1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
31 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
35 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
46 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
48 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
49 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
54 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
55 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
56 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
57 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
58 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
59 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
60 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
61 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
62 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
63 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
64 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
65 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
66 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
67 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
68 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
69 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
70 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
71 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
73 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
75 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
79 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
81 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
82 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
86 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
89 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
90 Wording: Steve Langasek.
91 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
92 Seconded: Julien Cristau
96 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
97 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
98 Seconded: Russ Allbery
99 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
102 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
103 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
104 Seconded: Russ Allbery
106 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
107 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
108 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
109 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
110 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
111 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
112 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
113 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
116 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
117 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
118 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
119 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
120 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
121 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
122 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
124 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
125 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
126 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
127 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
128 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
129 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
130 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
133 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
134 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
135 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
136 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
137 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
139 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
142 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
146 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
147 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
150 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
152 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
155 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
159 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
160 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
164 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
165 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
169 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
170 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
173 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
174 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
176 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
177 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
182 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
183 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
187 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
188 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
192 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
193 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
197 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
198 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
202 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
203 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
207 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
208 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
209 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
210 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
211 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
212 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
213 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
214 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
215 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
216 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
217 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
218 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
219 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
220 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
221 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
223 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
224 Source field descriptions.
225 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
226 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
227 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
228 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
229 description says otherwise.
231 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
233 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
237 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
240 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
241 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
243 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
244 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
248 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
249 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
253 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
254 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
258 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
259 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
260 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
261 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
265 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
266 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
267 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
268 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
269 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
271 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
272 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
276 * Add myself to Uploaders.
279 * Add myself to Uploaders.
280 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
282 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
283 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
284 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
286 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
288 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
291 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
296 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
298 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
300 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
301 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
305 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
306 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
308 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
310 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
311 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
315 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
316 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
320 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
321 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
323 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
325 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
326 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
328 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
330 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
331 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
332 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
335 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
336 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
340 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
341 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
344 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
346 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
347 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
348 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
349 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
350 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
351 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
352 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
353 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
354 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
355 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
356 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
357 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
358 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
359 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
360 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
361 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
362 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
363 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
364 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
365 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
366 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
367 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
368 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
369 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
370 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
371 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
372 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
373 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
374 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
375 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
377 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
378 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
379 links was completed long ago.
380 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
382 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
384 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
387 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
389 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
391 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
394 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
395 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
396 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
397 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
398 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
399 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
400 Millan (Closes: #209008).
401 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
402 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
404 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
406 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
408 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
409 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
410 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
411 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
412 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
413 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
414 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
416 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
417 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
418 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
419 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
421 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
422 Küster (Closes: #403391).
423 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
424 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
425 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
426 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
427 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
432 Closes: #186700, #458910
433 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
434 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
438 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
439 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
440 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
441 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
442 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
443 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
444 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
446 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
447 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
449 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
450 * Add an md5sums control file.
451 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
452 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
453 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
454 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
455 currently part of policy.
456 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
457 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
458 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
461 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
463 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
465 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
466 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
467 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
468 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
469 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
470 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
471 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
472 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
473 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
474 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
475 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
476 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
477 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
478 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
479 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
480 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
482 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
484 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
485 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
486 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
488 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
489 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
490 list?" (Closes: #412634).
491 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
492 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
493 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
494 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
495 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
496 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
497 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
498 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
499 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
500 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
501 debconf specification.
