1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
4 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
5 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
6 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
7 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
8 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
9 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
10 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
11 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
12 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
13 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
14 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
15 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
16 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
17 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
19 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
21 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
22 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
26 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
28 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
29 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
30 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
31 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
32 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
34 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
36 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
37 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
38 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
39 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
40 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
42 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
43 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
44 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
45 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
46 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
47 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
48 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
49 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
50 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
51 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
52 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
53 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
54 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
55 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
56 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
57 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
59 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
61 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
62 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
63 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
64 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
65 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
66 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
67 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
68 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
70 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
72 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
75 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
76 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
78 Polo (Closes: #372497).
79 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
80 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
82 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
83 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
84 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
85 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
86 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
87 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
88 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
89 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
90 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
91 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
93 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
94 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
95 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
96 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
97 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
98 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
102 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
105 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
106 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
107 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
110 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
114 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
116 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
117 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
118 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
119 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
120 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
121 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
122 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
123 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
124 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
125 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
127 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
128 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
130 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
131 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
132 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
134 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
136 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
137 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
142 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
145 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
147 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
148 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
149 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
150 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
151 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
152 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
153 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
154 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
155 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
156 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
157 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
158 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
159 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
160 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
161 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
162 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
163 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
164 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
165 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
166 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
167 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
168 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
169 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
170 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
171 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
173 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
174 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
175 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
176 Hess (Closes: #362247).
177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
178 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
179 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
180 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
181 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
182 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
183 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
184 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
185 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
186 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
187 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
188 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
190 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
191 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
194 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
195 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
196 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
197 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
198 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
199 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
200 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
201 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
202 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
203 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
207 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
211 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
213 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
214 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
215 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
216 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
217 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
219 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
220 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
221 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
225 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
227 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
228 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
230 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
232 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
234 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
236 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
238 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
239 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
240 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
242 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
247 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
250 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
251 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
252 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
254 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
255 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
257 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
259 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
261 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
265 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
266 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
267 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
268 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
270 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
271 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
272 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
273 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
276 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
277 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
280 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
281 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
283 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
284 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
285 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
287 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
288 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
289 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
290 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
293 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
294 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
295 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
297 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
298 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
299 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
302 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
303 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
304 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
306 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
307 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
308 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
310 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
311 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
312 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
313 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
314 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
315 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
316 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
317 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
319 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
321 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
324 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
325 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
326 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
327 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
328 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
329 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
330 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
331 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
332 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
334 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
335 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
336 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
337 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
338 this section. closes: Bug#248618
339 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
340 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
341 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
342 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
343 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
344 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
345 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
347 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
348 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
349 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
353 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
354 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
357 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
358 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
359 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
361 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
362 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
363 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
364 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
365 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
366 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
368 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
369 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
371 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
372 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
373 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
374 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
375 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
376 Closes: #185943, #237049
378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
380 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
383 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
386 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
387 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
388 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
389 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
390 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
391 running. closes: Bug#187250
392 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
393 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
394 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
395 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
396 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
397 user closes: Bug#176506
399 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
401 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
404 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
405 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
406 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
407 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
408 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
409 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
410 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
411 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
412 deb-building toolchain.
413 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
414 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
415 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
416 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
417 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
418 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
419 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
420 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
421 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
422 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
423 sections about changelog files.
425 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
426 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
427 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
428 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
429 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
430 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
432 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
433 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
434 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
435 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
436 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
437 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
438 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
439 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
440 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
441 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
442 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
443 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
444 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
445 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
446 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
447 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
448 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
449 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
450 for the restructuring
452 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
454 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
457 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
459 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
460 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
461 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
462 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
463 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
464 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
466 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
467 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
468 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
469 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
470 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
471 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
472 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
474 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
475 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
476 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
477 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
479 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
481 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
484 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
485 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
486 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
487 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
488 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
489 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
491 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
492 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
493 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
494 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
496 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
497 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
498 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
499 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
500 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
501 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
502 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
503 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
504 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
506 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
507 script should start it, closes: #60979
508 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
509 "should", closes: #170019
510 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
511 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
512 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
513 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
514 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
515 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
516 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
517 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
520 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
522 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
525 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
526 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
527 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
528 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
529 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
530 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
531 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
532 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
533 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
535 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
536 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
537 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
538 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
539 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
540 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
541 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
542 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
543 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
545 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
546 file, closes: Bug#65764
548 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
550 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
552 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
553 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
554 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
555 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
556 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
557 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
558 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
559 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
560 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
561 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
562 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
563 details. closes: Bug#133030
564 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
565 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
568 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
570 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
572 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
573 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
574 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
575 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
576 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
577 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
578 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
579 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
580 not. closes: Bug#139820
581 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
582 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
583 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
584 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
585 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
586 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
587 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
588 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
589 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
590 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
592 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
594 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
595 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
596 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
597 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
598 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
599 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
600 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
601 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
602 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
603 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
604 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
605 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
606 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
607 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
608 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
609 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
610 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
611 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
612 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
613 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
615 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
616 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
617 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
618 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
619 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
620 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
621 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
623 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
624 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
625 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
626 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
627 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
628 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
629 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
630 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
631 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
633 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
635 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
637 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
638 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
639 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
640 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
641 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
642 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
643 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
644 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
645 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
646 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
647 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
648 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
649 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
650 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
651 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
652 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
653 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
654 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
655 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
656 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
657 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
658 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
659 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
661 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
663 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
665 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
666 medium, high, emergency.
