1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
4 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
5 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
6 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
7 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
8 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
9 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
10 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
11 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
12 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
13 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
14 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
15 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
16 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
17 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
18 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
20 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
22 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
23 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
24 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
26 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
27 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
28 list?" (Closes: #412634).
29 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
30 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
31 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
32 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
33 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
34 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
35 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
36 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
37 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
38 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
39 debconf specification.
40 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
41 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
43 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
45 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
47 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
48 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
49 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
50 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
51 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
53 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
55 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
56 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
57 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
58 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
59 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
61 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
62 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
63 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
64 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
65 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
66 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
67 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
68 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
69 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
70 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
71 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
72 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
73 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
74 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
75 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
76 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
78 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
80 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
81 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
82 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
83 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
84 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
85 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
86 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
87 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
89 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
91 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
94 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
95 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
96 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
97 Polo (Closes: #372497).
98 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
99 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
102 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
103 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
104 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
105 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
106 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
108 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
110 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
112 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
113 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
114 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
115 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
116 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
117 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
119 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
121 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
123 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
124 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
125 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
126 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
129 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
131 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
133 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
136 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
137 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
138 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
139 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
140 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
141 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
142 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
143 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
144 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
146 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
147 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
148 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
149 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
150 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
151 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
153 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
155 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
156 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
159 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
161 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
163 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
164 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
166 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
167 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
168 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
169 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
170 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
171 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
172 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
173 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
174 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
175 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
176 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
177 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
178 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
179 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
180 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
181 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
182 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
184 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
185 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
186 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
187 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
188 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
189 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
190 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
192 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
193 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
194 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
195 Hess (Closes: #362247).
196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
197 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
198 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
199 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
200 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
201 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
202 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
203 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
204 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
205 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
206 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
207 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
210 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
213 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
214 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
215 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
216 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
217 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
218 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
219 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
220 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
221 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
222 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
226 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
229 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
230 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
232 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
234 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
235 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
236 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
238 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
239 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
240 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
244 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
246 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
247 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
249 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
251 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
253 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
255 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
257 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
258 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
259 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
261 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
264 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
266 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
269 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
270 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
271 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
273 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
274 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
276 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
278 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
280 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
284 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
285 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
286 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
287 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
289 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
290 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
291 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
292 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
295 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
296 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
299 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
300 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
302 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
303 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
304 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
306 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
307 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
308 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
309 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
312 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
313 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
314 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
316 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
317 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
318 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
321 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
322 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
323 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
325 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
326 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
327 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
329 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
330 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
331 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
332 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
333 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
334 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
335 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
336 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
338 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
340 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
343 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
344 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
345 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
346 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
347 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
348 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
349 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
350 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
351 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
353 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
354 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
355 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
356 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
357 this section. closes: Bug#248618
358 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
359 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
360 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
361 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
362 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
363 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
364 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
366 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
367 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
368 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
372 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
373 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
376 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
377 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
378 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
380 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
381 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
382 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
383 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
384 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
385 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
387 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
388 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
390 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
391 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
392 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
393 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
394 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
395 Closes: #185943, #237049
397 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
399 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
402 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
405 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
406 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
407 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
408 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
409 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
410 running. closes: Bug#187250
411 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
412 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
413 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
414 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
415 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
416 user closes: Bug#176506
418 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
420 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
423 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
424 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
425 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
426 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
427 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
428 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
429 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
430 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
431 deb-building toolchain.
432 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
433 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
434 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
435 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
436 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
437 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
438 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
439 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
440 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
441 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
442 sections about changelog files.
444 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
445 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
446 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
447 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
448 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
449 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
451 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
452 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
453 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
454 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
455 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
456 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
457 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
458 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
459 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
460 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
461 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
462 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
463 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
464 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
465 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
466 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
467 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
468 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
469 for the restructuring
471 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
473 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
476 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
478 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
479 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
480 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
481 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
482 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
483 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
485 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
486 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
487 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
488 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
489 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
490 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
491 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
493 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
494 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
495 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
496 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
498 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
500 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
503 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
504 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
505 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
506 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
507 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
508 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
510 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
511 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
512 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
513 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
515 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
516 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
517 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
518 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
519 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
520 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
521 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
522 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
523 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
525 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
526 script should start it, closes: #60979
527 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
528 "should", closes: #170019
529 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
530 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
531 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
532 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
533 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
534 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
535 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
536 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
539 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
541 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
544 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
545 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
546 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
547 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
548 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
549 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
550 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
551 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
552 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
554 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
555 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
556 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
557 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
558 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
559 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
560 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
561 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
562 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
564 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
565 file, closes: Bug#65764
567 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
569 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
571 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
572 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
573 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
574 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
575 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
576 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
577 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
578 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
579 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
580 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
581 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
582 details. closes: Bug#133030
583 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
584 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
587 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
589 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
591 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
592 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
593 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
594 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
595 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
596 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
597 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
598 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
599 not. closes: Bug#139820
600 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
601 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
602 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
603 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
604 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
605 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
606 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
607 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
608 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
609 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
611 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
613 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
614 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
615 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
616 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
617 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
618 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
619 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
620 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
621 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
622 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
623 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
624 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
625 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
626 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
627 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
628 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
629 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
630 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
631 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
632 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
634 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
635 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
636 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
637 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
638 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
639 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
640 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
642 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
643 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
644 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
645 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
646 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
647 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
648 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
649 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
650 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
652 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
654 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
657 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
658 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
659 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
660 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
661 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
662 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
663 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
664 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
665 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
666 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
667 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
668 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
669 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
670 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
671 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
672 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
673 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
674 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
675 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
676 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
677 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
678 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
680 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
682 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
685 medium, high, emergency.
