1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
31 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
35 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
36 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
37 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
38 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
39 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
40 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
41 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
42 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
43 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
44 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
45 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
46 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
47 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
48 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
50 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
52 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
56 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
58 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
59 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
63 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
66 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
67 Wording: Steve Langasek.
68 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
69 Seconded: Julien Cristau
73 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
74 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
75 Seconded: Russ Allbery
76 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
79 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
80 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
81 Seconded: Russ Allbery
83 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
84 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
85 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
86 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
87 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
88 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
89 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
90 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
93 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
94 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
95 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
96 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
97 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
98 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
99 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
101 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
102 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
103 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
104 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
105 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
106 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
107 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
110 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
111 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
112 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
113 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
114 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
116 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
119 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
120 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
123 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
124 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
127 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
129 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
132 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
136 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
137 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
141 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
146 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
147 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
150 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
151 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
153 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
154 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
159 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
160 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
164 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
165 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
169 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
170 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
174 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
175 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
179 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
180 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
184 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
185 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
186 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
187 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
188 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
189 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
190 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
191 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
192 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
193 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
194 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
195 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
196 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
197 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
198 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
200 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
201 Source field descriptions.
202 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
203 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
204 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
205 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
206 description says otherwise.
208 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
210 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
214 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
217 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
218 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
220 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
221 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
225 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
226 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
230 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
231 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
235 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
236 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
237 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
238 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
242 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
243 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
244 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
245 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
246 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
248 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
249 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
253 * Add myself to Uploaders.
256 * Add myself to Uploaders.
257 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
259 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
260 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
261 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
263 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
265 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
267 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
268 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
272 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
273 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
275 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
277 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
278 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
282 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
283 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
285 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
287 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
288 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
292 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
293 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
297 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
298 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
300 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
302 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
303 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
305 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
307 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
308 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
309 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
312 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
313 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
317 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
318 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
321 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
323 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
324 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
325 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
326 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
327 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
328 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
329 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
330 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
331 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
332 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
333 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
334 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
335 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
336 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
337 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
338 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
339 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
340 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
341 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
342 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
343 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
344 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
345 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
346 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
347 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
348 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
349 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
350 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
351 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
352 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
354 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
355 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
356 links was completed long ago.
357 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
359 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
361 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
363 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
364 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
366 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
368 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
370 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
371 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
372 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
373 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
374 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
375 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
376 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
377 Millan (Closes: #209008).
378 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
379 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
381 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
383 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
385 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
386 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
387 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
388 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
389 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
390 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
391 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
393 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
394 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
395 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
396 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
398 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
399 Küster (Closes: #403391).
400 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
401 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
402 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
403 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
404 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
409 Closes: #186700, #458910
410 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
411 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
415 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
416 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
417 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
418 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
419 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
420 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
421 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
423 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
424 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
426 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
427 * Add an md5sums control file.
428 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
429 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
430 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
431 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
432 currently part of policy.
433 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
434 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
435 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
438 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
440 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
443 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
444 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
445 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
446 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
447 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
448 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
449 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
450 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
451 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
452 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
453 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
454 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
455 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
456 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
457 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
459 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
461 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
462 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
463 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
465 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
466 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
467 list?" (Closes: #412634).
468 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
469 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
470 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
471 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
472 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
473 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
474 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
475 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
476 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
477 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
478 debconf specification.