502 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
503 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
505 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
507 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
509 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
510 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
512 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
513 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
517 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
518 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
519 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
520 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
521 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
523 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
524 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
525 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
526 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
527 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
528 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
529 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
530 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
531 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
532 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
533 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
534 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
535 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
536 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
537 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
538 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
543 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
544 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
545 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
546 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
547 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
548 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
549 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
551 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
553 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
556 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
557 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
558 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
559 Polo (Closes: #372497).
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
561 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
563 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
564 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
565 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
566 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
568 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
569 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
570 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
571 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
572 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
574 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
575 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
576 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
577 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
578 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
579 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
581 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
583 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
585 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
586 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
587 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
588 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
590 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
591 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
593 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
595 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
598 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
599 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
600 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
601 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
602 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
603 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
604 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
605 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
606 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
608 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
609 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
610 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
611 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
612 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
613 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
614 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
615 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
616 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
617 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
618 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
621 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
623 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
626 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
627 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
628 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
629 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
630 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
631 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
632 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
633 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
634 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
635 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
636 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
637 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
638 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
639 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
640 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
641 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
642 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
643 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
644 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
645 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
646 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
647 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
648 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
649 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
650 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
651 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
652 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
654 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
655 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
656 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
657 Hess (Closes: #362247).
658 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
659 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
660 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
661 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
662 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
663 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
664 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
665 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
666 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
667 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
668 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
669 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
671 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
672 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
674 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
675 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
676 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
677 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
678 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
679 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
680 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
681 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
682 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
683 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
684 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
686 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
688 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
692 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
693 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
694 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
696 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
697 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
698 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
699 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
700 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
701 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
702 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
705 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
706 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
707 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
708 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
709 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
710 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
711 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
712 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
713 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
714 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
715 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
716 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
717 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
718 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
719 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
720 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
721 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
722 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
723 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
726 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
728 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
731 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
732 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
733 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
735 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
736 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
737 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
738 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
740 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
742 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
745 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
746 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
747 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
748 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
749 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
750 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
751 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
752 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
753 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
754 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
756 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
757 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
758 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
760 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
761 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
762 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
763 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
764 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
765 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
766 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
768 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
769 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
770 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
771 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
773 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
774 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
775 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
776 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
777 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
778 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
779 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
780 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
783 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
784 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
785 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
786 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
787 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
788 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
789 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
790 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
791 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
792 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
793 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
794 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
795 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
796 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
797 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
798 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
800 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
802 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
805 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
806 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
807 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
808 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
809 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
810 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
811 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
812 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
813 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
815 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
816 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
817 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
818 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
819 this section. closes: Bug#248618
820 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
821 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
822 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
823 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
824 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
825 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
826 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
827 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
828 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
829 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
830 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
831 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
833 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
834 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
835 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
838 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
839 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
840 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
842 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
843 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
844 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
845 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
846 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
847 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
849 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
850 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
852 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
853 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
854 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
855 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
856 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
857 Closes: #185943, #237049
859 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
861 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
864 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
867 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
868 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
869 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
870 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
871 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
872 running. closes: Bug#187250
873 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
874 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
875 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
876 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
877 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
878 user closes: Bug#176506
880 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
882 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
885 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
886 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
887 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
888 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
889 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
890 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
891 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
892 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
893 deb-building toolchain.
894 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
895 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
896 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
897 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
898 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
899 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
900 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
901 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
902 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
903 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
904 sections about changelog files.
906 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
907 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
908 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
909 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
910 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
911 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
913 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
914 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
915 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
916 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
917 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
918 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
919 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
920 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
921 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
922 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
923 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
924 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
925 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
926 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
927 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
928 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
929 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
930 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
931 for the restructuring
933 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
935 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
938 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
940 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
941 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
942 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
943 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
944 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
945 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
947 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
948 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
949 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
950 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
951 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
952 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
953 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
955 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
956 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
957 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
958 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
960 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
962 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
965 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
966 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
967 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
968 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
969 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
970 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
972 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
973 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
974 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
975 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
977 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
978 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
979 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
980 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
981 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
982 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
983 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
984 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
985 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
987 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
988 script should start it, closes: #60979
989 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
990 "should", closes: #170019
991 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
992 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
993 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
994 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
995 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
996 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
997 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
998 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1001 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1003 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1007 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1008 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1009 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1010 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1011 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1012 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1013 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1014 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1016 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1017 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1018 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1019 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1020 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1021 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1022 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1023 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1024 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1026 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1027 file, closes: Bug#65764
1029 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1031 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1034 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1035 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1036 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1037 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1038 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1039 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1040 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1041 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1042 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1043 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1044 details. closes: Bug#133030
1045 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1046 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1047 parts of Bug#161455.
1049 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1051 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1054 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1055 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1056 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1057 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1058 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1059 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1060 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1061 not. closes: Bug#139820
1062 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1063 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1064 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1065 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1066 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1067 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1068 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1069 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1070 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1071 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1073 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1075 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1076 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1077 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1078 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1079 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1080 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1081 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1082 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1083 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1084 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1085 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1086 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1087 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1088 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1089 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1090 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1091 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1092 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1093 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1094 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1096 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1097 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1098 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1099 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1100 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1101 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1102 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1104 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1105 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1106 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1107 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1108 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1109 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1110 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1111 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1112 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1114 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1116 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1119 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1120 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1121 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1122 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1123 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1124 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1125 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1126 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1127 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1128 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1129 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1130 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1131 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1132 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1133 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1134 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1135 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1136 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1137 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1138 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1139 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1140 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1144 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1147 medium, high, emergency.
