1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
31 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
32 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
34 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
36 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
40 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
42 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
43 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
47 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
50 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
51 Wording: Steve Langasek.
52 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
53 Seconded: Julien Cristau
57 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
58 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
59 Seconded: Russ Allbery
60 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
63 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
64 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
65 Seconded: Russ Allbery
67 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
68 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
69 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
70 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
71 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
72 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
73 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
74 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
77 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
78 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
79 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
80 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
81 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
82 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
83 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
85 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
86 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
87 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
88 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
89 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
90 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
91 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
94 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
95 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
96 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
97 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
98 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
100 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
103 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
104 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
107 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
108 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
111 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
113 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
115 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
116 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
120 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
121 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
125 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
126 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
130 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
131 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
134 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
135 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
137 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
143 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
144 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
148 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
149 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
153 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
154 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
158 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
159 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
163 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
164 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
168 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
169 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
170 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
171 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
172 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
173 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
174 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
175 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
176 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
177 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
178 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
179 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
180 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
181 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
182 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
184 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
185 Source field descriptions.
186 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
187 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
188 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
189 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
190 description says otherwise.
192 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
194 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
197 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
198 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
201 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
202 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
204 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
205 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
209 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
210 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
214 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
215 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
219 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
220 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
221 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
222 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
226 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
227 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
228 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
229 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
230 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
232 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
233 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
237 * Add myself to Uploaders.
240 * Add myself to Uploaders.
241 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
243 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
244 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
245 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
247 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
249 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
251 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
252 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
256 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
257 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
259 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
261 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
262 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
266 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
269 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
271 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
272 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
276 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
281 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
282 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
284 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
286 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
287 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
289 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
291 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
292 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
293 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
296 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
297 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
301 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
302 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
305 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
307 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
308 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
309 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
310 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
311 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
312 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
313 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
314 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
315 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
316 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
317 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
318 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
319 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
320 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
321 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
322 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
323 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
324 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
325 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
326 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
327 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
328 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
329 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
330 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
331 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
332 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
333 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
334 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
335 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
336 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
338 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
339 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
340 links was completed long ago.
341 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
343 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
345 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
347 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
348 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
350 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
352 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
354 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
355 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
356 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
357 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
358 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
359 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
360 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
361 Millan (Closes: #209008).
362 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
363 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
365 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
367 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
369 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
370 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
371 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
372 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
373 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
374 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
375 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
377 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
378 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
379 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
380 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
382 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
383 Küster (Closes: #403391).
384 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
385 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
386 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
387 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
388 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
389 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
393 Closes: #186700, #458910
394 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
395 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
398 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
399 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
400 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
401 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
402 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
403 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
404 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
407 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
408 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
410 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
411 * Add an md5sums control file.
412 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
413 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
414 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
415 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
416 currently part of policy.
417 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
418 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
419 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
422 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
424 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
426 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
427 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
428 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
429 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
430 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
431 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
432 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
433 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
434 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
435 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
436 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
437 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
438 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
439 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
440 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
441 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
443 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
445 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
446 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
447 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
449 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
450 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
451 list?" (Closes: #412634).
452 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
453 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
454 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
455 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
456 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
457 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
458 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
459 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
460 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
461 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
462 debconf specification.
