1 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
4 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
9 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
22 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
32 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
36 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
37 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
38 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-encoder.
42 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
43 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
45 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
46 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
47 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
48 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
49 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
50 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
51 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
52 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
53 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
54 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
55 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
56 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
58 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
60 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700
62 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
64 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
65 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
66 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
68 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
69 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
70 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
71 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
76 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
77 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
82 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
86 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
87 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
88 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
89 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
93 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
94 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
99 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
100 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
101 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
104 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
105 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
106 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
109 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
110 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
115 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
117 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
120 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
121 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
122 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
123 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
125 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
126 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
127 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
128 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
129 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
130 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
131 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
132 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
133 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
134 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
135 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
136 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
137 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
138 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
139 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
140 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
141 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
143 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
144 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
145 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
146 good to know which version one is looking at.
147 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
148 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
149 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
150 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
151 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
152 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
153 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
155 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
156 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
157 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
158 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
159 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
161 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
162 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
163 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
165 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
166 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
167 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
168 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
170 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
172 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
176 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
177 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
178 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
179 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
180 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
181 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
182 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
183 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
184 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
185 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
190 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
191 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
196 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
197 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
198 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
201 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
203 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
204 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
208 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
209 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
212 Closes: #620870, #532120
213 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
214 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
219 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
220 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
221 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
225 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
226 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
227 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
228 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
229 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
231 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
232 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
233 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
234 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
235 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
236 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
237 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
238 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
239 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
240 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
241 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
242 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
243 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
244 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
245 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
246 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
248 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
250 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
251 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
252 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
253 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
254 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
255 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
256 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
257 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
258 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
259 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
262 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
264 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
265 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
266 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
272 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
273 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
275 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
276 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
277 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
278 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
281 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
283 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
287 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
288 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
289 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
292 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
293 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
294 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
296 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
297 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
303 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
304 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
305 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
308 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
309 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
314 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
315 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
316 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
317 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
320 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
321 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
322 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
325 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
326 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
331 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
333 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
336 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
339 Closes: #459868, #581011
340 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
341 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
343 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
345 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
346 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
348 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
350 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
351 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
353 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
355 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
356 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
360 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
361 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
364 Closes: #501930, #593909
365 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
366 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
370 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
371 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
372 machine. (Closes: #591857)
373 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
374 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
375 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
376 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
377 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
378 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
379 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
380 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
381 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
382 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
384 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
385 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
386 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
387 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
388 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
389 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
390 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
391 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
392 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
393 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
394 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
395 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
396 than the version in oldstable.
397 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
398 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
399 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
400 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
401 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
402 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
403 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
404 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
405 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
406 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
407 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
408 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
409 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
410 package. (Closes: #609160)
412 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
414 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
416 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
417 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
418 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
422 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
423 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
427 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
432 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
433 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
437 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
438 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
442 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
443 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
447 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
448 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
452 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
453 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
455 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
457 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
458 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
460 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
462 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
468 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
469 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
474 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
475 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
479 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
480 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
484 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
485 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
486 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
489 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
490 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
494 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
495 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
499 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
500 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
504 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
506 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
507 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
508 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
509 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
510 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
511 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
512 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
513 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
514 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
516 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
517 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
518 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
519 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
520 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
521 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
523 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
525 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
531 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
534 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
535 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
536 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
537 and distribution license' (three times).
