1 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
4 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
9 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
19 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
20 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
21 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
25 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
26 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
27 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
28 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
30 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700
32 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
34 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
35 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
36 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
38 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
39 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
40 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
41 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
46 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
47 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
52 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
56 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
57 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
58 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
59 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
63 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
64 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
68 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
69 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
70 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
71 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
74 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
75 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
76 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
79 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
80 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
85 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
87 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
90 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
91 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
92 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
93 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
95 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
96 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
97 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
98 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
99 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
100 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
101 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
102 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
103 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
104 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
105 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
106 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
107 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
108 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
109 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
110 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
111 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
113 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
114 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
115 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
116 good to know which version one is looking at.
117 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
118 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
119 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
120 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
121 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
122 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
123 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
125 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
126 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
127 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
128 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
129 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
131 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
132 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
133 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
135 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
136 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
137 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
138 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
140 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
142 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
146 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
147 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
148 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
149 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
150 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
151 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
152 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
153 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
154 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
155 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
160 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
161 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
166 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
167 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
168 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
171 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
173 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
174 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
178 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
179 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
182 Closes: #620870, #532120
183 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
184 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
189 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
190 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
191 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
195 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
196 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
197 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
198 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
199 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
201 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
202 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
203 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
204 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
205 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
206 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
207 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
208 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
209 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
210 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
211 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
212 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
213 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
214 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
215 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
216 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
218 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
220 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
221 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
222 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
223 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
224 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
225 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
226 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
227 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
228 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
229 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
232 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
234 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
235 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
236 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
237 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
242 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
243 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
245 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
246 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
247 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
248 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
251 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
253 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
257 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
258 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
259 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
262 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
263 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
264 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
266 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
267 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
273 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
274 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
275 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
278 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
279 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
284 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
285 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
286 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
287 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
290 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
291 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
292 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
295 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
296 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
301 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
303 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
306 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
309 Closes: #459868, #581011
310 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
311 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
313 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
315 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
316 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
318 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
320 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
321 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
323 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
325 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
326 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
330 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
331 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
334 Closes: #501930, #593909
335 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
336 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
340 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
341 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
342 machine. (Closes: #591857)
343 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
344 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
345 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
346 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
347 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
348 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
349 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
350 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
351 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
352 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
354 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
355 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
356 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
357 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
358 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
359 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
360 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
361 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
362 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
363 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
364 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
365 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
366 than the version in oldstable.
367 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
368 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
369 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
370 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
371 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
372 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
373 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
374 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
375 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
376 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
377 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
378 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
379 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
380 package. (Closes: #609160)
382 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
384 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
387 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
388 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
389 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
392 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
393 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
394 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
397 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
398 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
402 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
403 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
404 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
405 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
407 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
408 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
412 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
413 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
417 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
418 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
422 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
423 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
425 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
427 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
430 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
432 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
433 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
438 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
439 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
444 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
445 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
449 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
450 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
454 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
455 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
459 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
460 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
464 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
465 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
469 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
470 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
474 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
476 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
477 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
478 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
479 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
480 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
481 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
482 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
483 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
484 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
486 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
487 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
488 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
489 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
490 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
491 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
493 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
495 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
501 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
504 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
505 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
506 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
507 and distribution license' (three times).
