1 debian-policy (3.9.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Policy: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
4 * Policy: Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
5 Wording: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
10 * Policy: [9.2.2] document 32-bit UIDs ranges.
11 Wording: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
16 * Policy: [5.1] empty field values in control files are only permitted in
17 the debian/control file of a source package.
18 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
22 * Policy: [4.9] debian/rules: required targets must not attempt network
24 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
28 * Policy: [12.3] recommend to ship additional documentation for package 'pkg'
29 in a separate package 'pkg-doc' and install it into /usr/share/doc/pkg.
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
35 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Fri, 08 May 2015 15:10:02 +0200
37 debian-policy (3.9.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Fix FTBFS with emacs 24.4. Thanks to David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
40 for the help. Closes: #769219
42 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:55:55 +0100
44 debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
47 * upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
48 the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
50 - Build-Depends emacs-nox|emacs instead of emacs23. Closes: #753999
51 Thanks Gabriele Giacone and Rob Browning.
52 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
53 * Policy: [11.5.1] Web servers: Fix use of metasyntactic variables and
54 applications Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
55 * Policy: [5.6.21] Files: Fix typo "by" -> be. Closes: #753353.
56 Thanks Benedikt Wildenhain.
57 * Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
58 Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
60 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
62 * Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
63 Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
69 * Perl Policy: @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
70 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
74 * Perl Policy: Explain %Config earlier
75 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
79 * Perl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch
80 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
84 * Perl Policy: Packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-*
86 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
91 * Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories
92 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 * Policy: Discourage statically linked binaries
97 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
101 * Policy: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)
102 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
104 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
106 * Policy: Change default web document root to /var/www/html
107 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Arno Töll <arno@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de>
111 * virtual-package-names-list: Update java runtime list
112 Wording: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
113 Seconded: Tony Mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
116 * virtual-package-names-list: Add httpd-wsgi
117 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
119 Seconded: Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when /lib<qual>
123 or /usr/lib<qual> does.
124 Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
125 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
127 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:03:20 +0200
132 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
135 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
139 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
140 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
145 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
146 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
150 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
153 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
157 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
158 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
159 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
163 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
167 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
168 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
170 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
172 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
173 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
174 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
178 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
179 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
183 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
184 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
186 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
188 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
189 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
190 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
193 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
194 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
195 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
199 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
200 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
201 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
203 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
204 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
205 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
206 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
207 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
208 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
209 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
210 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
211 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
212 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
213 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
214 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
216 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
217 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
218 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
219 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
221 -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
223 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
225 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
226 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
227 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
229 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
230 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
231 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
232 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
237 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
238 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
242 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
243 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
247 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
248 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
249 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
250 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
254 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
255 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
260 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
261 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
262 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
265 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
266 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
267 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
270 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
271 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
276 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
278 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
280 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
281 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
282 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
283 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
284 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
286 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
287 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
288 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
289 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
290 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
291 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
292 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
293 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
294 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
295 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
296 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
297 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
298 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
299 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
300 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
301 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
302 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
304 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
305 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
306 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
307 good to know which version one is looking at.
308 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
309 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
310 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
311 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
312 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
313 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
314 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
316 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
317 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
318 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
319 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
320 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
322 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
323 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
324 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
326 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
327 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
328 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
329 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
331 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
333 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
336 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
337 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
338 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
339 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
340 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
341 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
342 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
343 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
344 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
345 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
346 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
351 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
352 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
357 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
358 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
359 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
362 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
364 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
365 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
369 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
370 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
373 Closes: #620870, #532120
374 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
375 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
380 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
381 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
382 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
386 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
387 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
388 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
389 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
390 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
392 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
393 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
394 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
395 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
396 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
397 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
398 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
399 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
400 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
401 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
402 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
403 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
404 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
405 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
406 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
407 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
409 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
411 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
412 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
413 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
414 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
415 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
416 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
417 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
418 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
419 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
420 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
423 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
425 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
426 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
427 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
433 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
434 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
436 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
437 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
438 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
439 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
442 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
444 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
448 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
449 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
450 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
453 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
454 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
455 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
457 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
458 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
464 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
465 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
466 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
469 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
470 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
475 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
476 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
477 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
478 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
481 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
482 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
483 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
486 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
487 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
492 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
494 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
497 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
500 Closes: #459868, #581011
501 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
502 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
504 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
506 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
507 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
509 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
511 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
512 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
514 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
516 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
517 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
521 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
522 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
525 Closes: #501930, #593909
526 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
527 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
529 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
531 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
532 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
533 machine. (Closes: #591857)
534 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
535 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
536 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
537 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
538 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
539 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
540 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
541 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
542 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
543 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
545 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
546 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
547 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
548 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
549 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
550 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
551 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
552 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
553 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
554 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
555 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
556 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
557 than the version in oldstable.