1148 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1149 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1150 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1151 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1152 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1155 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1156 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1157 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1159 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1160 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1161 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1162 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1163 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1164 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1165 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1170 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1173 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1174 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1175 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1177 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1178 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1179 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1180 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1181 debian/rules to do this
1182 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1183 patches are incorporated upstream
1184 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1185 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1186 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1187 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1188 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1189 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1191 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1192 system closes: Bug#91249
1193 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1194 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1195 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1196 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1197 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1198 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1199 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1200 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1201 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1202 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1203 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1204 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1205 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1207 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1209 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1212 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1213 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1214 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1216 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1217 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1218 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1220 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1223 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1225 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1228 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1229 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1230 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1231 package for the time being
1232 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1233 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1234 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1235 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1236 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1237 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1238 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1239 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1240 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1241 Build-Depends arch syntax
1242 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1244 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1245 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1247 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1248 from policy maintenance duties.
1249 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1250 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1254 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1258 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1260 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1263 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1264 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1265 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1266 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1267 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1268 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1269 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1270 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1271 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1272 minor version number for this
1273 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1274 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1275 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1276 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1277 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1278 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1279 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1280 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1281 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1283 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1285 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1288 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1289 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1290 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1291 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1293 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1295 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1296 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1297 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1298 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1299 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1300 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1301 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1302 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1303 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1304 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1305 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1306 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1307 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1308 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1309 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1310 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1313 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1315 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1318 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1320 * Document the Enhances relationship
1321 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1322 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1323 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1324 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1325 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1326 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1328 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1330 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1331 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1332 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1333 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1335 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1336 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1337 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1338 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1339 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1341 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1343 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1345 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1346 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1347 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1349 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1350 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1351 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1352 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1353 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1354 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1355 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1356 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1357 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1359 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1361 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1363 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1365 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1366 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1367 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1368 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1369 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1370 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1371 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1372 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1373 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1374 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1375 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1376 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1377 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1378 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1379 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1380 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1381 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1382 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1383 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1384 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1385 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1386 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1388 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1389 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1391 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1393 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1395 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1396 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1397 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1398 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1399 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1400 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1401 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1402 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1403 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1404 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1405 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1406 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1407 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1408 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1409 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1410 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1411 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1412 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1413 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1414 list closes: Bug#53756
1415 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1416 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1417 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1418 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1419 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1420 policy closes: Bug#53760
1421 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1422 policy closes: Bug#53761
1423 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1424 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1425 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1426 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1427 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1428 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1429 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1430 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1431 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1432 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1433 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1435 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1436 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1437 to install with older fileutils.
1438 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1439 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1440 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1441 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1443 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1444 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1446 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1448 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1450 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1451 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1453 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1455 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1458 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1460 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1463 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1466 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1468 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1470 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1472 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1475 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1477 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1479 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1482 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1483 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1484 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1485 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1486 directoried (closes: #41547)
1487 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1488 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1489 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1490 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1491 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1492 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1493 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1494 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1495 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1496 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1497 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1499 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1500 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1501 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1502 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1503 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1504 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1505 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1507 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1508 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1509 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1510 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1512 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1514 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1516 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1517 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1519 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1521 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1523 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1524 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1526 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1528 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1531 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1533 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1534 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1535 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1536 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1537 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1538 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1539 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1540 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1541 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1542 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1543 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1544 this closes: Bug#38612
1545 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1546 before. closes: Bug#40864
1548 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1550 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1552 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1553 officially uploaded.