508 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
509 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
511 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
514 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
516 Proposed by Santiago Vila
517 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
524 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
525 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
529 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
530 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
531 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
533 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
534 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
536 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
537 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
539 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
541 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
542 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
545 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
547 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
548 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
551 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
553 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
554 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
556 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
557 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
559 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
560 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
561 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
564 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
565 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
570 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
571 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
572 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
575 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
576 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
580 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
581 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
582 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
583 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
586 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
587 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
588 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
589 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
591 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
592 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
593 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
594 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
597 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
598 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
599 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
600 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
602 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
603 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
604 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
605 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
606 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
607 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
608 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
609 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
610 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
611 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
612 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
613 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
614 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
615 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
616 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
617 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
618 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
619 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
620 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
621 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
622 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
623 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
624 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
625 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
626 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
627 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
628 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
629 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
630 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
631 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
632 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
633 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
635 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
637 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
639 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
642 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
643 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
645 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
646 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
650 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
653 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
654 Wording: Steve Langasek.
655 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
656 Seconded: Julien Cristau
657 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
660 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
661 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
662 Seconded: Russ Allbery
663 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
666 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
667 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
668 Seconded: Russ Allbery
670 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
671 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
672 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
673 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
674 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
675 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
676 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
677 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
680 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
681 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
682 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
683 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
684 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
685 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
686 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
687 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
688 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
689 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
690 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
691 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
692 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
693 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
694 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
695 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
697 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
698 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
699 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
700 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
701 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
703 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
706 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
707 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
709 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
710 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
711 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
714 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
716 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
718 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
719 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
720 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
721 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
723 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
724 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
725 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
726 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
728 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
729 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
730 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
731 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
733 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
734 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
735 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
736 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
737 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
738 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
740 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
741 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
742 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
743 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
744 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
746 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
747 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
748 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
749 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
751 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
752 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
753 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
754 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
756 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
757 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
758 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
759 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
761 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
762 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
763 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
764 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
766 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
767 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
769 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
771 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
772 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
773 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
774 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
775 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
776 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
777 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
778 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
779 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
780 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
781 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
782 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
783 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
784 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
785 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
787 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
788 Source field descriptions.
789 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
790 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
791 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
792 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
793 description says otherwise.
795 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
797 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
800 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
801 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
803 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
804 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
805 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
807 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
808 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
809 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
810 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
812 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
813 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
814 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
815 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
817 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
818 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
819 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
820 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
822 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
823 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
824 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
825 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
829 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
830 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
831 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
832 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
833 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
835 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
836 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
837 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
838 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
840 * Add myself to Uploaders.
843 * Add myself to Uploaders.
844 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
846 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
847 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
848 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
850 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
852 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
855 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
856 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
857 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
859 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
860 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
862 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
864 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
865 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
866 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
867 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
869 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
870 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
871 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
872 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
874 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
875 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
876 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
877 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
879 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
880 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
881 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
882 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
884 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
885 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
886 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
887 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
889 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
890 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
891 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
892 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
894 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
895 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
896 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
897 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
899 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
900 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
901 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
902 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
904 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
905 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
906 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
907 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
908 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
910 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
911 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
912 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
913 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
914 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
915 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
916 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
917 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
918 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
919 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
920 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
921 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
922 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
923 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
924 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
925 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
926 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
927 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
928 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
929 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
930 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
931 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
932 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
933 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
934 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
935 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
936 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
937 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
938 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
939 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
941 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
942 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
943 links was completed long ago.
944 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
946 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
948 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
950 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
951 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
953 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
955 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
957 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
958 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
959 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
960 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
961 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
962 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
963 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
964 Millan (Closes: #209008).
965 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
966 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
968 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
970 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
972 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
973 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
974 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
975 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
976 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
977 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
978 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
980 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
981 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
982 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
983 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
985 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
986 Küster (Closes: #403391).
987 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
988 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
989 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
990 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
991 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
992 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
993 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
994 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
995 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
996 Closes: #186700, #458910
997 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
998 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
999 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1001 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1002 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1003 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1004 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1005 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1006 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1007 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1008 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1010 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1011 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1013 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1014 * Add an md5sums control file.
1015 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1016 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1017 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1018 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1019 currently part of policy.
1020 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1021 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1022 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1025 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1027 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1030 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1031 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1032 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1033 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1034 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1035 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1036 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1037 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1038 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1040 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1041 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1042 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1043 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1044 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1046 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1048 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1049 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1050 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1052 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1053 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1054 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1055 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1056 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1057 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1058 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1059 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1060 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1061 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1062 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1063 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1064 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1065 debconf specification.
