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).
13 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
16 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
17 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
18 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
19 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
21 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
23 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
24 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
25 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
26 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
27 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
29 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
30 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
31 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
32 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
33 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
34 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
35 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
36 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
37 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
38 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
39 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
40 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
41 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
42 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
43 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
44 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
46 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
48 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
49 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
50 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
51 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
52 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
53 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
54 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
55 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
57 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
59 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
61 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
62 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
63 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
64 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
65 Polo (Closes: #372497).
66 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
67 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
69 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
70 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
71 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
72 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
73 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
74 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
76 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
78 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
80 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
81 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
82 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
83 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
84 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
85 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
87 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
89 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
92 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
93 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
94 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
96 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
97 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
99 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
101 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
104 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
105 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
106 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
107 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
108 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
109 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
110 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
111 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
112 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
114 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
115 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
117 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
118 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
119 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
121 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
123 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
124 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
127 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
129 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
132 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
134 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
135 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
136 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
137 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
138 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
139 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
140 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
141 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
142 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
143 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
144 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
145 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
146 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
147 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
148 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
149 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
150 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
152 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
153 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
154 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
155 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
156 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
157 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
158 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
160 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
161 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
162 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
163 Hess (Closes: #362247).
164 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
165 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
166 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
167 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
168 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
169 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
170 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
171 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
172 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
173 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
174 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
175 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
178 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
181 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
183 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
184 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
185 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
186 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
187 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
188 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
189 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
190 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
194 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
197 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
198 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
200 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
202 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
203 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
204 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
206 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
207 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
208 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
212 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
214 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
215 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
217 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
219 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
221 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
223 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
225 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
226 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
227 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
229 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
232 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
234 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
237 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
238 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
239 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
241 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
242 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
244 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
246 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
248 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
251 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
252 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
253 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
254 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
255 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
257 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
258 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
259 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
260 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
263 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
264 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
267 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
268 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
270 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
271 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
272 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
274 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
275 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
276 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
277 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
280 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
281 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
282 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
284 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
285 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
286 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
289 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
290 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
291 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
293 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
294 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
295 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
297 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
298 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
299 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
300 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
301 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
302 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
303 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
304 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
306 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
308 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
311 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
312 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
313 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
314 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
315 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
316 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
317 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
318 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
319 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
321 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
322 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
323 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
324 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
325 this section. closes: Bug#248618
326 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
327 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
328 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
329 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
330 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
331 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
332 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
334 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
335 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
336 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
340 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
341 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
344 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
345 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
346 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
348 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
349 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
350 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
351 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
352 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
353 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
355 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
356 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
358 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
359 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
360 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
361 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
362 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
363 Closes: #185943, #237049
365 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
367 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
370 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
373 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
374 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
375 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
376 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
377 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
378 running. closes: Bug#187250
379 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
380 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
381 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
382 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
383 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
384 user closes: Bug#176506
386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
388 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
392 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
393 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
394 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
395 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
396 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
397 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
398 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
399 deb-building toolchain.
400 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
401 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
402 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
403 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
404 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
405 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
406 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
407 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
408 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
409 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
410 sections about changelog files.
412 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
413 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
414 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
415 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
416 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
417 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
419 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
420 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
421 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
422 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
423 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
424 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
425 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
426 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
427 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
428 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
429 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
430 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
431 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
432 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
433 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
434 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
435 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
436 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
437 for the restructuring
439 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
441 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
444 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
446 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
447 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
448 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
449 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
450 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
451 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
453 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
454 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
455 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
456 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
457 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
458 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
459 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
461 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
462 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
463 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
464 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
466 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
468 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
472 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
473 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
474 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
475 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
476 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
478 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
479 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
480 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
481 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
483 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
484 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
485 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
486 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
487 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
488 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
489 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
490 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
491 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
493 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
494 script should start it, closes: #60979
495 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
496 "should", closes: #170019
497 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
498 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
499 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
500 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
501 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
502 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
503 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
504 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
507 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
509 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
513 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
514 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
515 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
516 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
517 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
518 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
519 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
520 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
522 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
523 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
524 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
525 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
526 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
527 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
528 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
529 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
530 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
532 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
533 file, closes: Bug#65764
535 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
537 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
539 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
540 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
541 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
542 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
543 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
544 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
545 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
546 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
547 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
548 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
549 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
550 details. closes: Bug#133030
551 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
552 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
555 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
557 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
559 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
560 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
561 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
562 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
563 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
564 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
565 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
566 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
567 not. closes: Bug#139820
568 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
569 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
570 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
571 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
572 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
573 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
574 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
575 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
576 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
577 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
579 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
581 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
582 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
583 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
584 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
585 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
586 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
587 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
588 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
589 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
590 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
591 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
592 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
593 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
594 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
595 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
596 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
597 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
598 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
599 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
600 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
602 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
603 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
604 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
605 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
606 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
607 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
608 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
610 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
611 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
612 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
613 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
614 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
615 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
616 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
617 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
618 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
620 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
622 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
624 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
625 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
626 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
627 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
628 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
629 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
630 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
631 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
632 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
633 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
634 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
635 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
636 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
637 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
638 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
639 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
640 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
641 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
642 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
643 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
644 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
645 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
646 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
648 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
650 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
652 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
653 medium, high, emergency.