463 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
464 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
466 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
468 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
470 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
471 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
473 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
474 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
478 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
479 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
480 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
481 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
482 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
484 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
485 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
486 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
487 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
488 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
489 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
490 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
491 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
492 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
493 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
494 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
495 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
496 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
498 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
499 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
501 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
503 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
504 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
505 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
506 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
508 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
509 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
510 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
512 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
514 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
517 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
518 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
520 Polo (Closes: #372497).
521 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
522 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
524 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
525 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
526 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
527 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
529 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
530 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
531 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
533 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
535 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
536 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
537 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
538 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
539 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
540 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
542 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
544 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
546 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
547 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
548 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
549 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
552 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
554 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
556 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
558 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
559 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
560 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
561 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
562 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
563 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
564 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
565 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
566 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
567 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
569 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
570 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
571 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
572 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
573 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
574 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
575 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
576 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
577 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
578 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
579 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
584 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
586 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
587 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
588 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
589 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
590 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
591 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
592 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
593 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
594 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
595 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
596 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
597 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
598 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
599 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
600 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
601 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
602 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
603 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
604 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
605 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
606 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
607 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
608 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
609 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
610 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
611 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
612 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
613 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
615 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
616 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
617 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
618 Hess (Closes: #362247).
619 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
620 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
621 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
622 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
623 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
624 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
625 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
626 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
627 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
628 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
629 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
630 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
632 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
633 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
636 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
637 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
638 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
639 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
640 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
641 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
642 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
643 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
644 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
645 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
647 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
649 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
652 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
653 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
654 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
655 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
656 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
657 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
658 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
659 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
660 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
661 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
662 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
663 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
664 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
666 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
667 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
668 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
669 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
670 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
671 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
672 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
673 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
674 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
675 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
676 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
677 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
678 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
680 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
681 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
682 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
683 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
684 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
687 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
689 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
692 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
693 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
694 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
696 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
697 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
699 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
701 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
703 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
706 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
707 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
708 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
709 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
710 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
711 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
712 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
713 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
714 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
715 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
718 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
719 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
721 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
722 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
723 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
724 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
725 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
726 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
727 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
729 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
730 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
731 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
732 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
734 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
735 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
736 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
737 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
738 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
739 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
740 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
741 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
743 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
744 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
745 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
746 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
747 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
748 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
749 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
750 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
751 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
752 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
753 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
754 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
755 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
756 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
757 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
758 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
759 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
761 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
763 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
766 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
767 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
768 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
769 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
770 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
771 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
772 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
773 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
774 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
776 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
777 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
778 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
779 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
780 this section. closes: Bug#248618
781 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
782 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
783 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
784 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
785 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
786 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
787 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
788 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
789 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
790 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
791 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
792 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
794 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
795 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
796 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
799 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
800 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
801 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
803 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
804 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
805 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
806 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
807 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
808 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
810 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
811 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
813 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
814 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
815 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
816 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
817 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
818 Closes: #185943, #237049
820 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
822 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
828 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
829 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
830 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
831 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
832 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
833 running. closes: Bug#187250
834 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
835 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
836 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
837 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
838 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
839 user closes: Bug#176506
841 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
843 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
846 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
847 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
848 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
849 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
850 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
851 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
852 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
853 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
854 deb-building toolchain.
855 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
856 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
857 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
858 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
859 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
860 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
861 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
862 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
863 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
864 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
865 sections about changelog files.
867 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
868 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
869 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
870 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
871 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
872 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
874 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
875 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
876 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
877 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
878 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
879 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
880 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
881 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
882 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
883 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
884 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
885 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
886 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
887 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
888 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
889 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
890 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
891 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
892 for the restructuring
894 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
896 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
899 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
901 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
902 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
903 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
904 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
905 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
906 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
908 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
909 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
910 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
911 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
912 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
913 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
914 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
916 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
917 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
918 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
919 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
921 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
923 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
927 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
928 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
929 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
930 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
931 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
933 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
934 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
935 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
936 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
938 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
939 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
940 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
941 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
942 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
943 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
944 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
945 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
946 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
948 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
949 script should start it, closes: #60979
950 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
951 "should", closes: #170019
952 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
953 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
954 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
955 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
956 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
957 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
958 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
959 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
962 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
964 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
967 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
968 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
969 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
970 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
971 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
972 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
973 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
974 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
975 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
977 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
978 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
979 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
980 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
981 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
982 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
983 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
984 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
985 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
987 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
988 file, closes: Bug#65764
990 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
992 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
994 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
995 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
996 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
997 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
998 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
999 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1000 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1001 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1002 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1003 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1004 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1005 details. closes: Bug#133030
1006 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1007 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1008 parts of Bug#161455.
1010 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1012 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1015 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1016 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1017 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1018 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1019 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1020 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1021 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1022 not. closes: Bug#139820
1023 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1024 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1025 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1026 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1027 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1028 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1029 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1030 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1031 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1032 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1034 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1036 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1037 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1038 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1039 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1040 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1041 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1042 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1043 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1044 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1045 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1046 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1047 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1048 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1049 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1050 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1051 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1052 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1053 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1054 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1055 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1057 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1058 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1059 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1060 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1061 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1062 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1063 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1065 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1066 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1067 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1068 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1069 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1070 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1071 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1072 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1073 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1075 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1077 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1080 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1081 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1082 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1083 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1084 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1085 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1086 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1087 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1088 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1089 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1090 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1091 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1092 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1093 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1094 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1095 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1096 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1097 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1098 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1099 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1100 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1101 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1105 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1108 medium, high, emergency.