538 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
539 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
540 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
544 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
546 Proposed by Santiago Vila
547 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
548 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
554 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
555 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
556 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
557 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
559 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
560 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
561 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
564 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
566 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
567 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
571 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
572 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
575 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
577 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
578 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
581 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
583 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
584 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
587 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
589 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
590 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
591 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
592 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
594 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
595 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
596 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
598 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
600 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
601 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
605 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
606 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
610 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
611 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
616 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
617 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
618 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
621 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
622 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
623 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
627 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
628 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
629 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
632 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
633 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
634 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
635 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
636 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
637 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
638 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
639 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
640 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
641 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
642 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
643 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
644 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
645 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
646 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
647 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
648 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
649 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
650 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
651 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
652 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
653 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
654 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
655 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
656 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
657 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
658 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
659 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
660 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
661 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
662 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
663 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
665 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
667 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
669 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
672 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
673 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
675 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
676 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
680 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
683 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
684 Wording: Steve Langasek.
685 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
686 Seconded: Julien Cristau
687 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
690 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
691 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
692 Seconded: Russ Allbery
693 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
696 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
697 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
698 Seconded: Russ Allbery
700 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
701 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
702 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
703 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
704 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
705 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
706 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
707 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
710 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
711 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
712 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
713 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
714 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
715 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
716 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
717 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
718 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
719 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
720 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
721 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
722 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
723 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
724 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
725 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
727 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
728 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
729 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
730 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
731 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
733 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
736 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
737 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
738 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
739 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
740 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
741 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
744 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
746 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
749 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
750 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
751 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
753 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
754 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
755 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
758 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
759 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
760 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
761 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
763 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
764 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
765 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
766 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
767 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
768 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
770 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
771 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
772 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
774 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
776 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
777 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
778 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
781 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
782 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
783 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
786 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
787 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
788 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
789 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
791 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
792 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
793 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
794 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
796 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
797 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
798 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
799 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
801 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
802 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
803 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
804 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
805 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
806 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
807 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
808 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
809 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
810 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
811 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
812 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
813 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
814 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
815 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
817 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
818 Source field descriptions.
819 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
820 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
821 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
822 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
823 description says otherwise.
825 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
827 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
831 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
832 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
833 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
834 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
835 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
837 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
838 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
839 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
840 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
842 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
843 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
844 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
845 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
847 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
848 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
849 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
852 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
853 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
854 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
855 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
859 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
860 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
861 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
862 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
863 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
865 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
866 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
867 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
868 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
870 * Add myself to Uploaders.
873 * Add myself to Uploaders.
874 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
876 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
877 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
878 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
880 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
882 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
884 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
885 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
886 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
887 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
889 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
890 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
891 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
892 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
894 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
895 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
896 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
897 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
899 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
900 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
901 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
902 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
904 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
905 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
906 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
907 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
909 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
910 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
911 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
912 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
914 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
915 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
916 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
917 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
919 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
920 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
921 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
922 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
924 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
925 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
926 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
927 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
929 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
930 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
931 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
932 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
934 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
935 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
936 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
937 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
938 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
940 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
941 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
942 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
943 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
944 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
945 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
946 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
947 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
948 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
949 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
950 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
951 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
952 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
953 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
954 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
955 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
956 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
957 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
958 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
959 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
960 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
961 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
962 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
963 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
964 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
965 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
966 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
967 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
968 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
969 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
971 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
972 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
973 links was completed long ago.
974 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
976 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
978 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
981 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
983 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
985 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
988 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
989 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
990 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
991 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
992 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
993 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
994 Millan (Closes: #209008).
995 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
996 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
998 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1000 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1002 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1003 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1004 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1005 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1006 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1007 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1008 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1010 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1011 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1012 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1013 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1015 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1016 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1017 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1018 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1019 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1020 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1021 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1022 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1023 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1024 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1025 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1026 Closes: #186700, #458910
1027 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1028 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1029 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1031 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1032 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1033 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1034 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1035 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1036 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1037 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1038 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1040 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1041 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1043 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1044 * Add an md5sums control file.
1045 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1046 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1047 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1048 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1049 currently part of policy.
1050 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1051 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1052 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1055 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1057 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1060 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1061 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1062 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1063 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1064 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1065 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1066 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1067 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1068 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1069 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1070 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1071 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1072 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1073 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1074 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1076 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1078 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1079 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1080 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1082 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1083 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1084 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1085 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1086 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1087 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1088 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1089 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1090 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1091 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1092 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1093 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1094 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1095 debconf specification.