1554 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1556 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1557 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1558 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1560 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1561 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1562 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1563 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1564 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1565 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1567 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1568 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1569 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1571 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1573 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1574 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1575 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1576 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1577 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1579 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1581 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1584 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1585 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1586 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1587 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1588 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1589 there). closes: Bug#34233
1590 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1591 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1592 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1593 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1594 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1596 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1598 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1600 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1601 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1602 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1603 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1606 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1607 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1608 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1609 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1610 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1613 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1614 number. closes: BUG#25911
1616 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1617 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1618 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1619 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1620 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1621 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1623 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1624 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1625 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1628 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1629 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1630 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1632 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1633 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1634 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1635 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1637 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1638 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1639 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1641 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1643 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1644 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1645 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1646 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1647 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1648 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1649 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1650 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1653 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1655 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1656 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1659 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1661 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1663 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1665 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1667 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1669 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1670 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1671 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1672 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1673 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1674 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1675 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1676 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1678 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1679 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1681 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1683 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1685 * non-maintainer release
1686 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1687 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1689 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1690 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1691 * no content changes
1692 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1694 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1696 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1700 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1702 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1704 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1706 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1707 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1708 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1710 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1711 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1713 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1714 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1715 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1716 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1718 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1719 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1720 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1721 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1722 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1723 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1724 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1726 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1727 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1728 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1731 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1732 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1733 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1735 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1736 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1737 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1739 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1740 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1742 * New version numbering scheme:
1744 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1745 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1746 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1749 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1750 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1751 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1752 differ between the manuals.
1754 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1755 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1756 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1757 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1759 * Packaging changes:
1761 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1762 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1764 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1766 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1768 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1770 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1772 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1773 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1774 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1776 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1777 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1780 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1781 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1782 file extension as the referenced file
1784 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1785 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1787 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1788 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1789 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1790 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1793 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1794 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1795 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1797 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1798 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1799 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1800 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1803 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1804 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1807 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1808 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1809 reasonable default configuration
1811 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1812 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1813 by all news servers and clients
1815 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1816 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1817 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1818 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1819 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1821 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1822 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1825 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1827 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1828 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1830 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1833 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1834 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1836 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1837 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1839 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1841 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1843 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1845 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1846 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1847 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1848 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1850 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1852 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1853 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1854 * Don't use debstd anymore
1856 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1858 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1860 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1861 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1862 contrib/non-free policy
1863 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1864 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1865 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1866 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1867 - new section about `Daemons'
1868 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1869 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1870 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1871 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1872 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1873 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1874 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1875 * SGML source code included in package
1876 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1878 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1880 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1882 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1883 - completely reworked structure
1884 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1885 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1886 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1887 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1888 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1889 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1890 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1891 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1892 - mention "orphaned packages"
1893 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1894 distributions' policy
1895 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1896 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1897 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1898 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1899 - added section about arch spec strings
1900 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1901 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1902 - added section about "menus"
1903 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1904 the new documentation policy soon
1905 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1906 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1908 - added section about editors and pagers
1909 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1910 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1911 - added section about device files
1912 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1913 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1914 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1916 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1917 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1918 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1919 - Added new section about obsolete names
1920 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1921 * Fixed package's description
1923 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1925 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1927 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1929 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1931 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1933 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1934 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1935 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1936 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1938 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1940 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1942 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1943 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1944 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1946 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1947 and upload it "byhand" too.
1949 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1951 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1954 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1955 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1956 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1957 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1958 functionality must not have the same name.
1959 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1960 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1961 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1962 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1963 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1964 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1965 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1967 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1968 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1969 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1970 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1971 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1972 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1973 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1974 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1977 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1979 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1981 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1983 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1984 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1985 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1986 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1987 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1990 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1992 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1994 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1996 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1997 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1998 description of deb file format.
1999 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2000 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2002 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2004 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2005 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2007 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2009 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2011 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2012 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2013 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2014 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2015 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2016 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2017 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2018 packages in section on Procedure
2019 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2020 a package maintainer
2021 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2022 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2023 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2025 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2026 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2027 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2028 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2029 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2030 on various shlib files
2031 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2032 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2033 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2035 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2037 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2039 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2040 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2041 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2043 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2044 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2045 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2046 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2047 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2049 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2051 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2053 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2055 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2057 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2058 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2059 compatibility go in contrib.
2061 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2062 instructions in policy manual.
2063 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2066 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2068 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2070 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2071 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2072 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2073 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2075 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2076 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2079 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2081 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2083 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2084 * More detail about changelog format names.
2086 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2087 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2091 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2093 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2095 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2097 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2099 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2101 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2103 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2105 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2106 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2107 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2109 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2111 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2113 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2115 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2117 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2121 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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