1109 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1110 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1111 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1112 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1113 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1116 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1117 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1118 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1120 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1121 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1122 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1123 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1124 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1125 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1126 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1129 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1131 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1134 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1135 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1136 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1138 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1139 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1140 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1141 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1142 debian/rules to do this
1143 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1144 patches are incorporated upstream
1145 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1146 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1147 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1148 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1149 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1150 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1152 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1153 system closes: Bug#91249
1154 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1155 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1156 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1157 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1158 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1159 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1160 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1161 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1162 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1163 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1164 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1165 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1166 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1168 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1170 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1173 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1174 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1175 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1177 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1178 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1179 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1181 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1186 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1189 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1190 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1191 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1192 package for the time being
1193 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1194 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1195 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1196 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1197 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1198 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1199 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1200 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1201 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1202 Build-Depends arch syntax
1203 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1205 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1206 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1208 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1209 from policy maintenance duties.
1210 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1211 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1215 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1219 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1221 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1224 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1225 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1226 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1227 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1228 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1229 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1230 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1231 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1232 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1233 minor version number for this
1234 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1235 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1236 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1237 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1238 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1239 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1240 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1241 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1242 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1244 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1246 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1249 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1250 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1251 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1252 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1254 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1256 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1257 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1258 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1259 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1260 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1261 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1262 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1263 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1264 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1265 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1266 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1267 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1268 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1269 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1270 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1271 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1276 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1279 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1281 * Document the Enhances relationship
1282 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1283 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1284 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1285 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1286 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1287 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1289 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1291 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1292 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1293 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1294 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1296 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1297 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1298 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1299 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1300 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1304 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1307 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1308 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1310 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1311 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1312 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1313 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1314 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1315 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1316 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1317 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1318 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1320 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1322 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1324 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1327 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1328 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1329 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1330 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1331 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1332 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1333 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1334 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1335 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1336 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1337 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1338 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1339 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1340 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1341 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1342 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1343 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1344 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1345 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1346 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1347 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1349 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1350 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1352 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1354 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1357 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1358 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1359 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1360 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1361 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1362 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1363 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1364 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1365 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1366 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1367 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1368 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1369 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1370 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1371 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1372 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1373 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1374 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1375 list closes: Bug#53756
1376 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1377 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1378 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1379 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1380 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1381 policy closes: Bug#53760
1382 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1383 policy closes: Bug#53761
1384 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1385 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1386 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1387 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1388 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1389 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1390 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1391 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1392 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1393 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1394 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1396 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1397 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1398 to install with older fileutils.
1399 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1400 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1401 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1402 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1404 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1405 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1407 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1409 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1412 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1416 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1419 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1421 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1424 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1426 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1427 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1429 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1431 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1433 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1436 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1438 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1440 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1442 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1443 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1444 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1445 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1446 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1447 directoried (closes: #41547)
1448 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1449 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1450 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1451 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1452 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1453 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1454 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1455 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1456 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1457 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1458 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1460 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1461 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1462 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1463 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1464 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1465 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1466 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1468 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1469 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1470 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1471 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1473 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1475 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1477 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1478 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1480 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1482 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1485 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1487 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1489 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1491 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1492 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1494 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1495 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1496 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1497 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1498 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1499 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1500 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1501 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1502 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1503 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1504 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1505 this closes: Bug#38612
1506 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1507 before. closes: Bug#40864
1509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1511 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1513 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1514 officially uploaded.