479 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
480 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
482 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
484 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
486 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
487 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
488 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
489 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
490 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
494 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
495 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
496 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
497 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
498 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
500 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
501 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
502 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
503 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
504 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
505 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
506 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
507 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
508 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
509 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
510 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
511 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
512 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
513 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
514 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
517 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
520 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
521 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
522 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
524 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
525 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
526 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
528 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
530 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
533 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
534 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
535 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
536 Polo (Closes: #372497).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
538 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
541 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
542 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
543 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
544 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
545 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
546 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
547 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
548 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
549 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
551 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
552 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
553 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
554 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
555 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
556 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
558 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
560 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
562 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
563 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
564 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
565 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
568 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
570 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
572 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
575 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
576 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
577 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
578 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
579 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
580 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
581 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
582 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
583 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
585 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
586 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
588 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
589 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
590 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
591 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
592 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
593 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
594 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
595 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
598 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
600 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
602 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
603 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
604 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
605 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
606 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
607 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
608 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
609 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
610 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
611 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
612 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
613 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
614 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
615 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
616 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
617 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
618 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
619 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
620 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
621 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
622 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
623 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
624 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
625 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
626 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
627 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
628 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
629 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
631 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
632 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
633 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
634 Hess (Closes: #362247).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
636 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
637 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
638 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
639 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
640 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
641 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
642 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
643 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
644 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
645 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
646 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
649 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
651 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
652 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
653 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
654 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
655 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
656 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
657 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
658 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
659 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
660 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
661 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
663 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
665 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
668 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
669 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
670 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
671 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
672 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
673 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
674 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
675 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
676 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
677 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
678 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
679 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
680 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
683 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
684 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
685 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
686 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
687 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
688 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
689 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
690 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
691 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
692 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
693 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
694 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
696 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
697 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
698 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
699 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
700 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
703 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
705 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
707 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
708 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
709 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
710 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
712 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
713 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
714 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
715 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
719 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
723 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
724 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
725 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
726 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
727 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
728 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
729 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
730 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
731 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
733 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
734 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
735 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
737 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
738 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
739 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
740 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
741 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
742 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
743 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
745 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
746 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
747 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
748 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
750 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
751 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
752 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
753 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
754 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
755 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
756 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
757 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
759 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
760 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
761 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
762 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
763 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
764 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
765 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
766 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
767 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
768 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
769 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
770 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
771 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
772 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
773 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
774 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
775 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
777 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
779 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
782 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
783 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
784 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
785 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
786 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
787 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
788 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
789 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
790 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
792 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
793 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
794 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
795 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
796 this section. closes: Bug#248618
797 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
798 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
799 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
800 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
801 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
802 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
803 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
804 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
805 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
806 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
807 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
808 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
810 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
811 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
812 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
815 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
816 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
817 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
819 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
820 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
821 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
822 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
823 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
824 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
826 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
827 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
829 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
830 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
831 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
832 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
833 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
834 Closes: #185943, #237049
836 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
838 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
841 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
844 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
845 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
846 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
847 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
848 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
849 running. closes: Bug#187250
850 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
851 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
852 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
853 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
854 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
855 user closes: Bug#176506
857 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
859 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
862 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
863 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
864 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
865 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
866 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
867 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
868 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
869 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
870 deb-building toolchain.
871 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
872 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
873 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
874 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
875 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
876 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
877 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
878 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
879 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
880 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
881 sections about changelog files.
883 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
884 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
885 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
886 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
887 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
888 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
890 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
891 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
892 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
893 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
894 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
895 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
896 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
897 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
898 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
899 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
900 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
901 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
902 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
903 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
904 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
905 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
906 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
907 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
908 for the restructuring
910 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
912 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
915 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
917 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
918 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
919 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
920 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
921 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
922 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
924 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
925 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
926 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
927 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
928 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
929 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
930 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
932 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
933 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
934 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
935 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
937 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
939 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
942 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
943 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
944 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
945 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
946 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
947 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
949 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
950 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
951 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
952 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
954 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
955 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
956 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
957 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
958 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
959 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
960 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
961 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
962 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
964 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
965 script should start it, closes: #60979
966 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
967 "should", closes: #170019
968 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
969 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
970 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
971 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
972 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
973 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
974 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
975 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
978 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
980 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
983 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
984 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
985 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
986 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
987 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
988 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
989 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
990 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
991 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
993 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
994 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
995 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
996 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
997 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
998 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
999 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1000 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1001 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1003 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1004 file, closes: Bug#65764
1006 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1008 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1011 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1012 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1013 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1014 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1015 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1016 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1017 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1018 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1019 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1020 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1021 details. closes: Bug#133030
1022 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1023 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1024 parts of Bug#161455.
1026 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1028 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1031 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1032 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1033 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1034 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1035 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1036 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1037 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1038 not. closes: Bug#139820
1039 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1040 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1041 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1042 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1043 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1044 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1045 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1046 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1047 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1048 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1050 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1052 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1053 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1054 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1055 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1056 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1057 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1058 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1059 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1060 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1061 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1062 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1063 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1064 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1065 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1066 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1067 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1068 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1069 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1070 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1071 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1073 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1074 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1075 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1076 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1077 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1078 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1079 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1081 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1082 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1083 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1084 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1085 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1086 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1087 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1088 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1089 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1091 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1093 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1096 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1097 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1098 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1099 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1100 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1101 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1102 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1103 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1104 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1105 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1106 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1107 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1108 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1109 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1110 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1111 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1112 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1113 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1114 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1115 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1116 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1117 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1119 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1121 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1124 medium, high, emergency.