558 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
559 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
560 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
561 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
562 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
563 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
564 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
565 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
566 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
567 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
568 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
569 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
570 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
571 package. (Closes: #609160)
573 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
575 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
581 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
583 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
584 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
588 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
589 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
593 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
594 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
596 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
598 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
599 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
600 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
603 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
604 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
605 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
606 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
608 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
609 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
613 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
614 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
616 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
618 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
619 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
621 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
623 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
624 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
629 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
630 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
632 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
635 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
636 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
637 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
640 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
641 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
642 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
643 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
645 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
646 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
647 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
648 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
650 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
651 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
655 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
656 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
657 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
660 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
661 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
662 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
663 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
665 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
667 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
668 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
669 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
670 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
671 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
672 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
673 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
674 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
675 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
677 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
678 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
679 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
680 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
681 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
682 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
684 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
686 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
692 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
695 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
696 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
697 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
698 and distribution license' (three times).
699 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
700 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
701 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
702 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
703 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
705 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
707 Proposed by Santiago Vila
708 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
709 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
710 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
711 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
715 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
716 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
717 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
718 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
720 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
721 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
722 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
723 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
724 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
725 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
727 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
728 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
729 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
730 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
732 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
733 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
734 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
735 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
736 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
738 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
739 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
740 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
741 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
742 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
744 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
745 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
746 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
747 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
748 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
750 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
751 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
752 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
753 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
755 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
756 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
757 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
758 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
759 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
761 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
762 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
763 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
764 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
766 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
767 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
769 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
771 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
772 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
773 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
774 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
775 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
777 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
778 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
779 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
780 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
782 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
783 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
785 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
788 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
789 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
790 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
793 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
794 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
795 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
796 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
797 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
798 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
799 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
800 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
801 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
802 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
803 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
804 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
805 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
806 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
807 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
808 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
809 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
810 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
811 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
812 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
813 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
814 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
815 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
816 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
817 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
818 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
819 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
820 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
821 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
822 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
823 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
824 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
826 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
828 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
830 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
833 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
834 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
836 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
837 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
841 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
844 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
845 Wording: Steve Langasek.
846 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
847 Seconded: Julien Cristau
848 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
851 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
852 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
853 Seconded: Russ Allbery
854 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
857 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
858 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
859 Seconded: Russ Allbery
861 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
862 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
863 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
864 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
865 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
866 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
867 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
868 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
869 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
871 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
872 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
873 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
874 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
875 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
876 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
877 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
878 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
879 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
880 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
881 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
882 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
883 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
884 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
885 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
886 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
888 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
889 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
890 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
891 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
892 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
894 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
897 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
898 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
899 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
900 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
901 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
902 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
905 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
907 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
910 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
911 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
912 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
914 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
915 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
916 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
917 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
919 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
920 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
921 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
922 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
924 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
925 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
926 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
927 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
928 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
929 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
931 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
932 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
933 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
934 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
935 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
937 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
938 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
939 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
940 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
942 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
943 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
944 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
945 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
947 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
948 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
949 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
950 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
952 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
953 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
954 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
955 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
957 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
958 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
959 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
960 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
962 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
963 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
964 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
965 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
966 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
967 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
968 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
969 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
970 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
971 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
972 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
973 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
974 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
975 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
976 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
978 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
979 Source field descriptions.
980 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
981 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
982 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
983 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
984 description says otherwise.