1515 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1517 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1518 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1519 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1521 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1522 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1523 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1524 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1525 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1526 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1528 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1529 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1530 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1532 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1534 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1535 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1536 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1537 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1538 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1540 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1542 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1544 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1545 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1546 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1547 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1548 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1549 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1550 there). closes: Bug#34233
1551 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1552 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1553 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1554 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1555 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1557 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1559 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1562 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1563 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1564 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1567 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1568 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1569 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1570 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1571 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1574 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1575 number. closes: BUG#25911
1577 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1578 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1579 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1580 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1581 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1582 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1584 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1585 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1586 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1589 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1590 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1591 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1593 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1594 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1595 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1596 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1598 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1599 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1600 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1602 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1604 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1605 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1606 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1607 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1608 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1609 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1610 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1611 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1614 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1616 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1617 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1620 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1622 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1624 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1626 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1628 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1630 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1631 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1632 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1633 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1634 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1635 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1636 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1637 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1639 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1640 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1642 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1644 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1646 * non-maintainer release
1647 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1648 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1650 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1651 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1652 * no content changes
1653 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1655 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1657 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1661 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1663 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1665 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1667 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1668 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1669 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1671 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1672 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1674 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1675 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1676 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1677 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1679 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1680 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1681 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1682 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1683 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1684 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1685 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1687 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1688 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1689 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1692 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1693 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1694 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1696 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1697 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1698 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1700 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1701 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1703 * New version numbering scheme:
1705 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1706 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1707 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1710 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1711 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1712 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1713 differ between the manuals.
1715 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1716 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1717 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1718 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1720 * Packaging changes:
1722 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1723 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1725 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1727 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1729 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1731 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1733 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1734 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1735 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1737 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1738 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1741 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1742 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1743 file extension as the referenced file
1745 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1746 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1748 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1749 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1750 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1751 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1754 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1755 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1756 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1758 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1759 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1760 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1761 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1764 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1765 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1768 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1769 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1770 reasonable default configuration
1772 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1773 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1774 by all news servers and clients
1776 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1777 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1778 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1779 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1780 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1782 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1783 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1786 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1788 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1789 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1791 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1794 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1795 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1797 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1798 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1800 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1802 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1804 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1806 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1807 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1808 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1809 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1811 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1813 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1814 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1815 * Don't use debstd anymore
1817 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1819 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1821 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1822 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1823 contrib/non-free policy
1824 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1825 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1826 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1827 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1828 - new section about `Daemons'
1829 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1830 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1831 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1832 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1833 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1834 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1835 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1836 * SGML source code included in package
1837 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1839 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1841 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1843 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1844 - completely reworked structure
1845 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1846 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1847 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1848 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1849 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1850 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1851 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1852 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1853 - mention "orphaned packages"
1854 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1855 distributions' policy
1856 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1857 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1858 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1859 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1860 - added section about arch spec strings
1861 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1862 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1863 - added section about "menus"
1864 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1865 the new documentation policy soon
1866 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1867 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1869 - added section about editors and pagers
1870 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1871 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1872 - added section about device files
1873 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1874 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1875 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1877 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1878 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1879 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1880 - Added new section about obsolete names
1881 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1882 * Fixed package's description
1884 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1886 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1888 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1890 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1892 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1894 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1895 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1896 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1897 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1899 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1901 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1903 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1904 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1905 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1907 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1908 and upload it "byhand" too.
1910 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1912 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1915 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1916 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1917 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1918 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1919 functionality must not have the same name.
1920 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1921 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1922 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1923 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1924 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1925 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1926 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1928 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1929 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1930 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1931 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1932 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1933 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1934 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1935 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1938 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1940 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1942 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1944 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1945 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1946 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1947 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1948 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1951 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1953 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1955 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1957 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1958 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1959 description of deb file format.
1960 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1961 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1963 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1965 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1966 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1968 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1970 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1972 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1973 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1974 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1975 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1976 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1977 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1978 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1979 packages in section on Procedure
1980 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1981 a package maintainer
1982 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1983 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1984 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1986 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1987 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1988 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1989 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1990 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1991 on various shlib files
1992 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1993 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1994 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1996 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1998 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2000 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2001 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2002 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2004 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2005 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2006 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2007 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2008 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2010 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2012 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2014 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2016 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2018 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2019 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2020 compatibility go in contrib.
2022 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2023 instructions in policy manual.
2024 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2027 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2029 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2031 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2032 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2033 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2034 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2036 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2037 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2040 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2042 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2044 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2045 * More detail about changelog format names.
2047 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2048 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2052 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2054 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2056 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2058 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2060 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2062 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2064 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2066 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2067 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2068 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2070 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2072 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2074 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2076 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2078 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2082 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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