1096 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1097 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1099 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1101 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1104 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1105 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1106 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1107 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1112 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1113 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1114 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1115 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1117 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1118 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1119 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1120 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1121 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1122 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1123 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1124 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1125 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1126 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1127 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1128 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1129 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1130 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1131 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1136 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1137 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1138 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1139 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1140 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1141 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1142 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1143 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1147 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1150 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1151 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1153 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1155 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1158 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1159 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1160 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1161 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1162 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1164 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1166 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1168 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1169 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1170 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1171 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1172 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1173 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1175 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1177 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1180 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1181 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1182 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1185 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1189 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1192 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1193 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1194 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1195 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1196 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1197 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1198 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1199 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1200 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1202 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1203 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1205 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1206 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1207 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1209 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1211 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1212 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1215 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1217 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1220 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1222 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1223 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1224 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1225 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1226 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1227 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1228 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1229 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1230 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1231 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1232 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1233 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1234 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1235 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1236 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1237 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1238 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1240 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1241 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1242 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1243 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1244 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1245 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1246 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1248 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1249 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1250 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1251 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1253 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1254 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1255 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1256 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1257 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1258 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1259 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1260 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1261 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1262 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1263 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1266 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1269 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1271 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1272 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1273 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1274 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1275 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1276 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1277 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1278 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1280 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1282 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1286 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1288 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1290 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1291 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1292 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1294 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1295 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1296 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1300 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1302 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1303 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1305 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1307 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1309 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1311 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1313 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1314 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1315 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1317 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1320 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1322 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1325 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1326 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1327 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1329 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1330 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1332 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1334 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1336 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1339 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1340 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1341 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1342 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1343 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1344 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1345 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1346 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1347 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1348 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1351 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1352 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1355 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1356 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1358 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1359 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1360 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1362 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1363 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1364 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1365 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1368 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1369 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1370 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1372 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1373 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1374 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1377 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1378 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1379 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1381 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1382 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1383 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1385 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1386 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1387 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1388 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1389 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1390 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1391 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1392 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1394 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1396 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1399 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1400 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1401 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1402 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1403 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1404 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1405 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1406 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1407 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1409 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1410 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1411 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1412 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1413 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1414 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1415 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1416 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1417 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1418 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1419 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1420 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1422 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1423 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1424 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1427 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1428 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1429 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1432 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1433 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1434 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1436 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1437 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1438 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1439 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1440 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1441 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1443 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1444 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1446 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1447 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1448 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1449 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1450 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1451 Closes: #185943, #237049
1453 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1455 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1461 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1462 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1463 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1464 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1465 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1466 running. closes: Bug#187250
1467 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1468 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1469 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1470 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1471 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1472 user closes: Bug#176506
1474 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1476 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1480 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1481 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1482 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1483 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1484 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1485 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1486 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1487 deb-building toolchain.
1488 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1489 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1490 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1491 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1492 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1493 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1494 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1495 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1496 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1497 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1498 sections about changelog files.
1500 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1501 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1502 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1503 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1504 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1505 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1507 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1508 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1509 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1510 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1511 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1512 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1513 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1514 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1515 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1516 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1517 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1518 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1519 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1520 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1521 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1522 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1523 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1524 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1525 for the restructuring
1527 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1529 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1534 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1535 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1536 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1537 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1538 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1539 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1541 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1542 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1543 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1544 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1545 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1546 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1547 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1549 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1550 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1551 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1552 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1554 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1556 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1560 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1561 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1562 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1563 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1564 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1566 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1567 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1568 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1569 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1571 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1572 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1573 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1574 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1575 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1576 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1577 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1578 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1579 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1580 offtopic stuff, too.
1581 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1582 script should start it, closes: #60979
1583 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1584 "should", closes: #170019
1585 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1586 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1587 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1588 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1589 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1590 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1591 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1592 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1595 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1597 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1600 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1601 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1602 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1603 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1604 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1605 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1606 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1607 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1608 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1610 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1611 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1612 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1613 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1614 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1615 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1616 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1617 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1618 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1620 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1621 file, closes: Bug#65764
1623 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1625 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1628 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1629 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1630 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1631 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1632 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1633 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1634 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1635 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1636 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1637 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1638 details. closes: Bug#133030
1639 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1640 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1641 parts of Bug#161455.
1643 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1645 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1647 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1648 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1649 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1650 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1651 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1652 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1653 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1654 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1655 not. closes: Bug#139820
1656 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1657 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1658 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1659 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1660 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1661 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1662 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1663 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1664 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1665 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1667 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1669 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1670 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1671 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1672 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1673 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1674 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1675 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1676 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1677 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1678 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1679 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1680 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1681 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1682 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1683 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1684 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1685 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1686 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1687 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1688 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1690 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1691 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1692 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1693 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1694 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1695 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1696 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1698 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1699 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1700 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1701 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1702 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1703 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1704 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1705 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1706 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1708 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1710 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1712 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1713 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1714 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1715 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1716 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1717 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1718 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1719 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1720 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1721 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1722 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1723 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1724 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1725 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1726 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1727 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1728 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1729 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1730 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1731 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1732 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1733 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1734 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1736 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1738 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1740 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1741 medium, high, emergency.