667 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
668 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
669 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
670 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
671 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
674 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
675 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
676 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
678 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
679 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
680 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
681 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
682 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
683 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
684 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
687 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
689 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
692 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
693 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
694 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
696 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
697 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
698 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
699 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
700 debian/rules to do this
701 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
702 patches are incorporated upstream
703 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
704 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
705 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
706 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
707 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
708 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
710 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
711 system closes: Bug#91249
712 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
713 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
714 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
715 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
716 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
717 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
718 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
719 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
720 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
721 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
722 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
723 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
724 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
726 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
728 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
730 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
731 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
732 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
733 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
735 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
736 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
737 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
739 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
742 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
744 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
746 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
747 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
748 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
749 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
750 package for the time being
751 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
752 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
753 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
754 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
755 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
756 * Rename all .text files as .txt
757 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
758 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
759 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
760 Build-Depends arch syntax
761 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
763 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
764 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
766 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
767 from policy maintenance duties.
768 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
769 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
771 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
773 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
775 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
777 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
779 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
781 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
782 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
783 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
784 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
785 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
786 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
787 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
788 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
789 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
790 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
791 minor version number for this
792 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
793 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
794 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
795 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
796 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
797 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
798 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
799 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
800 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
802 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
804 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
806 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
807 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
808 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
809 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
810 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
812 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
814 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
815 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
816 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
817 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
818 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
819 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
820 xutils closes: Bug#82966
821 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
822 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
823 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
824 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
825 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
826 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
827 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
828 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
829 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
832 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
834 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
836 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
837 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
839 * Document the Enhances relationship
840 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
841 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
842 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
843 policy. closes: Bug#53496
844 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
845 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
847 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
849 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
850 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
851 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
852 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
854 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
855 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
856 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
857 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
858 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
860 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
862 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
864 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
865 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
866 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
868 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
869 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
870 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
871 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
872 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
873 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
874 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
875 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
876 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
878 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
880 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
882 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
884 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
885 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
886 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
887 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
888 policy. closes: Bug#64437
889 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
890 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
891 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
892 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
893 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
894 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
895 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
896 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
897 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
898 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
899 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
900 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
901 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
902 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
903 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
904 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
905 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
907 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
908 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
910 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
912 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
914 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
915 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
916 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
917 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
918 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
919 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
920 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
921 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
922 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
923 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
924 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
925 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
926 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
927 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
928 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
929 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
930 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
931 alternative closes: Bug#53755
932 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
933 list closes: Bug#53756
934 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
935 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
936 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
937 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
938 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
939 policy closes: Bug#53760
940 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
941 policy closes: Bug#53761
942 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
943 that use X closes: Bug#53762
944 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
945 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
946 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
947 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
948 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
949 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
950 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
951 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
952 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
954 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
955 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
956 to install with older fileutils.
957 * Installed FHS version 2.1
958 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
959 * Added FHS details to copyright file
960 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
962 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
963 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
965 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
967 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
970 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
972 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
974 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
976 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
977 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
979 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
982 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
984 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
985 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
987 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
989 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
991 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
994 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
996 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
998 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1001 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1002 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1003 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1004 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1005 directoried (closes: #41547)
1006 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1007 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1008 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1009 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1010 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1011 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1012 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1013 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1014 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1015 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1016 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1018 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1019 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1020 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1021 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1022 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1023 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1024 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1026 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1027 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1028 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1029 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1031 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1033 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1035 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1036 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1038 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1040 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1043 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1045 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1047 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1050 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1052 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1053 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1054 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1055 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1056 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1057 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1058 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1059 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1060 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1061 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1062 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1063 this closes: Bug#38612
1064 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1065 before. closes: Bug#40864
1067 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1069 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1072 officially uploaded.
