1 debian-policy (3.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
7 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
8 hosted server. closes: Bug#184518
12 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
16 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
17 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
18 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
19 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
20 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
21 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
22 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
23 deb-building toolchain.
24 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
25 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
26 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
27 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
28 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
29 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
30 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
31 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
32 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
33 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
34 sections about changelog files.
36 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
37 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
38 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
39 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
40 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
41 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
43 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
44 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
45 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
46 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
47 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
48 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
49 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
50 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
51 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
52 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
53 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
54 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
55 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
56 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
57 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
58 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
59 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
60 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
63 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
65 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
70 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
71 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
72 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
73 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
74 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
75 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
77 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
78 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
79 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
80 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
81 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
82 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
83 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
85 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
86 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
87 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
88 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
90 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
92 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
96 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
97 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
98 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
99 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
100 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
102 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
103 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
104 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
105 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
107 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
108 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
109 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
110 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
111 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
112 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
113 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
114 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
115 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
117 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
118 script should start it, closes: #60979
119 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
120 "should", closes: #170019
121 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
122 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
123 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
124 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
125 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
126 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
127 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
128 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
131 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
133 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
136 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
137 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
138 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
139 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
140 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
141 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
142 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
143 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
144 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
146 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
147 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
148 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
149 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
150 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
151 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
152 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
153 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
154 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
156 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
157 file, closes: Bug#65764
159 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
161 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
163 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
164 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
165 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
166 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
167 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
168 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
169 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
170 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
171 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
172 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
173 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
174 details. closes: Bug#133030
175 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
176 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
179 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
181 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
183 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
184 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
185 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
186 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
187 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
188 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
189 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
190 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
191 not. closes: Bug#139820
192 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
193 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
194 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
195 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
196 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
197 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
198 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
199 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
200 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
201 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
203 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
205 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
206 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
207 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
208 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
209 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
210 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
211 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
212 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
213 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
214 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
215 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
216 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
217 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
218 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
219 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
220 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
221 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
222 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
223 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
224 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
226 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
227 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
228 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
229 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
230 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
231 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
232 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
234 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
235 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
236 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
237 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
238 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
239 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
240 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
241 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
242 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
244 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
246 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
248 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
249 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
250 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
251 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
252 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
253 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
254 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
255 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
256 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
257 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
258 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
259 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
260 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
261 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
262 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
263 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
264 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
265 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
266 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
267 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
268 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
269 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
270 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
272 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
274 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
277 medium, high, emergency.
278 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
279 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
280 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
281 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
282 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
285 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
286 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
287 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
289 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
290 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
291 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
292 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
293 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
294 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
295 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
298 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
300 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
302 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
303 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
304 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
305 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
307 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
308 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
309 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
310 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
311 debian/rules to do this
312 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
313 patches are incorporated upstream
314 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
315 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
316 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
317 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
318 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
319 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
321 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
322 system closes: Bug#91249
323 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
324 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
325 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
326 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
327 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
328 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
329 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
330 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
331 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
332 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
333 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
334 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
335 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
337 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
339 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
341 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
342 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
343 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
344 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
346 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
347 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
348 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
350 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
355 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
358 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
359 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
360 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
361 package for the time being
362 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
363 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
364 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
365 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
366 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
367 * Rename all .text files as .txt
368 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
369 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
370 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
371 Build-Depends arch syntax
372 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
374 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
375 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
377 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
378 from policy maintenance duties.
379 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
380 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
384 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
388 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
390 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
392 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
393 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
394 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
395 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
396 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
397 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
398 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
399 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
400 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
401 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
402 minor version number for this
403 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
404 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
405 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
406 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
407 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
408 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
409 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
410 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
411 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
413 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
415 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
417 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
418 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
419 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
420 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
421 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
423 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
425 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
426 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
427 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
428 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
429 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
430 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
431 xutils closes: Bug#82966
432 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
433 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
434 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
435 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
436 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
437 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
438 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
439 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
440 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
443 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
445 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
447 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
448 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
450 * Document the Enhances relationship
451 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
452 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
453 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
454 policy. closes: Bug#53496
455 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
456 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
458 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
460 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
461 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
462 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
463 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
465 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
466 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
467 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
468 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
469 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
471 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
473 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
476 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
477 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
479 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
480 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
481 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
482 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
483 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
484 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
485 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
486 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
487 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
489 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
491 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
493 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
495 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
496 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
497 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
498 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
499 policy. closes: Bug#64437
500 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
501 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
502 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
503 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
504 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
505 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
506 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
507 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
508 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
509 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
510 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
511 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
512 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
513 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
514 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
515 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
516 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
518 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
519 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
521 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
523 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
525 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
526 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
527 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
528 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
529 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
530 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
531 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
532 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
533 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
534 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
535 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
536 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
537 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
538 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
539 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
540 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
541 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
542 alternative closes: Bug#53755
543 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
544 list closes: Bug#53756
545 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
546 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
547 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
548 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
549 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
550 policy closes: Bug#53760
551 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
552 policy closes: Bug#53761
553 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
554 that use X closes: Bug#53762
555 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
556 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
557 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
558 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
559 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
560 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
561 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
562 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
563 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
565 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
566 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
567 to install with older fileutils.