1066 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1067 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1069 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1071 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1074 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1075 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1076 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1077 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1079 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1081 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1082 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1083 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1084 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1085 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1087 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1088 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1089 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1090 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1091 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1092 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1093 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1094 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1095 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1096 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1097 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1098 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1099 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1101 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1106 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1107 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1108 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1109 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1110 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1111 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1112 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1113 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1117 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1120 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1121 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1123 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1125 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1128 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1129 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1130 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1132 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1134 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1136 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1138 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1139 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1140 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1141 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1142 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1143 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1147 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1150 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1151 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1152 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1155 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1157 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1159 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1162 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1163 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1164 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1165 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1166 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1167 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1168 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1169 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1170 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1172 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1173 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1174 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1175 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1176 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1177 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1178 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1179 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1181 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1182 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1187 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1190 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1191 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1192 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1193 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1194 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1195 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1196 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1197 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1198 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1199 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1200 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1201 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1202 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1203 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1204 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1205 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1206 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1207 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1208 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1210 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1211 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1212 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1213 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1214 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1215 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1216 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1218 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1219 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1220 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1221 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1223 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1224 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1225 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1226 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1227 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1228 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1229 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1230 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1231 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1232 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1233 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1236 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1239 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1241 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1242 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1243 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1244 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1245 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1246 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1247 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1248 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1252 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1255 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1256 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1258 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1260 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1261 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1262 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1264 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1265 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1266 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1270 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1272 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1273 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1275 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1277 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1279 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1281 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1283 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1284 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1285 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1287 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1290 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1292 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1295 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1296 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1297 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1299 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1300 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1302 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1304 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1306 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1310 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1311 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1312 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1313 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1315 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1316 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1317 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1318 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1321 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1322 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1325 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1326 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1328 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1329 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1330 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1332 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1333 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1334 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1335 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1338 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1339 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1340 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1342 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1343 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1344 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1347 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1348 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1349 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1351 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1352 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1353 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1355 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1356 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1357 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1358 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1359 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1360 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1361 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1362 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1364 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1366 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1370 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1371 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1372 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1373 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1374 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1375 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1376 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1377 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1379 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1380 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1381 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1382 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1383 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1384 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1385 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1386 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1387 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1388 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1389 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1390 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1392 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1393 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1394 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1398 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1399 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1402 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1403 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1404 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1406 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1407 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1408 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1409 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1410 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1411 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1413 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1414 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1416 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1417 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1418 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1419 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1420 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1421 Closes: #185943, #237049
1423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1425 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1431 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1432 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1433 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1434 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1435 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1436 running. closes: Bug#187250
1437 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1438 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1439 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1440 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1441 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1442 user closes: Bug#176506
1444 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1446 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1450 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1451 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1452 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1453 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1454 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1455 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1456 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1457 deb-building toolchain.
1458 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1459 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1460 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1461 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1462 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1463 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1464 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1465 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1466 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1467 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1468 sections about changelog files.
1470 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1471 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1472 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1473 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1474 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1475 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1477 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1478 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1479 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1480 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1481 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1482 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1483 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1484 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1485 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1486 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1487 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1488 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1489 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1490 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1491 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1492 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1493 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1494 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1495 for the restructuring
1497 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1499 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1502 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1504 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1505 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1506 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1507 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1508 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1509 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1511 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1512 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1513 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1514 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1515 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1516 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1517 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1519 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1520 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1521 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1522 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1524 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1526 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1530 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1531 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1532 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1533 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1534 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1536 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1537 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1538 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1539 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1541 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1542 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1543 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1544 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1545 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1546 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1547 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1548 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1549 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1550 offtopic stuff, too.
1551 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1552 script should start it, closes: #60979
1553 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1554 "should", closes: #170019
1555 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1556 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1557 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1558 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1559 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1560 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1561 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1562 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1567 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1570 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1571 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1572 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1573 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1574 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1575 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1576 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1577 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1578 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1580 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1581 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1582 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1583 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1584 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1585 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1586 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1587 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1588 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1590 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1591 file, closes: Bug#65764
1593 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1595 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1597 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1598 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1599 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1600 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1601 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1602 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1603 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1604 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1605 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1606 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1607 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1608 details. closes: Bug#133030
1609 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1610 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1611 parts of Bug#161455.
1613 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1615 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1617 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1618 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1619 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1620 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1621 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1622 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1623 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1624 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1625 not. closes: Bug#139820
1626 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1627 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1628 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1629 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1630 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1631 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1632 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1633 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1634 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1635 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1637 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1639 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1640 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1641 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1642 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1643 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1644 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1645 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1646 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1647 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1648 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1649 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1650 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1651 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1652 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1653 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1654 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1655 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1656 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1657 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1658 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1660 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1661 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1662 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1663 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1664 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1665 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1666 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1668 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1669 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1670 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1671 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1672 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1673 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1674 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1675 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1676 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1678 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1680 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1682 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1683 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1684 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1685 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1686 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1687 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1688 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1689 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1690 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1691 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1692 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1693 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1694 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1695 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1696 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1697 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1698 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1699 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1700 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1701 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1702 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1703 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1704 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1706 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1708 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1710 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1711 medium, high, emergency.