1125 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1126 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1127 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1128 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1129 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1132 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1133 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1134 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1136 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1137 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1138 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1139 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1140 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1141 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1142 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1147 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1150 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1151 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1152 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1154 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1155 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1156 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1157 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1158 debian/rules to do this
1159 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1160 patches are incorporated upstream
1161 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1162 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1163 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1164 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1165 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1166 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1168 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1169 system closes: Bug#91249
1170 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1171 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1172 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1173 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1174 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1175 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1176 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1177 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1178 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1179 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1180 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1181 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1182 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1184 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1186 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1189 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1190 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1191 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1193 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1194 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1195 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1197 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1202 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1205 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1206 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1207 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1208 package for the time being
1209 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1210 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1211 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1212 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1213 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1214 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1215 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1216 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1217 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1218 Build-Depends arch syntax
1219 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1221 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1222 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1224 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1225 from policy maintenance duties.
1226 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1227 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1229 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1231 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1235 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1237 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1240 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1241 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1242 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1243 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1244 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1245 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1246 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1247 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1248 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1249 minor version number for this
1250 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1251 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1252 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1253 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1254 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1255 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1256 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1257 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1258 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1260 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1262 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1265 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1266 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1267 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1268 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1270 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1272 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1273 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1274 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1275 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1276 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1277 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1278 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1279 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1280 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1281 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1282 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1283 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1284 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1285 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1286 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1287 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1290 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1292 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1295 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1297 * Document the Enhances relationship
1298 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1299 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1300 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1301 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1302 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1303 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1305 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1307 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1308 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1309 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1310 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1312 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1313 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1314 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1315 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1316 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1318 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1320 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1323 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1324 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1326 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1327 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1328 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1329 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1330 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1331 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1332 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1333 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1334 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1336 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1338 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1340 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1343 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1344 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1345 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1346 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1347 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1348 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1349 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1350 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1351 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1352 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1353 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1354 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1355 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1356 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1357 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1358 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1359 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1360 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1361 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1362 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1363 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1365 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1366 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1368 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1370 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1373 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1374 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1375 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1376 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1377 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1378 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1379 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1380 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1381 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1382 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1383 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1384 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1385 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1386 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1387 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1388 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1389 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1390 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1391 list closes: Bug#53756
1392 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1393 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1394 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1395 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1396 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1397 policy closes: Bug#53760
1398 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1399 policy closes: Bug#53761
1400 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1401 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1402 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1403 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1404 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1405 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1406 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1407 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1408 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1409 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1410 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1412 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1413 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1414 to install with older fileutils.
1415 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1416 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1417 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1418 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1420 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1421 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1425 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1428 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1430 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1432 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1435 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1437 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1440 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1442 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1443 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1445 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1447 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1449 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1452 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1454 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1456 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1459 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1460 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1461 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1462 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1463 directoried (closes: #41547)
1464 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1465 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1466 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1467 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1468 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1469 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1470 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1471 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1472 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1473 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1474 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1476 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1477 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1478 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1479 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1480 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1481 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1482 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1484 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1485 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1486 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1487 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1489 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1491 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1493 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1494 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1496 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1498 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1500 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1501 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1503 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1505 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1507 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1508 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1510 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1511 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1512 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1513 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1514 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1515 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1516 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1517 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1518 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1519 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1520 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1521 this closes: Bug#38612
1522 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1523 before. closes: Bug#40864
1525 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1527 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1530 officially uploaded.