1073 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1075 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1076 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1077 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1079 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1080 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1081 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1082 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1083 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1084 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1086 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1087 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1088 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1090 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1092 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1093 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1094 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1095 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1096 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1098 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1100 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1103 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1104 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1105 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1106 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1107 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1108 there). closes: Bug#34233
1109 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1110 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1111 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1112 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1113 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1117 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1120 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1121 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1122 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1125 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1126 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1127 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1128 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1129 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1132 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1133 number. closes: BUG#25911
1135 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1136 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1137 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1138 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1139 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1140 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1142 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1143 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1144 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1147 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1148 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1149 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1151 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1152 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1153 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1154 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1156 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1157 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1158 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1160 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1162 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1163 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1164 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1165 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1166 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1167 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1168 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1169 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1172 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1174 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1175 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1178 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1180 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1182 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1184 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1186 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1189 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1190 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1191 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1192 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1193 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1194 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1195 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1197 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1198 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1200 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1202 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1204 * non-maintainer release
1205 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1206 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1208 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1209 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1210 * no content changes
1211 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1213 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1215 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1219 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1221 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1223 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1225 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1226 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1227 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1229 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1230 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1232 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1233 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1234 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1235 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1237 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1238 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1239 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1240 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1241 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1242 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1243 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1245 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1246 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1247 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1250 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1251 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1252 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1254 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1255 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1256 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1258 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1259 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1261 * New version numbering scheme:
1263 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1264 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1265 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1268 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1269 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1270 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1271 differ between the manuals.
1273 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1274 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1275 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1276 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1278 * Packaging changes:
1280 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1281 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1283 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1285 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1287 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1291 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1292 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1293 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1295 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1296 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1299 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1300 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1301 file extension as the referenced file
1303 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1304 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1306 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1307 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1308 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1309 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1312 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1313 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1314 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1316 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1317 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1318 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1319 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1322 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1323 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1326 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1327 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1328 reasonable default configuration
1330 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1331 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1332 by all news servers and clients
1334 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1335 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1336 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1337 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1338 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1340 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1341 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1344 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1346 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1347 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1349 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1352 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1353 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1355 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1356 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1358 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1362 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1365 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1366 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1367 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1369 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1371 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1372 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1373 * Don't use debstd anymore
1375 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1377 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1380 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1381 contrib/non-free policy
1382 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1383 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1384 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1385 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1386 - new section about `Daemons'
1387 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1388 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1389 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1390 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1391 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1392 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1393 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1394 * SGML source code included in package
1395 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1397 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1399 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1402 - completely reworked structure
1403 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1404 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1405 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1406 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1407 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1408 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1409 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1410 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1411 - mention "orphaned packages"
1412 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1413 distributions' policy
1414 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1415 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1416 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1417 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1418 - added section about arch spec strings
1419 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1420 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1421 - added section about "menus"
1422 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1423 the new documentation policy soon
1424 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1425 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1427 - added section about editors and pagers
1428 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1429 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1430 - added section about device files
1431 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1432 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1433 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1435 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1436 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1437 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1438 - Added new section about obsolete names
1439 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1440 * Fixed package's description
1442 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1444 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1448 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1450 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1452 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1453 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1454 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1455 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1457 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1459 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1461 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1462 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1463 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1465 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1466 and upload it "byhand" too.
1468 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1470 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1474 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1475 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1476 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1477 functionality must not have the same name.
1478 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1479 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1480 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1481 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1482 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1483 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1484 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1486 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1487 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1488 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1489 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1490 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1491 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1492 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1493 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1496 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1498 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1500 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1502 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1503 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1504 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1505 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1506 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1509 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1511 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1513 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1515 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1516 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1517 description of deb file format.
1518 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1519 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1521 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1523 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1524 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1526 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1528 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1530 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1531 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1532 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1533 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1534 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1535 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1536 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1537 packages in section on Procedure
1538 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1539 a package maintainer
1540 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1541 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1542 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1544 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1545 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1546 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1547 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1548 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1549 on various shlib files
1550 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1551 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1552 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1554 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1556 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1558 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1559 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1560 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1562 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1563 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1564 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1565 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1566 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1568 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1570 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1572 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1574 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1576 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1577 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1578 compatibility go in contrib.
1580 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1581 instructions in policy manual.
1582 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1585 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1587 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1589 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1590 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1591 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1592 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1594 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1595 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1598 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1600 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1602 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1603 * More detail about changelog format names.
1605 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1606 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1610 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1612 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1614 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1616 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1618 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1620 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1622 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1624 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1625 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1626 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1628 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1630 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1632 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1634 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1636 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1640 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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