1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
41 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
44 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
48 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
49 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
53 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
54 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
59 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
60 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
61 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
62 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
63 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
64 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
65 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
66 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
67 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
68 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
69 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
70 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
71 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
72 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
73 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
74 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
75 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
76 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
77 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
78 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
79 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
80 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
81 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
82 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
83 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
84 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
85 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
86 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
88 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
90 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
93 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
95 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
97 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
100 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
101 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
102 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
103 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
104 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
105 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
106 Millan (Closes: #209008).
107 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
108 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
110 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
112 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
114 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
115 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
116 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
117 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
118 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
119 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
120 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
122 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
123 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
124 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
125 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
127 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
128 Küster (Closes: #403391).
129 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
130 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
131 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
132 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
133 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
134 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
138 Closes: #186700, #458910
139 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
140 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
144 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
145 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
146 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
147 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
148 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
149 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
150 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
152 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
153 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
155 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
156 * Add an md5sums control file.
157 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
158 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
159 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
160 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
161 currently part of policy.
162 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
163 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
164 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
167 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
169 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
172 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
173 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
174 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
175 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
176 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
177 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
178 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
179 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
180 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
182 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
183 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
184 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
185 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
186 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
188 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
190 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
191 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
192 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
194 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
195 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
196 list?" (Closes: #412634).
197 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
198 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
199 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
200 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
201 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
202 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
203 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
204 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
205 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
206 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
207 debconf specification.
208 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
209 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
211 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
213 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
215 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
216 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
218 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
219 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
224 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
225 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
226 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
227 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
229 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
230 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
231 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
232 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
233 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
234 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
235 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
236 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
237 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
238 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
239 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
240 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
241 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
243 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
249 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
250 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
251 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
253 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
254 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
255 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
259 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
262 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
263 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
265 Polo (Closes: #372497).
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
267 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
270 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
271 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
272 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
274 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
276 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
278 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
280 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
281 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
282 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
283 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
284 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
285 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
287 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
289 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
292 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
293 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
294 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
297 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
299 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
301 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
303 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
304 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
305 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
306 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
307 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
308 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
309 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
310 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
311 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
312 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
314 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
315 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
317 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
318 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
319 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
321 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
323 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
324 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
327 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
329 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
331 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
332 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
334 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
335 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
336 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
337 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
338 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
339 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
340 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
341 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
342 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
343 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
344 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
345 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
346 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
347 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
348 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
349 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
350 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
351 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
352 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
353 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
354 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
355 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
356 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
357 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
358 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
360 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
361 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
362 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
363 Hess (Closes: #362247).
364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
365 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
366 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
367 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
368 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
369 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
370 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
371 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
372 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
373 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
374 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
375 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
377 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
378 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
381 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
383 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
384 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
385 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
386 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
387 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
388 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
389 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
390 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
394 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
398 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
400 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
401 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
402 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
403 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
404 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
406 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
407 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
408 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
412 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
414 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
415 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
417 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
418 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
419 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
420 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
421 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
423 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
424 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
425 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
426 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
427 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
428 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
429 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
432 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
434 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
436 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
437 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
438 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
439 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
441 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
442 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
443 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
444 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
446 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
448 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
452 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
453 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
454 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
455 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
456 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
457 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
458 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
459 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
460 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
462 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
463 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
464 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
466 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
467 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
468 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
469 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
470 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
471 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
472 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
474 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
475 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
476 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
477 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
479 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
480 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
481 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
482 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
483 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
484 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
485 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
486 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
488 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
489 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
490 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
491 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
493 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
494 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
495 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
496 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
497 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
498 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
499 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
500 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
501 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
502 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
503 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
504 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
506 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
508 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
511 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
512 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
513 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
514 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
515 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
516 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
517 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
518 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
519 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
521 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
522 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
523 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
524 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
525 this section. closes: Bug#248618
526 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
527 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
528 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
529 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
530 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
531 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
532 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
533 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
534 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
535 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
536 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
539 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
540 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
541 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
544 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
545 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
546 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
548 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
549 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
550 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
551 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
552 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
553 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
555 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
556 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
558 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
559 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
560 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
561 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
562 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
563 Closes: #185943, #237049
565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
567 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
570 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
573 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
574 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
575 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
576 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
577 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
578 running. closes: Bug#187250
579 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
580 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
581 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
582 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
583 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
584 user closes: Bug#176506
586 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
588 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
591 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
592 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
593 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
594 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
595 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
596 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
597 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
598 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
599 deb-building toolchain.
600 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
601 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
602 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
603 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
604 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
605 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
606 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
607 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
608 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
609 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
610 sections about changelog files.