568 * Installed FHS version 2.1
569 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
570 * Added FHS details to copyright file
571 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
573 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
574 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
576 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
578 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
580 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
581 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
583 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
585 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
587 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
588 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
590 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
593 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
595 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
596 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
598 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
600 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
602 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
604 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
605 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
607 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
609 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
611 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
612 #45561, #42447, #48570)
613 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
614 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
615 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
616 directoried (closes: #41547)
617 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
618 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
619 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
620 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
621 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
622 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
623 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
624 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
625 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
626 package criteria (closes: #45318)
627 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
629 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
630 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
631 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
632 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
633 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
634 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
635 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
637 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
638 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
639 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
640 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
642 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
644 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
646 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
647 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
649 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
651 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
653 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
654 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
656 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
658 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
660 * A few typos and omissions corrected
661 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
663 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
664 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
665 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
666 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
667 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
668 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
669 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
670 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
671 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
672 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
673 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
674 this closes: Bug#38612
675 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
676 before. closes: Bug#40864
678 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
680 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
682 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
684 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
686 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
687 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
688 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
690 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
691 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
692 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
693 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
694 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
695 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
697 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
698 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
699 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
701 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
703 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
704 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
705 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
706 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
707 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
709 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
711 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
714 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
715 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
716 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
717 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
718 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
719 there). closes: Bug#34233
720 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
721 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
722 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
723 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
724 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
726 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
728 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
730 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
731 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
732 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
733 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
736 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
737 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
738 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
739 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
740 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
743 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
744 number. closes: BUG#25911
746 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
747 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
748 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
749 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
750 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
751 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
753 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
754 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
755 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
758 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
759 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
760 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
762 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
763 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
764 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
765 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
767 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
768 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
769 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
771 * Make the package optional, not extra.
773 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
774 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
775 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
776 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
777 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
778 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
779 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
780 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
783 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
785 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
786 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
789 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
791 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
793 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
795 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
797 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
799 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
800 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
801 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
802 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
803 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
804 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
805 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
806 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
808 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
809 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
811 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
813 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
815 * non-maintainer release
816 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
817 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
819 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
820 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
822 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
824 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
826 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
830 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
832 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
834 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
836 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
837 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
838 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
840 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
841 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
843 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
844 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
845 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
846 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
848 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
849 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
850 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
851 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
852 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
853 and restart options and to comply with the console message
854 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
856 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
857 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
858 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
861 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
862 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
863 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
865 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
866 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
867 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
869 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
870 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
872 * New version numbering scheme:
874 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
875 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
876 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
879 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
880 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
881 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
882 differ between the manuals.
884 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
885 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
886 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
887 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
891 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
892 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
894 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
896 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
898 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
900 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
902 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
903 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
904 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
906 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
907 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
910 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
911 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
912 file extension as the referenced file
914 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
915 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
917 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
918 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
919 start, stop, restart, force-reload
920 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
923 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
924 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
925 be installed into /etc/cron.d
927 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
928 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
929 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
930 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
933 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
934 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
937 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
938 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
939 reasonable default configuration
941 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
942 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
943 by all news servers and clients
945 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
946 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
947 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
948 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
949 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
951 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
952 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
955 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
957 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
958 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
960 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
963 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
964 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
966 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
967 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
969 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
971 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
973 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
976 - X library package is now called xlib6g
977 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
978 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
980 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
982 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
983 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
984 * Don't use debstd anymore
986 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
988 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
990 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
991 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
992 contrib/non-free policy
993 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
994 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
995 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
996 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
997 - new section about `Daemons'
998 - updated section about `Configuration files'
999 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1000 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1001 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1002 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1003 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1004 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1005 * SGML source code included in package
1006 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1008 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1010 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1013 - completely reworked structure
1014 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1015 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1016 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1017 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1018 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1019 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1020 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1021 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1022 - mention "orphaned packages"
1023 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1024 distributions' policy
1025 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1026 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1027 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1028 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1029 - added section about arch spec strings
1030 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1031 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1032 - added section about "menus"
1033 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1034 the new documentation policy soon
1035 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1036 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1038 - added section about editors and pagers
1039 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1040 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1041 - added section about device files
1042 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1043 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1044 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1046 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1047 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1048 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1049 - Added new section about obsolete names
1050 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1051 * Fixed package's description
1053 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1055 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1057 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1059 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1061 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1063 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1064 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1065 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1066 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1068 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1070 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1073 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1074 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1076 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1077 and upload it "byhand" too.
1079 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1081 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1085 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1086 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1087 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1088 functionality must not have the same name.
1089 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1090 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1091 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1092 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1093 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1094 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1095 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1097 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1098 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1099 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1100 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1101 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1102 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1103 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1104 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1107 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1109 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1111 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1113 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1114 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1115 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1116 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1117 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1120 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1122 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1124 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1126 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1127 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1128 description of deb file format.
1129 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1130 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1132 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1134 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1135 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1137 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1139 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1141 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1142 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1143 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1144 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1145 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1146 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1147 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1148 packages in section on Procedure
1149 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1150 a package maintainer
1151 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1152 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1153 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1155 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1156 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1157 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1158 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1159 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1160 on various shlib files
1161 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1162 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1163 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1165 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1167 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1169 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1170 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1171 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1173 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1174 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1175 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1176 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1177 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1179 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1181 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1183 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1185 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1187 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1188 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1189 compatibility go in contrib.
1191 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1192 instructions in policy manual.
1193 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1196 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1198 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1200 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1201 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1202 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1203 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1205 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1206 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1209 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1211 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1213 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1214 * More detail about changelog format names.
1216 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1217 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1221 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1223 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1225 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1227 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1229 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1231 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1233 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1235 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1236 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1237 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1239 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1241 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1243 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1245 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1247 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1251 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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