986 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
988 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
992 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
993 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
994 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
995 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
996 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
998 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
999 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1000 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1001 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
1003 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
1004 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1005 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1006 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1008 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
1009 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1010 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1011 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
1013 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
1014 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
1015 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
1016 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
1020 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
1021 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
1022 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
1023 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
1024 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
1026 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
1027 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
1028 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1029 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1031 * Add myself to Uploaders.
1034 * Add myself to Uploaders.
1035 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
1037 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
1038 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
1039 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
1041 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
1043 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
1046 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1047 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1048 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1050 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
1051 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1052 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
1053 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1055 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
1056 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1057 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1058 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1060 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
1061 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1062 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1063 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1065 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
1066 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1067 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1068 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1070 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
1071 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1072 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1073 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1075 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
1076 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1077 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
1078 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1080 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
1081 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1082 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1083 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
1085 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
1086 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
1087 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1088 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
1090 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
1091 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
1092 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1093 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
1095 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
1096 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1097 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1098 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
1099 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1101 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
1102 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
1103 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
1104 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
1105 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
1106 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
1107 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
1108 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
1109 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
1110 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
1111 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
1112 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
1113 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
1114 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
1115 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
1116 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
1117 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
1118 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
1119 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
1120 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
1121 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
1122 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
1123 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
1124 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
1125 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
1126 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
1127 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
1128 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
1129 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
1130 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1132 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1133 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1134 links was completed long ago.
1135 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1137 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1139 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1142 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1144 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1146 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1149 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1150 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1151 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1152 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1153 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1154 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1155 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1156 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1157 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1159 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1161 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1163 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1164 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1165 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1166 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1167 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1168 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1169 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1171 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1172 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1173 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1174 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1176 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1177 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1178 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1179 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1180 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1181 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1182 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1183 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1184 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1185 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1186 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1187 Closes: #186700, #458910
1188 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1189 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1190 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1192 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1193 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1194 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1195 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1196 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1197 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1198 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1199 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1201 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1202 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1204 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1205 * Add an md5sums control file.
1206 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1207 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1208 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1209 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1210 currently part of policy.
1211 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1212 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1213 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1216 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1218 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1221 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1222 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1223 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1224 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1225 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1226 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1227 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1228 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1229 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1231 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1232 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1233 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1234 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1235 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1237 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1239 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1240 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1241 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1243 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1244 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1245 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1246 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1247 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1248 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1249 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1250 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1251 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1252 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1253 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1254 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1255 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1256 debconf specification.
1257 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1258 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1260 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1262 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1265 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1267 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1268 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1273 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1274 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1275 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1276 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1278 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1279 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1280 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1281 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1282 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1283 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1284 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1285 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1286 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1287 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1288 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1289 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1290 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1292 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1295 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1298 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1299 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1300 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1302 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1303 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1304 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1306 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1308 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1311 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1312 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1314 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1316 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1319 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1320 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1321 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1323 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1325 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1327 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1329 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1330 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1331 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1332 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1333 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1334 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1336 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1338 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1341 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1342 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1343 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1346 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1348 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1350 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1353 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1354 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1355 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1356 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1357 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1358 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1359 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1360 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1361 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1363 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1364 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1366 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1367 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1368 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1370 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1372 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1373 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1376 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1378 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1381 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1383 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1384 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1385 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1386 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1387 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1388 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1389 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1390 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1391 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1392 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1393 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1394 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1395 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1396 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1397 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1398 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1399 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1400 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1401 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1402 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1403 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1404 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1405 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1406 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1407 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1409 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1410 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1411 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1412 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1414 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1415 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1416 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1417 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1418 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1419 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1420 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1421 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1422 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1423 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1424 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1427 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1429 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1430 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1431 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1432 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1433 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1434 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1435 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1436 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1437 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1438 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1439 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1441 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1443 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1447 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1449 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1451 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1452 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1453 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1454 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1455 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1456 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1457 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1458 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1460 