1742 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1743 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1744 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1745 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1746 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1749 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1750 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1751 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1753 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1754 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1755 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1756 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1757 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1758 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1759 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1762 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1764 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1766 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1767 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1768 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1769 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1771 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1772 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1773 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1774 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1775 debian/rules to do this
1776 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1777 patches are incorporated upstream
1778 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1779 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1780 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1781 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1782 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1783 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1785 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1786 system closes: Bug#91249
1787 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1788 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1789 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1790 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1791 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1792 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1793 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1794 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1795 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1796 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1797 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1798 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1799 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1801 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1803 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1805 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1806 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1807 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1808 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1810 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1811 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1812 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1814 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1817 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1819 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1821 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1822 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1823 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1824 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1825 package for the time being
1826 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1827 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1828 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1829 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1830 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1831 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1832 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1833 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1834 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1835 Build-Depends arch syntax
1836 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1838 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1839 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1841 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1842 from policy maintenance duties.
1843 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1844 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1846 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1848 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1850 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1852 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1854 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1856 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1857 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1858 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1859 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1860 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1861 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1862 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1863 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1864 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1865 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1866 minor version number for this
1867 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1868 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1869 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1870 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1871 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1872 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1873 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1874 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1875 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1877 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1879 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1881 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1882 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1883 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1884 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1885 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1887 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1889 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1890 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1891 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1892 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1893 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1894 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1895 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1896 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1897 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1898 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1899 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1900 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1901 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1902 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1903 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1904 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1907 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1909 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1911 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1912 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1914 * Document the Enhances relationship
1915 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1916 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1917 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1918 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1919 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1920 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1922 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1924 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1925 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1926 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1927 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1929 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1930 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1931 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1932 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1933 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1935 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1937 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1939 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1940 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1941 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1943 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1944 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1945 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1946 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1947 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1948 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1949 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1950 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1951 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1953 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1955 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1957 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1959 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1960 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1961 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1962 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1963 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1964 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1965 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1966 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1967 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1968 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1969 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1970 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1971 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1972 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1973 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1974 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1975 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1976 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1977 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1978 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1979 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1980 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1982 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1983 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1985 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1987 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1989 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1990 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1991 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1992 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1993 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1994 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1995 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1996 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1997 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1998 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1999 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2000 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2001 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2002 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2003 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2004 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2005 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2006 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2007 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2008 list closes: Bug#53756
2009 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2010 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2011 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2012 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2013 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2014 policy closes: Bug#53760
2015 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2016 policy closes: Bug#53761
2017 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2018 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2019 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2020 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2021 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2022 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2023 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2024 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2025 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2026 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2027 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2029 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2030 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2031 to install with older fileutils.
2032 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2033 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2034 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2035 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2037 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2038 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2042 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2044 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2045 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2047 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2049 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2051 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2052 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2054 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2057 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2059 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2060 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2062 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2064 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2066 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2068 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2069 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2071 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2073 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2075 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2076 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2077 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2078 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2079 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2080 directoried (closes: #41547)
2081 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2082 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2083 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2084 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2085 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2086 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2087 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2088 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2089 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2090 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2091 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2093 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2094 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2095 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2096 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2097 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2098 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2099 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2101 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2102 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2103 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2104 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2106 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2108 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2110 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2111 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2113 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2115 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2117 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2118 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2120 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2122 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2124 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2125 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2127 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2128 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2129 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2130 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2131 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2132 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2133 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2134 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2135 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2136 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2137 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2138 this closes: Bug#38612
2139 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2140 before. closes: Bug#40864
2142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2144 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2146 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2147 officially uploaded.