1712 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1713 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1714 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1715 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1716 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1719 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1720 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1721 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1723 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1724 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1725 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1726 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1727 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1728 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1729 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1732 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1734 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1736 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1737 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1738 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1739 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1741 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1742 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1743 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1744 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1745 debian/rules to do this
1746 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1747 patches are incorporated upstream
1748 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1749 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1750 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1751 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1752 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1753 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1755 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1756 system closes: Bug#91249
1757 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1758 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1759 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1760 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1761 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1762 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1763 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1764 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1765 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1766 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1767 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1768 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1769 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1771 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1773 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1775 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1776 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1777 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1778 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1780 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1781 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1782 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1784 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1787 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1789 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1791 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1792 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1793 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1794 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1795 package for the time being
1796 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1797 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1798 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1799 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1800 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1801 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1802 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1803 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1804 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1805 Build-Depends arch syntax
1806 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1808 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1809 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1811 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1812 from policy maintenance duties.
1813 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1814 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1816 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1818 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1820 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1822 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1824 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1826 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1827 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1828 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1829 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1830 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1831 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1832 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1833 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1834 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1835 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1836 minor version number for this
1837 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1838 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1839 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1840 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1841 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1842 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1843 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1844 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1845 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1847 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1849 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1851 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1852 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1853 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1854 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1855 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1857 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1859 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1860 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1861 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1862 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1863 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1864 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1865 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1866 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1867 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1868 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1869 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1870 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1871 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1872 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1873 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1874 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1877 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1879 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1881 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1882 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1884 * Document the Enhances relationship
1885 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1886 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1887 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1888 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1889 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1890 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1892 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1894 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1895 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1896 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1897 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1899 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1900 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1901 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1902 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1903 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1905 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1907 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1909 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1910 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1911 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1913 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1914 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1915 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1916 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1917 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1918 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1919 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1920 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1921 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1923 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1925 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1927 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1929 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1930 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1931 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1932 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1933 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1934 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1935 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1936 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1937 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1938 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1939 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1940 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1941 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1942 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1943 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1944 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1945 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1946 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1947 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1948 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1949 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1950 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1952 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1953 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1955 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1957 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1959 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1960 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1961 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1962 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1963 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1964 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1965 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1966 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1967 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1968 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1969 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1970 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1971 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1972 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1973 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1974 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1975 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1976 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1977 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1978 list closes: Bug#53756
1979 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1980 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1981 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1982 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1983 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1984 policy closes: Bug#53760
1985 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1986 policy closes: Bug#53761
1987 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1988 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1989 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1990 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1991 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1992 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1993 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1994 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1995 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1996 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1997 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1999 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2000 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2001 to install with older fileutils.
2002 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2003 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2004 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2005 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2007 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2008 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2010 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2012 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2014 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2015 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2017 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2019 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2021 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2022 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2024 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2027 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2029 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2030 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2032 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2034 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2036 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2038 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2039 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2041 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2043 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2045 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2046 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2047 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2048 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2049 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2050 directoried (closes: #41547)
2051 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2052 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2053 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2054 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2055 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2056 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2057 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2058 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2059 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2060 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2061 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2063 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2064 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2065 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2066 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2067 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2068 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2069 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2071 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2072 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2073 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2074 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2076 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2078 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2080 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2081 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2083 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2085 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2087 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2088 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2090 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2092 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2094 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2095 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2097 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2098 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2099 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2100 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2101 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2102 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2103 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2104 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2105 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2106 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2107 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2108 this closes: Bug#38612
2109 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2110 before. closes: Bug#40864
2112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2114 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2116 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2117 officially uploaded.