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1461 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1462 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1463 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1464 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1466 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1467 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1468 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1469 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1470 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1471 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1472 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1474 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1475 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1476 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1477 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1478 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1481 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1483 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1485 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1486 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1487 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1488 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1490 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1491 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1493 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1495 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1497 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1500 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1501 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1502 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1503 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1504 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1505 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1506 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1507 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1508 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1509 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1512 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1513 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1516 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1517 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1518 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1519 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1520 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1521 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1523 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1524 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1525 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1526 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1529 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1530 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1531 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1533 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1534 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1535 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1538 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1539 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1540 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1541 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1542 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1543 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1544 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1545 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1546 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1547 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1548 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1549 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1550 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1551 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1552 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1553 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1555 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1557 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1560 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1561 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1562 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1563 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1564 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1565 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1566 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1567 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1568 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1570 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1571 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1572 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1573 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1574 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1575 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1576 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1577 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1578 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1579 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1580 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1581 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1582 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1583 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1584 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1585 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1586 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1588 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1589 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1590 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1593 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1594 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1595 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1597 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1598 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1599 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1600 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1601 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1602 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1604 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1605 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1607 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1608 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1609 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1610 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1611 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1612 Closes: #185943, #237049
1614 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1616 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1619 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1622 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1623 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1624 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1625 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1626 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1627 running. closes: Bug#187250
1628 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1629 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1630 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1631 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1632 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1633 user closes: Bug#176506
1635 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1637 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1640 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1641 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1642 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1643 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1644 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1645 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1646 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1647 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1648 deb-building toolchain.
1649 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1650 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1651 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1652 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1653 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1654 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1655 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1656 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1657 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1658 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1659 sections about changelog files.
1661 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1662 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1663 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1664 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1665 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1666 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1668 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1669 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1670 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1671 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1672 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1673 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1674 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1675 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1676 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1677 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1678 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1679 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1680 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1681 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1682 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1683 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1684 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1685 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1686 for the restructuring
1688 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1690 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1693 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1695 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1696 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1697 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1698 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1699 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1700 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1702 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1703 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1704 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1705 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1706 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1707 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1708 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1710 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1711 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1712 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1713 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1715 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1717 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1720 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1721 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1722 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1723 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1724 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1725 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1727 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1728 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1729 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1730 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1732 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1733 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1734 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1735 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1736 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1737 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1738 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1739 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1740 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1741 offtopic stuff, too.
1742 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1743 script should start it, closes: #60979
1744 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1745 "should", closes: #170019
1746 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1747 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1748 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1749 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1750 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1751 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1752 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1753 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1756 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1758 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1761 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1762 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1763 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1764 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1765 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1766 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1767 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1768 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1769 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1771 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1772 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1773 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1774 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1775 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1776 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1777 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1778 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1779 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1781 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1782 file, closes: Bug#65764
1784 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1786 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1788 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1789 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1790 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1791 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1792 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1793 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1794 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1795 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1796 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1797 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1798 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1799 details. closes: Bug#133030
1800 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1801 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1802 parts of Bug#161455.
1804 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1806 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1808 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1809 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1810 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1811 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1812 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1813 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1814 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1815 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1816 not. closes: Bug#139820
1817 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1818 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1819 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1820 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1821 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1822 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1823 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1824 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1825 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1826 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1828 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1830 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1831 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1832 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1833 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1834 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1835 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1836 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1837 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1838 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1839 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1840 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1841 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1842 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1843 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1844 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1845 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1846 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1847 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1848 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1849 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1851 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1852 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1853 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1854 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1855 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1856 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1857 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1859 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1860 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1861 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1862 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1863 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1864 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1865 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1866 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1867 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1869 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1871 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1873 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1874 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1875 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1876 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1877 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1878 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1879 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1880 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1881 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1882 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1883 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1884 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1885 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1886 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1887 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1888 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1889 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1890 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1891 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1892 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1893 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1894 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1895 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1899 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1901 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1902 medium, high, emergency.
