1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
5 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
11 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
16 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
17 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
18 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
21 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
23 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
29 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
34 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
35 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
36 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
37 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
38 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
40 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
41 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
42 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
43 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
44 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
45 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
46 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
47 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
48 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
49 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
50 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
51 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
52 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
53 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
54 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
55 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
57 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
58 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
59 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
60 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
61 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
62 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
63 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
64 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
65 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
68 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
70 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
71 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
72 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
73 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
78 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
79 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
81 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
82 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
83 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
84 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
87 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
89 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
93 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
94 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
95 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
98 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
99 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
100 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
102 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
103 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
109 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
110 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
111 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
114 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
115 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
120 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
121 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
122 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
123 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
126 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
127 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
132 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:27:54 +0100
134 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
136 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
140 Closes: #459868, #581011
141 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
144 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
146 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
147 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
149 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
151 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
152 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
154 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
156 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
157 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
161 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
162 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
165 Closes: #501930, #593909
166 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
171 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
172 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
173 machine. (Closes: #591857)
174 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
175 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
176 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
177 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
178 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
179 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
180 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
181 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
182 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
183 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
185 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
186 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
187 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
188 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
189 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
190 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
191 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
192 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
193 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
194 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
195 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
196 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
197 than the version in oldstable.
198 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
199 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
200 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
201 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
202 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
203 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
204 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
205 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
206 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
207 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
208 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
209 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
210 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
211 package. (Closes: #609160)
213 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
215 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
218 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
219 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
223 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
224 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
228 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
229 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
233 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
234 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
238 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
239 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
243 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
244 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
248 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
249 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
253 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
254 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
256 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
258 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
259 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
261 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
263 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
264 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
269 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
270 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
275 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
276 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
280 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
281 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
285 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
286 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
290 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
291 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
295 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
296 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
300 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
301 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
305 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
307 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
308 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
309 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
310 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
311 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
312 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
313 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
314 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
315 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
317 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
318 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
319 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
320 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
321 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
322 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
324 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
326 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
329 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
332 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
335 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
336 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
337 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
338 and distribution license' (three times).
339 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
340 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
345 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
347 Proposed by Santiago Vila
348 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
355 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
356 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
360 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
361 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
362 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
365 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
367 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
368 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
372 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
373 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
376 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
378 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
379 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
382 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
384 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
385 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
388 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
390 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
391 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
392 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
395 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
396 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
401 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
402 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
403 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
404 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
406 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
407 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
411 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
412 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
413 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
417 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
418 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
419 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
422 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
423 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
428 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
429 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
433 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
434 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
435 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
436 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
437 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
438 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
439 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
440 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
441 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
442 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
443 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
444 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
445 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
446 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
447 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
448 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
449 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
450 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
451 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
452 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
453 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
454 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
455 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
456 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
457 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
458 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
459 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
460 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
461 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
462 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
463 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
464 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
466 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
468 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
470 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
474 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
476 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
477 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
481 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
484 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
485 Wording: Steve Langasek.
486 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
487 Seconded: Julien Cristau
488 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
491 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
492 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
493 Seconded: Russ Allbery
494 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
497 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
498 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
499 Seconded: Russ Allbery
501 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
502 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
503 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
504 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
505 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
506 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
507 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
508 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
511 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
512 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
513 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
514 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
515 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
516 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
517 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
519 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
520 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
521 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
522 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
523 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
524 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
525 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
528 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
529 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
530 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
531 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
532 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
534 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
537 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
538 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
539 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
540 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
541 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
542 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
545 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
547 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
549 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
550 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
551 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
554 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
555 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
556 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
557 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
559 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
560 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
564 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
565 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
568 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
569 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
571 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
572 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
577 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
582 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
583 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
587 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
588 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
589 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
592 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
593 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
594 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
597 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
598 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
599 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
600 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
602 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
603 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
604 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
605 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
606 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
607 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
608 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
609 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
610 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
611 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
612 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
613 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
614 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
615 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
616 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
618 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
619 Source field descriptions.
620 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
621 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
622 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
623 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
624 description says otherwise.
626 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
628 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
631 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
632 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
634 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
635 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
636 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
638 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
639 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
643 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
644 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
648 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
649 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
653 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
654 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
655 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
656 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
660 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
661 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
662 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
663 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
664 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
666 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
667 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
671 * Add myself to Uploaders.
674 * Add myself to Uploaders.