686 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
687 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
688 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
689 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
690 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
693 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
694 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
695 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
697 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
698 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
699 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
700 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
701 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
702 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
703 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
706 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
708 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
710 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
711 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
712 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
713 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
715 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
716 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
717 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
718 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
719 debian/rules to do this
720 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
721 patches are incorporated upstream
722 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
723 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
724 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
725 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
726 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
727 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
729 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
730 system closes: Bug#91249
731 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
732 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
733 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
734 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
735 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
736 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
737 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
738 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
739 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
740 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
741 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
742 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
743 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
745 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
747 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
749 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
750 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
751 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
752 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
754 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
755 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
756 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
758 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
761 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
763 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
766 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
767 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
768 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
769 package for the time being
770 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
771 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
772 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
773 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
774 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
775 * Rename all .text files as .txt
776 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
777 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
778 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
779 Build-Depends arch syntax
780 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
782 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
783 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
785 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
786 from policy maintenance duties.
787 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
788 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
790 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
792 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
794 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
796 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
798 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
800 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
801 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
802 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
803 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
804 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
805 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
806 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
807 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
808 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
809 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
810 minor version number for this
811 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
812 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
813 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
814 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
815 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
816 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
817 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
818 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
819 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
821 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
823 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
826 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
827 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
828 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
829 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
831 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
833 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
834 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
835 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
836 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
837 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
838 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
839 xutils closes: Bug#82966
840 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
841 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
842 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
843 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
844 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
845 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
846 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
847 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
848 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
851 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
853 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
855 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
856 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
858 * Document the Enhances relationship
859 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
860 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
861 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
862 policy. closes: Bug#53496
863 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
864 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
866 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
868 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
869 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
870 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
871 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
873 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
874 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
875 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
876 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
877 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
879 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
881 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
883 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
884 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
885 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
887 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
888 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
889 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
890 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
891 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
892 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
893 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
894 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
895 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
897 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
901 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
903 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
904 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
905 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
906 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
907 policy. closes: Bug#64437
908 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
909 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
910 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
911 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
912 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
913 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
914 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
915 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
916 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
917 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
918 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
919 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
920 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
921 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
922 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
923 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
924 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
926 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
927 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
929 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
931 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
934 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
935 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
936 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
937 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
938 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
939 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
940 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
941 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
942 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
943 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
944 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
945 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
946 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
947 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
948 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
949 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
950 alternative closes: Bug#53755
951 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
952 list closes: Bug#53756
953 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
954 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
955 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
956 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
957 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
958 policy closes: Bug#53760
959 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
960 policy closes: Bug#53761
961 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
962 that use X closes: Bug#53762
963 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
964 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
965 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
966 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
967 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
968 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
969 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
970 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
971 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
973 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
974 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
975 to install with older fileutils.
976 * Installed FHS version 2.1
977 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
978 * Added FHS details to copyright file
979 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
981 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
982 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
984 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
986 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
989 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
991 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
993 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
996 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
998 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1001 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1004 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1006 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1008 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1010 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1013 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1015 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1017 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1020 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1021 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1022 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1023 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1024 directoried (closes: #41547)
1025 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1026 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1027 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1028 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1029 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1030 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1031 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1032 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1033 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1034 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1035 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1037 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1038 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1039 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1040 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1041 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1042 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1043 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1045 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1046 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1047 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1048 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1050 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1052 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1054 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1055 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1057 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1059 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1062 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1064 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1066 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1069 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1071 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1072 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1073 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1074 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1075 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1076 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1077 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1078 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1079 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1080 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1081 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1082 this closes: Bug#38612
1083 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1084 before. closes: Bug#40864
1086 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1088 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1091 officially uploaded.