1903 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1904 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1905 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1906 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1907 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1910 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1911 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1912 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1914 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1915 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1916 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1917 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1918 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1919 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1920 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1923 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1925 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1927 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1928 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1929 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1930 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1932 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1933 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1934 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1935 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1936 debian/rules to do this
1937 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1938 patches are incorporated upstream
1939 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1940 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1941 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1942 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1943 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1944 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1946 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1947 system closes: Bug#91249
1948 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1949 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1950 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1951 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1952 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1953 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1954 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1955 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1956 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1957 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1958 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1959 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1960 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1962 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1964 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1966 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1967 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1968 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1969 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1971 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1972 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1973 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1975 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1978 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1980 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1982 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1983 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1984 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1985 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1986 package for the time being
1987 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1988 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1989 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1990 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1991 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1992 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1993 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1994 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1995 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1996 Build-Depends arch syntax
1997 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1999 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
2000 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
2002 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
2003 from policy maintenance duties.
2004 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
2005 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
2007 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
2009 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
2011 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
2013 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
2015 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2017 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
2018 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
2019 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
2020 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
2021 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
2022 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
2023 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
2024 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
2025 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
2026 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
2027 minor version number for this
2028 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
2029 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
2030 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
2031 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
2032 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
2033 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
2034 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
2035 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
2036 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
2038 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
2040 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2042 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
2043 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
2044 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
2045 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
2046 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
2048 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
2050 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
2051 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
2052 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
2053 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
2054 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
2055 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
2056 xutils closes: Bug#82966
2057 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
2058 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
2059 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
2060 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
2061 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
2062 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
2063 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
2064 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
2065 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
2068 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
2070 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2072 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
2073 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
2075 * Document the Enhances relationship
2076 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
2077 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
2078 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
2079 policy. closes: Bug#53496
2080 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
2081 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
2083 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
2085 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
2086 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
2087 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
2088 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
2090 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
2091 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
2092 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
2093 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
2094 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
2096 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
2098 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2100 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
2101 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
2102 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
2104 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
2105 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
2106 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
2107 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
2108 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
2109 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
2110 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
2111 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
2112 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
2114 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
2116 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
2118 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2120 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
2121 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
2122 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
2123 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
2124 policy. closes: Bug#64437
2125 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
2126 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
2127 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
2128 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
2129 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
2130 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
2131 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2132 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2133 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2134 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2135 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2136 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2137 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2138 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2139 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2140 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2141 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2143 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2144 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2146 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2148 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2150 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2151 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2152 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2153 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2154 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2155 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2156 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2157 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2158 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2159 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2160 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2161 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2162 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2163 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2164 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2165 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2166 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2167 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2168 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2169 list closes: Bug#53756
2170 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2171 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2172 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2173 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2174 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2175 policy closes: Bug#53760
2176 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2177 policy closes: Bug#53761
2178 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2179 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2180 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2181 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2182 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2183 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2184 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2185 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2186 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2187 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2188 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2190 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2191 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2192 to install with older fileutils.
2193 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2194 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2195 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2196 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2198 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2199 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2201 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2203 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2205 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2206 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2210 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2212 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2213 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2215 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2218 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2220 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2221 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2223 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2225 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2227 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2229 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2230 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2232 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2234 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2236 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2237 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2238 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2239 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2240 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2241 directoried (closes: #41547)
2242 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2243 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2244 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2245 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2246 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2247 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2248 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2249 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2250 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2251 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2252 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2254 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2255 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2256 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2257 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2258 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2259 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2260 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2262 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2263 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2264 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2265 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2267 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2269 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2271 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2272 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2274 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2276 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2278 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2279 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2281 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2283 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2285 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2286 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2288 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2289 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2290 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2291 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2292 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2293 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2294 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2295 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2296 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2297 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2298 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2299 this closes: Bug#38612
2300 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2301 before. closes: Bug#40864
2303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2305 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2307 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2308 officially uploaded.