2118 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2120 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2121 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2122 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2124 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2125 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2126 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2127 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2128 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2129 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2131 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2132 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2133 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2135 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2137 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2138 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2139 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2140 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2141 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2145 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2147 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2148 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2149 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2150 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2151 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2152 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2153 there). closes: Bug#34233
2154 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2155 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2156 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2157 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2158 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2160 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2162 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2164 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2165 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2166 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2167 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2170 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2171 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2172 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2173 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2174 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2177 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2178 number. closes: BUG#25911
2180 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2181 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2182 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2183 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2184 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2185 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2187 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2188 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2189 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2192 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2193 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2194 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2196 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2197 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2198 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2199 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2201 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2202 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2203 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2205 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2207 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2208 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2209 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2210 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2211 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2212 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2213 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2214 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2217 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2219 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2220 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2223 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2225 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2227 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2229 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2231 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2233 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2234 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2235 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2236 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2237 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2238 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2239 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2240 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2242 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2243 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2245 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2247 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2249 * non-maintainer release
2250 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2251 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2253 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2254 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2255 * no content changes
2256 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2258 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2260 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2264 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2266 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2268 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2270 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2271 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2272 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2274 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2275 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2277 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2278 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2279 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2280 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2282 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2283 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2284 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2285 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2286 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2287 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2288 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2290 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2291 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2292 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2295 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2296 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2297 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2299 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2300 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2301 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2303 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2304 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2306 * New version numbering scheme:
2308 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2309 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2310 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2313 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2314 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2315 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2316 differ between the manuals.
2318 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2319 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2320 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2321 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2323 * Packaging changes:
2325 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2326 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2328 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2330 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2332 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2334 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2336 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2337 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2338 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2340 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2341 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2344 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2345 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2346 file extension as the referenced file
2348 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2349 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2351 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2352 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2353 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2354 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2357 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2358 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2359 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2361 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2362 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2363 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2364 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2367 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2368 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2371 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2372 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2373 reasonable default configuration
2375 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2376 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2377 by all news servers and clients
2379 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2380 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2381 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2382 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2383 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2385 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2386 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2389 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2391 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2392 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2394 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2397 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2398 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2400 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2401 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2403 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2407 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2409 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2410 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2411 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2412 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2414 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2416 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2417 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2418 * Don't use debstd anymore
2420 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2422 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2424 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2425 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2426 contrib/non-free policy
2427 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2428 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2429 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2430 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2431 - new section about `Daemons'
2432 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2433 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2434 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2435 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2436 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2437 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2438 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2439 * SGML source code included in package
2440 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2442 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2444 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2446 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2447 - completely reworked structure
2448 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2449 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2450 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2451 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2452 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2453 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2454 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2455 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2456 - mention "orphaned packages"
2457 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2458 distributions' policy
2459 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2460 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2461 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2462 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2463 - added section about arch spec strings
2464 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2465 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2466 - added section about "menus"
2467 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2468 the new documentation policy soon
2469 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2470 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2472 - added section about editors and pagers
2473 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2474 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2475 - added section about device files
2476 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2477 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2478 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2480 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2481 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2482 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2483 - Added new section about obsolete names
2484 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2485 * Fixed package's description
2487 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2489 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2491 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2493 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2495 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2497 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2498 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2499 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2500 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2504 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2506 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2507 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2508 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2510 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2511 and upload it "byhand" too.
2513 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2515 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2518 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2519 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2520 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2521 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2522 functionality must not have the same name.
2523 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2524 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2525 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2526 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2527 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2528 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2529 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2531 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2532 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2533 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2534 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2535 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2536 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2537 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2538 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2541 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2543 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2545 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2547 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2548 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2549 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2550 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2551 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2554 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2556 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2558 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2560 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2561 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2562 description of deb file format.
2563 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2564 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2566 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2568 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2569 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2571 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2573 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2575 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2576 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2577 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2578 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2579 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2580 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2581 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2582 packages in section on Procedure
2583 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2584 a package maintainer
2585 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2586 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2587 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2589 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2590 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2591 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2592 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2593 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2594 on various shlib files
2595 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2596 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2597 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2599 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2601 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2603 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2604 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2605 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2607 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2608 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2609 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2610 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2611 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2613 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2615 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2617 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2619 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2621 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2622 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2623 compatibility go in contrib.
2625 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2626 instructions in policy manual.
2627 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2630 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2632 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2634 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2635 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2636 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2637 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2639 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2640 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2643 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2645 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2647 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2648 * More detail about changelog format names.
2650 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2651 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2655 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2657 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2659 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2661 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2663 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2665 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2667 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2669 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2670 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2671 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2673 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2675 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2677 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2679 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2681 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2685 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100