1092 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1094 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1095 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1096 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1098 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1099 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1100 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1101 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1102 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1103 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1105 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1106 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1107 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1109 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1111 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1112 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1113 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1114 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1115 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1117 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1119 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1122 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1123 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1124 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1125 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1126 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1127 there). closes: Bug#34233
1128 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1129 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1130 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1131 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1132 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1134 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1136 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1139 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1140 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1141 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1144 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1145 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1146 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1147 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1148 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1151 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1152 number. closes: BUG#25911
1154 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1155 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1156 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1157 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1158 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1159 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1161 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1162 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1163 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1166 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1167 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1168 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1170 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1171 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1172 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1173 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1175 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1176 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1177 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1179 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1181 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1182 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1183 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1184 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1185 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1186 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1187 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1188 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1191 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1193 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1194 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1197 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1199 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1203 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1205 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1208 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1209 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1210 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1211 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1212 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1213 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1214 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1216 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1217 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1219 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1221 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1223 * non-maintainer release
1224 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1225 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1227 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1228 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1229 * no content changes
1230 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1232 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1234 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1238 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1240 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1242 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1244 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1245 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1246 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1248 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1249 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1251 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1252 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1253 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1254 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1256 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1257 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1258 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1259 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1260 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1261 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1262 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1264 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1265 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1266 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1269 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1270 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1271 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1273 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1274 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1275 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1277 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1278 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1280 * New version numbering scheme:
1282 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1283 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1284 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1287 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1288 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1289 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1290 differ between the manuals.
1292 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1293 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1294 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1295 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1297 * Packaging changes:
1299 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1300 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1302 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1304 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1306 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1310 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1311 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1312 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1314 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1315 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1318 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1319 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1320 file extension as the referenced file
1322 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1323 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1325 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1326 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1327 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1328 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1331 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1332 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1333 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1335 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1336 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1337 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1338 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1341 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1342 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1345 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1346 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1347 reasonable default configuration
1349 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1350 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1351 by all news servers and clients
1353 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1354 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1355 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1356 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1357 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1359 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1360 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1363 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1365 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1366 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1368 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1371 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1372 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1374 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1375 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1377 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1379 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1381 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1383 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1384 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1385 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1386 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1388 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1390 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1391 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1392 * Don't use debstd anymore
1394 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1396 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1399 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1400 contrib/non-free policy
1401 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1402 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1403 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1404 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1405 - new section about `Daemons'
1406 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1407 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1408 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1409 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1410 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1411 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1412 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1413 * SGML source code included in package
1414 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1416 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1418 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1420 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1421 - completely reworked structure
1422 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1423 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1424 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1425 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1426 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1427 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1428 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1429 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1430 - mention "orphaned packages"
1431 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1432 distributions' policy
1433 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1434 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1435 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1436 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1437 - added section about arch spec strings
1438 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1439 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1440 - added section about "menus"
1441 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1442 the new documentation policy soon
1443 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1444 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1446 - added section about editors and pagers
1447 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1448 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1449 - added section about device files
1450 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1451 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1452 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1454 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1455 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1456 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1457 - Added new section about obsolete names
1458 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1459 * Fixed package's description
1461 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1463 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1465 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1467 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1469 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1471 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1472 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1473 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1474 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1478 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1481 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1482 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1484 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1485 and upload it "byhand" too.
1487 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1489 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1493 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1494 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1495 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1496 functionality must not have the same name.
1497 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1498 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1499 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1500 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1501 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1502 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1503 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1505 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1506 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1507 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1508 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1509 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1510 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1511 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1512 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1515 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1517 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1519 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1521 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1522 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1523 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1524 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1525 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1528 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1530 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1532 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1534 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1535 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1536 description of deb file format.
1537 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1538 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1540 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1542 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1543 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1545 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1547 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1549 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1550 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1551 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1552 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1553 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1554 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1555 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1556 packages in section on Procedure
1557 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1558 a package maintainer
1559 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1560 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1561 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1563 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1564 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1565 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1566 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1567 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1568 on various shlib files
1569 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1570 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1571 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1573 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1575 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1577 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1578 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1579 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1581 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1582 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1583 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1584 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1585 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1587 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1589 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1591 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1593 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1595 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1596 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1597 compatibility go in contrib.
1599 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1600 instructions in policy manual.
1601 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1604 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1606 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1608 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1609 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1610 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1611 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1613 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1614 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1617 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1619 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1621 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1622 * More detail about changelog format names.
1624 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1625 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1629 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1631 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1633 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1635 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1637 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1639 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1641 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1643 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1644 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1645 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1647 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1649 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1651 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1653 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1655 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1659 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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