2309 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2311 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2312 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2313 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2315 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2316 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2317 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2318 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2319 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2320 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2322 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2323 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2324 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2326 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2328 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2329 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2330 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2331 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2332 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2334 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2336 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2338 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2339 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2340 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2341 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2342 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2343 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2344 there). closes: Bug#34233
2345 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2346 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2347 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2348 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2349 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2351 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2353 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2355 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2356 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2357 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2358 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2361 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2362 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2363 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2364 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2365 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2368 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2369 number. closes: BUG#25911
2371 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2372 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2373 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2374 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2375 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2376 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2378 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2379 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2380 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2383 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2384 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2385 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2387 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2388 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2389 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2390 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2392 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2393 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2394 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2396 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2398 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2399 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2400 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2401 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2402 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2403 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2404 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2405 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2408 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2410 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2411 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2416 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2418 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2420 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2422 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2424 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2425 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2426 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2427 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2428 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2429 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2430 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2431 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2433 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2434 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2436 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2438 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2440 * non-maintainer release
2441 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2442 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2444 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2445 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2446 * no content changes
2447 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2449 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2451 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2455 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2457 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2459 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2461 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2462 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2463 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2465 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2466 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2468 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2469 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2470 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2471 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2473 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2474 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2475 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2476 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2477 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2478 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2479 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2481 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2482 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2483 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2486 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2487 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2488 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2490 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2491 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2492 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2494 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2495 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2497 * New version numbering scheme:
2499 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2500 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2501 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2504 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2505 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2506 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2507 differ between the manuals.
2509 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2510 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2511 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2512 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2514 * Packaging changes:
2516 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2517 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2519 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2523 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2525 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2527 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2528 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2529 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2531 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2532 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2535 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2536 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2537 file extension as the referenced file
2539 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2540 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2542 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2543 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2544 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2545 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2548 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2549 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2550 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2552 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2553 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2554 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2555 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2558 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2559 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2562 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2563 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2564 reasonable default configuration
2566 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2567 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2568 by all news servers and clients
2570 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2571 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2572 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2573 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2574 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2576 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2577 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2580 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2582 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2583 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2585 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2588 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2589 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2591 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2592 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2594 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2596 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2598 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2600 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2601 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2602 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2603 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2605 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2607 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2608 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2609 * Don't use debstd anymore
2611 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2613 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2615 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2616 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2617 contrib/non-free policy
2618 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2619 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2620 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2621 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2622 - new section about `Daemons'
2623 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2624 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2625 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2626 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2627 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2628 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2629 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2630 * SGML source code included in package
2631 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2633 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2635 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2637 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2638 - completely reworked structure
2639 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2640 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2641 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2642 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2643 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2644 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2645 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2646 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2647 - mention "orphaned packages"
2648 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2649 distributions' policy
2650 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2651 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2652 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2653 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2654 - added section about arch spec strings
2655 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2656 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2657 - added section about "menus"
2658 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2659 the new documentation policy soon
2660 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2661 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2663 - added section about editors and pagers
2664 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2665 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2666 - added section about device files
2667 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2668 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2669 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2671 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2672 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2673 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2674 - Added new section about obsolete names
2675 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2676 * Fixed package's description
2678 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2680 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2682 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2684 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2686 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2688 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2689 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2690 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2691 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2693 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2695 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2697 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2698 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2699 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2701 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2702 and upload it "byhand" too.
2704 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2706 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2709 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2710 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2711 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2712 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2713 functionality must not have the same name.
2714 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2715 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2716 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2717 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2718 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2719 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2720 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2722 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2723 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2724 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2725 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2726 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2727 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2728 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2729 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2732 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2734 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2736 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2738 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2739 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2740 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2741 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2742 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2745 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2747 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2749 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2751 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2752 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2753 description of deb file format.
2754 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2755 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2757 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2759 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2760 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2762 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2764 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2766 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2767 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2768 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2769 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2770 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2771 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2772 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2773 packages in section on Procedure
2774 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2775 a package maintainer
2776 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2777 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2778 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2780 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2781 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2782 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2783 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2784 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2785 on various shlib files
2786 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2787 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2788 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2790 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2792 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2794 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2795 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2796 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2798 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2799 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2800 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2801 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2802 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2804 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2806 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2808 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2810 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2812 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2813 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2814 compatibility go in contrib.
2816 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2817 instructions in policy manual.
2818 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2821 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2823 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2825 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2826 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2827 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2828 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2830 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2831 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2834 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2836 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2838 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2839 * More detail about changelog format names.
2841 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2842 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2846 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2848 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2850 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2852 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2854 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2856 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2858 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2860 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2861 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2862 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2864 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2866 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2868 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2870 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2872 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2876 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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