2148 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2150 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2151 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2152 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2154 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2155 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2156 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2157 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2158 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2159 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2161 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2162 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2163 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2165 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2167 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2168 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2169 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2170 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2171 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2175 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2177 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2178 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2179 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2180 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2181 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2182 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2183 there). closes: Bug#34233
2184 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2185 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2186 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2187 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2188 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2190 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2192 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2194 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2195 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2196 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2197 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2200 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2201 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2202 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2203 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2204 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2207 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2208 number. closes: BUG#25911
2210 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2211 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2212 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2213 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2214 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2215 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2217 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2218 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2219 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2222 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2223 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2224 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2226 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2227 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2228 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2229 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2231 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2232 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2233 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2235 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2237 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2238 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2239 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2240 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2241 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2242 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2243 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2244 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2247 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2249 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2250 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2255 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2257 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2259 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2261 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2263 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2264 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2265 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2266 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2267 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2268 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2269 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2270 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2272 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2273 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2275 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2277 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2279 * non-maintainer release
2280 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2281 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2283 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2284 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2285 * no content changes
2286 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2288 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2290 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2296 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2298 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2300 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2301 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2302 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2304 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2305 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2307 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2308 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2309 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2310 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2312 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2313 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2314 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2315 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2316 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2317 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2318 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2320 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2321 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2322 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2325 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2326 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2327 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2329 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2330 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2331 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2333 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2334 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2336 * New version numbering scheme:
2338 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2339 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2340 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2343 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2344 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2345 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2346 differ between the manuals.
2348 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2349 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2350 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2351 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2353 * Packaging changes:
2355 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2356 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2358 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2362 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2364 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2366 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2367 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2368 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2370 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2371 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2374 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2375 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2376 file extension as the referenced file
2378 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2379 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2381 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2382 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2383 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2384 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2387 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2388 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2389 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2391 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2392 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2393 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2394 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2397 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2398 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2401 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2402 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2403 reasonable default configuration
2405 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2406 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2407 by all news servers and clients
2409 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2410 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2411 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2412 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2413 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2415 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2416 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2419 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2421 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2422 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2424 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2427 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2428 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2430 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2431 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2433 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2435 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2437 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2439 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2440 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2441 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2442 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2444 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2446 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2447 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2448 * Don't use debstd anymore
2450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2452 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2454 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2455 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2456 contrib/non-free policy
2457 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2458 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2459 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2460 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2461 - new section about `Daemons'
2462 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2463 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2464 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2465 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2466 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2467 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2468 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2469 * SGML source code included in package
2470 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2474 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2476 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2477 - completely reworked structure
2478 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2479 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2480 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2481 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2482 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2483 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2484 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2485 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2486 - mention "orphaned packages"
2487 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2488 distributions' policy
2489 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2490 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2491 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2492 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2493 - added section about arch spec strings
2494 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2495 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2496 - added section about "menus"
2497 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2498 the new documentation policy soon
2499 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2500 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2502 - added section about editors and pagers
2503 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2504 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2505 - added section about device files
2506 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2507 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2508 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2510 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2511 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2512 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2513 - Added new section about obsolete names
2514 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2515 * Fixed package's description
2517 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2519 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2521 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2523 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2525 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2527 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2528 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2529 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2530 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2532 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2534 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2536 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2537 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2538 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2540 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2541 and upload it "byhand" too.
2543 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2545 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2548 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2549 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2550 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2551 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2552 functionality must not have the same name.
2553 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2554 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2555 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2556 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2557 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2558 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2559 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2561 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2562 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2563 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2564 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2565 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2566 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2567 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2568 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2571 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2573 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2575 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2577 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2578 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2579 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2580 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2581 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2584 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2586 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2588 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2590 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2591 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2592 description of deb file format.
2593 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2594 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2596 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2598 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2599 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2601 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2603 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2605 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2606 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2607 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2608 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2609 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2610 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2611 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2612 packages in section on Procedure
2613 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2614 a package maintainer
2615 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2616 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2617 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2619 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2620 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2621 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2622 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2623 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2624 on various shlib files
2625 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2626 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2627 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2629 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2631 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2633 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2634 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2635 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2637 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2638 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2639 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2640 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2641 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2643 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2645 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2647 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2649 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2651 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2652 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2653 compatibility go in contrib.
2655 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2656 instructions in policy manual.
2657 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2660 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2662 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2664 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2665 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2666 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2667 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2669 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2670 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2673 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2675 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2677 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2678 * More detail about changelog format names.
2680 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2681 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2685 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2687 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2689 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2691 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2693 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2695 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2697 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2699 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2700 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2701 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2703 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2705 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2707 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2709 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2711 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2715 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100