654 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
655 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
656 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
657 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
658 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
661 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
662 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
663 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
665 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
666 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
667 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
668 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
669 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
670 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
671 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
674 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
676 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
679 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
680 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
681 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
683 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
684 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
685 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
686 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
687 debian/rules to do this
688 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
689 patches are incorporated upstream
690 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
691 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
692 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
693 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
694 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
695 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
697 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
698 system closes: Bug#91249
699 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
700 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
701 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
702 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
703 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
704 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
705 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
706 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
707 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
708 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
709 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
710 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
711 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
713 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
715 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
717 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
718 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
719 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
720 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
722 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
723 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
724 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
726 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
729 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
731 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
733 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
734 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
735 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
736 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
737 package for the time being
738 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
739 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
740 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
741 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
742 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
743 * Rename all .text files as .txt
744 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
745 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
746 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
747 Build-Depends arch syntax
748 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
750 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
751 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
753 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
754 from policy maintenance duties.
755 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
756 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
758 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
760 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
762 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
764 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
766 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
768 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
769 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
770 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
771 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
772 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
773 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
774 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
775 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
776 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
777 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
778 minor version number for this
779 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
780 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
781 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
782 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
783 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
784 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
785 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
786 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
787 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
789 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
791 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
793 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
794 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
795 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
796 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
797 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
799 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
801 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
802 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
803 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
804 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
805 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
806 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
807 xutils closes: Bug#82966
808 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
809 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
810 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
811 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
812 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
813 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
814 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
815 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
816 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
819 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
821 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
823 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
824 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
826 * Document the Enhances relationship
827 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
828 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
829 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
830 policy. closes: Bug#53496
831 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
832 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
834 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
836 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
837 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
838 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
839 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
841 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
842 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
843 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
844 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
845 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
847 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
849 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
851 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
852 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
853 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
855 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
856 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
857 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
858 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
859 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
860 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
861 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
862 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
863 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
865 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
867 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
869 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
871 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
872 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
873 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
874 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
875 policy. closes: Bug#64437
876 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
877 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
878 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
879 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
880 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
881 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
882 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
883 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
884 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
885 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
886 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
887 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
888 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
889 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
890 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
891 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
892 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
894 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
895 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
899 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
901 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
902 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
903 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
904 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
905 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
906 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
907 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
908 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
909 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
910 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
911 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
912 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
913 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
914 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
915 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
916 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
917 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
918 alternative closes: Bug#53755
919 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
920 list closes: Bug#53756
921 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
922 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
923 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
924 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
925 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
926 policy closes: Bug#53760
927 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
928 policy closes: Bug#53761
929 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
930 that use X closes: Bug#53762
931 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
932 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
933 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
934 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
935 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
936 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
937 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
938 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
939 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
941 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
942 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
943 to install with older fileutils.
944 * Installed FHS version 2.1
945 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
946 * Added FHS details to copyright file
947 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
949 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
950 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
952 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
954 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
956 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
957 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
959 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
961 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
963 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
964 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
966 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
969 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
971 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
972 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
974 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
976 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
978 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
981 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
983 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
985 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
988 #45561, #42447, #48570)
989 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
990 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
991 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
992 directoried (closes: #41547)
993 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
994 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
995 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
996 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
997 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
998 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
999 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1000 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1001 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1002 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1003 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1005 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1006 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1007 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1008 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1009 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1010 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1011 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1013 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1014 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1015 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1016 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1018 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1020 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1022 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1023 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1025 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1027 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1030 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1032 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1034 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1037 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1039 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1040 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1041 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1042 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1043 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1044 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1045 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1046 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1047 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1048 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1049 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1050 this closes: Bug#38612
1051 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1052 before. closes: Bug#40864
1054 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1056 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1058 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1059 officially uploaded.
