 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2655 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2656 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2657 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2658 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2661 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2663 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2665 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2667 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2668 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2669 description of deb file format.
2670 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2671 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2673 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2675 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2676 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2678 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2680 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2682 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2683 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2684 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2685 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2686 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2687 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2688 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2689 packages in section on Procedure
2690 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2691 a package maintainer
2692 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2693 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2694 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2696 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2697 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2698 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2699 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2700 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2701 on various shlib files
2702 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2703 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2704 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2706 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2708 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2710 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2711 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2712 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2714 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2715 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2716 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2717 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2718 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2720 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2722 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2724 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2726 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2728 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2729 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2730 compatibility go in contrib.
2732 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2733 instructions in policy manual.
2734 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2737 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2739 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2741 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2742 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2743 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2744 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2746 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2747 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2750 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2752 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2754 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2755 * More detail about changelog format names.
2757 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2758 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2762 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2764 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2766 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2768 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2770 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2772 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2774 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2776 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2777 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2778 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2780 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2782 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2784 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2786 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2788 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2792 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100