1531 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1533 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1534 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1535 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1537 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1538 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1539 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1540 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1541 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1542 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1544 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1545 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1546 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1548 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1550 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1551 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1552 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1553 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1554 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1556 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1558 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1560 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1561 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1562 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1563 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1564 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1565 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1566 there). closes: Bug#34233
1567 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1568 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1569 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1570 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1571 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1573 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1575 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1577 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1578 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1579 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1580 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1583 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1584 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1585 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1586 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1587 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1590 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1591 number. closes: BUG#25911
1593 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1594 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1595 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1596 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1597 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1598 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1600 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1601 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1602 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1605 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1606 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1607 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1609 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1610 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1611 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1612 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1614 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1615 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1616 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1618 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1620 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1621 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1622 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1623 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1624 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1625 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1626 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1627 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1630 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1632 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1633 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1638 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1640 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1642 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1644 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1647 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1648 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1649 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1650 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1651 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1652 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1653 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1655 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1656 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1658 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1660 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1662 * non-maintainer release
1663 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1664 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1666 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1667 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1668 * no content changes
1669 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1671 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1673 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1677 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1679 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1681 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1683 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1684 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1685 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1687 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1688 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1690 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1691 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1692 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1693 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1695 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1696 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1697 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1698 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1699 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1700 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1701 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1703 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1704 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1705 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1708 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1709 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1710 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1712 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1713 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1714 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1716 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1717 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1719 * New version numbering scheme:
1721 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1722 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1723 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1726 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1727 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1728 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1729 differ between the manuals.
1731 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1732 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1733 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1734 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1736 * Packaging changes:
1738 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1739 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1741 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1743 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1745 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1747 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1749 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1750 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1751 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1753 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1754 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1757 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1758 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1759 file extension as the referenced file
1761 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1762 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1764 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1765 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1766 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1767 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1770 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1771 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1772 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1774 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1775 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1776 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1777 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1780 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1781 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1784 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1785 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1786 reasonable default configuration
1788 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1789 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1790 by all news servers and clients
1792 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1793 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1794 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1795 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1796 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1798 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1799 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1802 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1804 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1805 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1807 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1810 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1811 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1813 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1814 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1816 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1818 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1820 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1822 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1823 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1824 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1825 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1827 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1829 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1830 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1831 * Don't use debstd anymore
1833 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1835 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1837 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1838 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1839 contrib/non-free policy
1840 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1841 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1842 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1843 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1844 - new section about `Daemons'
1845 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1846 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1847 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1848 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1849 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1850 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1851 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1852 * SGML source code included in package
1853 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1855 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1857 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1859 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1860 - completely reworked structure
1861 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1862 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1863 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1864 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1865 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1866 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1867 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1868 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1869 - mention "orphaned packages"
1870 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1871 distributions' policy
1872 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1873 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1874 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1875 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1876 - added section about arch spec strings
1877 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1878 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1879 - added section about "menus"
1880 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1881 the new documentation policy soon
1882 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1883 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1885 - added section about editors and pagers
1886 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1887 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1888 - added section about device files
1889 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1890 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1891 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1893 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1894 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1895 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1896 - Added new section about obsolete names
1897 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1898 * Fixed package's description
1900 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1902 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1904 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1906 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1908 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1910 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1911 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1912 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1913 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1915 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1917 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1919 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1920 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1921 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1923 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1924 and upload it "byhand" too.
1926 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1928 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1931 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1932 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1933 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1934 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1935 functionality must not have the same name.
1936 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1937 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1938 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1939 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1940 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1941 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1942 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1944 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1945 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1946 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1947 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1948 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1949 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1950 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1951 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1954 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1956 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1958 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1960 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1961 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1962 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1963 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1964 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1967 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1969 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1971 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1973 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1974 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1975 description of deb file format.
1976 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1977 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1979 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1981 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1982 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1984 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1986 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1988 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1989 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1990 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1991 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1992 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1993 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1994 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1995 packages in section on Procedure
1996 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1997 a package maintainer
1998 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1999 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2000 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2002 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2003 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2004 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2005 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2006 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2007 on various shlib files
2008 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2009 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2010 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2012 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2014 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2016 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2017 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2018 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2020 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2021 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2022 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2023 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2024 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2026 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2028 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2030 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2032 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2034 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2035 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2036 compatibility go in contrib.
2038 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2039 instructions in policy manual.
2040 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2043 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2045 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2047 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2048 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2049 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2050 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2052 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2053 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2056 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2058 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2060 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2061 * More detail about changelog format names.
2063 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2064 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2068 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2070 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2072 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2074 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2076 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2078 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2080 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2082 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2083 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2084 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2086 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2088 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2090 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2092 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2094 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2098 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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