1060 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1062 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1063 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1064 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1066 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1067 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1068 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1069 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1070 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1071 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1073 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1074 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1075 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1077 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1079 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1080 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1081 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1082 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1083 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1085 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1087 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1090 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1091 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1092 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1093 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1094 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1095 there). closes: Bug#34233
1096 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1097 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1098 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1099 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1100 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1102 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1104 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1107 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1108 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1109 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1112 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1113 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1114 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1115 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1116 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1119 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1120 number. closes: BUG#25911
1122 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1123 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1124 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1125 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1126 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1127 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1129 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1130 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1131 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1134 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1135 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1136 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1138 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1139 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1140 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1141 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1143 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1144 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1145 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1147 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1149 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1150 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1151 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1152 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1153 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1154 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1155 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1156 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1159 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1161 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1162 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1167 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1171 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1173 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1176 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1177 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1178 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1179 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1180 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1181 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1182 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1184 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1185 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1187 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1189 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1191 * non-maintainer release
1192 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1193 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1195 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1196 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1197 * no content changes
1198 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1200 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1202 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1206 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1208 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1210 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1212 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1213 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1214 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1216 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1217 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1219 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1220 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1221 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1222 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1224 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1225 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1226 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1227 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1228 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1229 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1230 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1232 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1233 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1234 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1237 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1238 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1239 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1241 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1242 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1243 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1245 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1246 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1248 * New version numbering scheme:
1250 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1251 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1252 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1255 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1256 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1257 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1258 differ between the manuals.
1260 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1261 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1262 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1263 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1265 * Packaging changes:
1267 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1268 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1270 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1272 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1274 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1278 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1279 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1280 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1282 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1283 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1286 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1287 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1288 file extension as the referenced file
1290 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1291 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1293 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1294 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1295 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1296 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1299 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1300 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1301 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1303 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1304 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1305 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1306 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1309 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1310 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1313 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1314 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1315 reasonable default configuration
1317 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1318 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1319 by all news servers and clients
1321 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1322 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1323 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1324 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1325 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1327 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1328 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1331 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1333 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1334 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1336 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1339 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1340 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1342 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1343 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1345 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1347 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1349 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1352 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1353 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1354 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1356 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1358 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1359 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1360 * Don't use debstd anymore
1362 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1364 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1367 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1368 contrib/non-free policy
1369 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1370 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1371 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1372 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1373 - new section about `Daemons'
1374 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1375 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1376 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1377 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1378 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1379 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1380 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1381 * SGML source code included in package
1382 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1384 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1386 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1389 - completely reworked structure
1390 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1391 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1392 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1393 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1394 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1395 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1396 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1397 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1398 - mention "orphaned packages"
1399 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1400 distributions' policy
1401 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1402 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1403 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1404 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1405 - added section about arch spec strings
1406 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1407 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1408 - added section about "menus"
1409 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1410 the new documentation policy soon
1411 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1412 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1414 - added section about editors and pagers
1415 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1416 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1417 - added section about device files
1418 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1419 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1420 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1422 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1423 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1424 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1425 - Added new section about obsolete names
1426 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1427 * Fixed package's description
1429 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1431 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1433 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1435 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1437 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1439 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1440 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1441 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1442 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1444 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1446 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1448 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1449 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1450 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1452 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1453 and upload it "byhand" too.
1455 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1457 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1461 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1462 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1463 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1464 functionality must not have the same name.
1465 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1466 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1467 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1468 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1469 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1470 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1471 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1473 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1474 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1475 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1476 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1477 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1478 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1479 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1480 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1483 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1485 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1487 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1489 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1490 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1491 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1492 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1493 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1496 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1498 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1500 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1502 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1503 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1504 description of deb file format.
1505 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1506 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1508 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1510 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1511 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1513 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1515 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1517 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1518 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1519 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1520 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1521 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1522 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1523 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1524 packages in section on Procedure
1525 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1526 a package maintainer
1527 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1528 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1529 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1531 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1532 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1533 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1534 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1535 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1536 on various shlib files
1537 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1538 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1539 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1541 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1543 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1545 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1546 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1547 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1549 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1550 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1551 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1552 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1553 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1555 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1557 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1559 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1561 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1563 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1564 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1565 compatibility go in contrib.
1567 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1568 instructions in policy manual.
1569 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1572 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1574 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1576 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1577 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1578 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1579 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1581 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1582 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1585 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1587 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1589 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1590 * More detail about changelog format names.
1592 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1593 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1597 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1599 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1601 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1603 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1605 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1607 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1609 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1611 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1612 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1613 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1615 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1617 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1619 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1621 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1623 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1627 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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