612 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
613 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
614 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
615 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
616 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
617 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
619 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
620 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
621 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
622 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
623 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
624 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
625 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
626 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
627 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
628 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
629 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
630 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
631 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
632 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
633 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
634 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
635 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
636 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
637 for the restructuring
639 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
641 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
644 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
646 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
647 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
648 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
649 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
650 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
651 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
653 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
654 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
655 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
656 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
657 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
658 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
659 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
661 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
662 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
663 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
664 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
666 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
668 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
672 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
673 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
674 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
675 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
676 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
678 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
679 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
680 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
681 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
683 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
684 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
685 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
686 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
687 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
688 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
689 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
690 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
691 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
693 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
694 script should start it, closes: #60979
695 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
696 "should", closes: #170019
697 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
698 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
699 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
700 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
701 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
702 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
703 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
704 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
707 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
709 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
712 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
713 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
714 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
715 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
716 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
717 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
718 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
719 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
720 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
722 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
723 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
724 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
725 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
726 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
727 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
728 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
729 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
730 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
732 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
733 file, closes: Bug#65764
735 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
737 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
739 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
740 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
741 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
742 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
743 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
744 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
745 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
746 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
747 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
748 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
749 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
750 details. closes: Bug#133030
751 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
752 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
755 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
757 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
759 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
760 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
761 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
762 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
763 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
764 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
765 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
766 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
767 not. closes: Bug#139820
768 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
769 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
770 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
771 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
772 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
773 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
774 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
775 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
776 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
777 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
779 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
781 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
782 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
783 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
784 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
785 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
786 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
787 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
788 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
789 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
790 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
791 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
792 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
793 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
794 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
795 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
796 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
797 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
798 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
799 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
800 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
802 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
803 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
804 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
805 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
806 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
807 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
808 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
810 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
811 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
812 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
813 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
814 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
815 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
816 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
817 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
818 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
820 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
822 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
824 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
825 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
826 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
827 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
828 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
829 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
830 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
831 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
832 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
833 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
834 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
835 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
836 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
837 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
838 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
839 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
840 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
841 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
842 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
843 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
844 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
845 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
846 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
848 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
850 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
852 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
853 medium, high, emergency.
854 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
855 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
856 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
857 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
858 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
861 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
862 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
863 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
865 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
866 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
867 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
868 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
869 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
870 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
871 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
874 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
876 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
879 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
880 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
881 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
883 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
884 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
885 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
886 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
887 debian/rules to do this
888 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
889 patches are incorporated upstream
890 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
891 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
892 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
893 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
894 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
895 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
897 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
898 system closes: Bug#91249
899 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
900 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
901 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
902 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
903 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
904 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
905 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
906 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
907 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
908 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
909 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
910 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
911 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
913 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
915 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
917 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
918 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
919 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
920 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
922 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
923 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
924 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
926 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
929 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
931 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
934 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
935 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
936 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
937 package for the time being
938 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
939 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
940 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
941 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
942 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
943 * Rename all .text files as .txt
944 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
945 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
946 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
947 Build-Depends arch syntax
948 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
950 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
951 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
953 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
954 from policy maintenance duties.
955 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
956 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
958 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
960 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
962 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
964 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
966 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
969 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
970 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
971 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
972 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
973 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
974 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
975 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
976 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
977 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
978 minor version number for this
979 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
980 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
981 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
982 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
983 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
984 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
985 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
986 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
987 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
989 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
991 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
993 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
994 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
995 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
996 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
997 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
999 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1001 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1002 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1003 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1004 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1005 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1006 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1007 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1008 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1009 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1010 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1011 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1012 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1013 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1014 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1015 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1016 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1019 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1021 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1024 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1026 * Document the Enhances relationship
1027 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1028 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1029 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1030 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1031 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1032 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1034 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1036 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1037 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1038 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1039 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1041 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1042 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1043 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1044 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1045 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1047 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1049 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1052 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1053 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1055 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1056 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1057 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1058 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1059 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1060 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1061 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1062 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1063 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1065 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1067 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1069 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1072 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1073 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1074 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1075 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1076 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1077 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1078 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1079 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1080 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1081 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1082 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1083 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1084 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1085 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1086 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1087 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1088 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1089 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1090 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1091 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1092 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1094 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1095 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1097 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1099 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1102 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1103 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1104 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1105 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1106 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1107 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1108 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1109 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1110 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1111 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1112 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1113 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1114 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1115 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1116 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1117 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1118 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1119 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1120 list closes: Bug#53756
1121 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1122 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1123 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1124 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1125 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1126 policy closes: Bug#53760
1127 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1128 policy closes: Bug#53761
1129 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1130 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1131 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1132 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1133 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1134 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1135 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1136 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1137 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1138 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1139 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1141 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1142 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1143 to install with older fileutils.
1144 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1145 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1146 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1147 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1149 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1150 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1152 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1154 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1157 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1159 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1161 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1164 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1166 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1169 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1172 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1174 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1176 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1178 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1181 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1183 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1185 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1188 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1189 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1190 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1191 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1192 directoried (closes: #41547)
1193 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1194 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1195 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1196 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1197 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1198 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1199 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1200 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1201 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1202 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1203 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1205 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1206 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1207 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1208 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1209 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1210 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1211 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1213 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1214 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1215 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1216 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1218 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1220 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1222 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1223 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1225 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1227 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1230 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1232 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1234 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1237 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1239 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1240 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1241 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1242 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1243 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1244 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1245 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1246 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1247 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1248 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1249 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1250 this closes: Bug#38612
1251 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1252 before. closes: Bug#40864
1254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1256 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1259 officially uploaded.
1260 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1262 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1263 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1264 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1266 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1267 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1268 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1269 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1270 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1271 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1273 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1274 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1275 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1277 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1279 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1280 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1281 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1282 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1283 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1285 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1287 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1290 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1291 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1292 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1293 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1294 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1295 there). closes: Bug#34233
1296 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1297 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1298 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1299 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1300 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1304 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1307 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1308 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1309 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1312 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1313 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1314 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1315 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1316 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1319 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1320 number. closes: BUG#25911
1322 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1323 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1324 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1325 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1326 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1327 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1329 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1330 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1331 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1334 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1335 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1336 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1338 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1339 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1340 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1341 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1343 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1344 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1345 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1347 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1349 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1350 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1351 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1352 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1353 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1354 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1355 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1356 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1359 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1361 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1362 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1365 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1367 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1371 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1373 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1376 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1377 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1378 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1379 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1380 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1381 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1382 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1384 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1385 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1387 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1389 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1391 * non-maintainer release
1392 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1393 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1395 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1396 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1397 * no content changes
1398 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1400 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1402 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1406 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1408 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1410 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1412 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1413 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1414 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1416 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1417 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1419 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1420 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1421 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1422 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1424 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1425 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1426 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1427 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1428 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1429 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1430 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1432 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1433 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1434 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1437 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1438 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1439 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1441 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1442 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1443 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1445 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1446 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1448 * New version numbering scheme:
1450 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1451 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1452 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1455 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1456 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1457 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1458 differ between the manuals.
1460 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1461 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1462 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1463 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1465 * Packaging changes:
1467 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1468 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1470 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1474 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1478 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1479 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1480 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1482 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1483 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1486 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1487 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1488 file extension as the referenced file
1490 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1491 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1493 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1494 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1495 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1496 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1499 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1500 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1501 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1503 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1504 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1505 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1506 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1509 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1510 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1513 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1514 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1515 reasonable default configuration
1517 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1518 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1519 by all news servers and clients
1521 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1522 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1523 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1524 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1525 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1527 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1528 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1531 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1533 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1534 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1536 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1539 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1540 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1542 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1543 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1545 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1547 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1549 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1551 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1552 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1553 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1554 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1556 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1558 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1559 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1560 * Don't use debstd anymore
1562 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1564 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1566 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1567 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1568 contrib/non-free policy
1569 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1570 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1571 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1572 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1573 - new section about `Daemons'
1574 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1575 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1576 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1577 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1578 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1579 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1580 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1581 * SGML source code included in package
1582 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1584 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1586 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1589 - completely reworked structure
1590 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1591 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1592 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1593 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1594 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1595 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1596 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1597 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1598 - mention "orphaned packages"
1599 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1600 distributions' policy
1601 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1602 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1603 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1604 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1605 - added section about arch spec strings
1606 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1607 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1608 - added section about "menus"
1609 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1610 the new documentation policy soon
1611 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1612 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1614 - added section about editors and pagers
1615 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1616 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1617 - added section about device files
1618 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1619 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1620 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1622 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1623 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1624 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1625 - Added new section about obsolete names
1626 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1627 * Fixed package's description
1629 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1631 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1633 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1635 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1637 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1639 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1640 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1641 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1642 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1644 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1646 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1648 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1649 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1650 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1652 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1653 and upload it "byhand" too.
1655 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1657 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1660 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1661 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1662 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1663 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1664 functionality must not have the same name.
1665 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1666 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1667 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1668 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1669 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1670 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1671 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1673 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1674 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1675 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1676 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1677 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1678 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1679 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1680 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1683 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1685 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1687 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1689 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1690 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1691 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1692 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1693 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1696 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1698 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1700 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1702 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1703 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1704 description of deb file format.
1705 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1706 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1708 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1710 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1711 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1713 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1715 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1717 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1718 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1719 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1720 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1721 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1722 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1723 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1724 packages in section on Procedure
1725 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1726 a package maintainer
1727 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1728 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1729 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1731 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1732 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1733 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1734 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1735 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1736 on various shlib files
1737 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1738 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1739 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1741 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1743 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1745 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1746 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1747 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1749 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1750 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1751 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1752 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1753 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1755 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1757 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1759 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1761 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1763 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1764 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1765 compatibility go in contrib.
1767 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1768 instructions in policy manual.
1769 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1772 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1774 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1776 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1777 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1778 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1779 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1781 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1782 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1785 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1787 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1789 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1790 * More detail about changelog format names.
1792 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1793 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1797 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1799 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1801 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1803 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1805 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1807 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1809 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1811 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1812 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1813 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1815 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1817 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1819 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1821 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1823 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1827 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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