675 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
677 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
678 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
679 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
681 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
683 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
686 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
687 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
690 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
691 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
693 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
695 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
696 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
697 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
700 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
701 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
702 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
703 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
705 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
706 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
707 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
710 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
711 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
712 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
715 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
716 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
717 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
718 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
720 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
721 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
722 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
723 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
725 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
726 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
727 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
728 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
730 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
731 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
732 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
733 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
735 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
736 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
737 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
738 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
739 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
741 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
742 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
743 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
744 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
745 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
746 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
747 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
748 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
749 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
750 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
751 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
752 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
753 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
754 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
755 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
756 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
757 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
758 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
759 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
760 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
761 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
762 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
763 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
764 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
765 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
766 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
767 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
768 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
769 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
770 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
772 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
773 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
774 links was completed long ago.
775 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
777 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
779 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
781 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
782 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
784 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
786 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
788 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
789 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
790 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
791 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
792 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
793 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
794 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
795 Millan (Closes: #209008).
796 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
797 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
799 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
801 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
803 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
804 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
805 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
806 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
807 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
808 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
809 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
811 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
812 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
813 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
814 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
816 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
817 Küster (Closes: #403391).
818 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
819 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
820 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
821 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
822 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
823 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
824 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
825 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
826 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
827 Closes: #186700, #458910
828 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
829 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
830 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
832 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
833 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
834 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
835 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
836 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
837 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
838 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
839 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
841 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
842 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
844 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
845 * Add an md5sums control file.
846 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
847 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
848 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
849 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
850 currently part of policy.
851 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
852 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
853 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
856 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
858 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
860 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
861 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
862 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
863 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
864 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
865 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
866 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
867 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
868 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
869 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
870 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
871 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
872 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
873 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
874 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
875 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
877 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
879 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
880 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
881 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
883 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
884 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
885 list?" (Closes: #412634).
886 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
887 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
888 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
889 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
890 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
891 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
892 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
893 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
894 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
895 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
896 debconf specification.
897 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
898 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
900 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
902 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
904 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
905 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
906 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
907 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
908 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
910 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
912 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
913 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
914 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
915 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
916 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
918 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
919 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
920 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
921 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
922 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
923 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
924 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
925 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
926 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
927 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
928 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
929 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
930 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
931 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
932 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
933 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
935 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
937 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
938 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
939 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
940 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
941 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
942 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
943 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
944 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
946 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
948 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
950 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
951 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
952 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
953 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
954 Polo (Closes: #372497).
955 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
956 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
958 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
959 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
960 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
961 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
962 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
963 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
965 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
966 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
967 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
969 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
970 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
971 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
972 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
973 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
974 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
976 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
978 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
981 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
982 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
983 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
985 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
986 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
988 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
990 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
992 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
993 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
994 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
995 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
996 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
997 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
998 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
999 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1000 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1001 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1003 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1004 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1005 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1006 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1007 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1008 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1009 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1010 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1011 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1012 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1013 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1016 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1018 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1021 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1022 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1023 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1024 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1025 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1026 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1027 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1028 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1029 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1030 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1031 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1032 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1033 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1034 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1035 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1036 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1037 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1038 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1039 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1040 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1041 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1042 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1043 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1044 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1045 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1046 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1047 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1049 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1050 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1051 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1052 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1053 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1054 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1055 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1056 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1057 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1058 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1059 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1060 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1061 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1062 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1063 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1064 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1066 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1067 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1069 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1070 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1071 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1072 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1073 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1074 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1075 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1076 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1077 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1078 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1079 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1081 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1083 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1087 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1088 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1089 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1090 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1091 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1092 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1093 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1094 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1095 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1096 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1097 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1098 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1101 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1103 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1104 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1105 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1106 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1108 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1110 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1112 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1113 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1114 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1115 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1116 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1117 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1118 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1123 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1126 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1127 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1128 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1130 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1131 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1133 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1135 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1137 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1141 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1142 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1143 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1144 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1145 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1146 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1147 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1148 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1149 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1152 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1153 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1155 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1156 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1157 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1158 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1159 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1160 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1161 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1163 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1164 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1165 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1166 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1169 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1170 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1171 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1172 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1173 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1174 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1175 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1178 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1179 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1180 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1182 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1183 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1184 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1185 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1186 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1187 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1188 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1189 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1190 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1191 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1192 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1193 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1195 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1197 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1201 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1202 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1203 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1204 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1205 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1206 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1207 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1208 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1210 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1211 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1212 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1213 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1214 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1215 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1216 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1217 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1218 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1219 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1220 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1221 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1223 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1224 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1225 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1229 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1230 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1233 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1234 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1235 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1237 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1238 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1239 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1240 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1241 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1242 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1244 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1245 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1247 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1248 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1249 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1250 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1251 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1252 Closes: #185943, #237049
1254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1256 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1262 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1263 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1264 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1265 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1266 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1267 running. closes: Bug#187250
1268 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1269 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1270 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1271 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1272 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1273 user closes: Bug#176506
1275 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1277 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1281 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1282 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1283 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1284 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1285 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1286 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1287 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1288 deb-building toolchain.
1289 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1290 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1291 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1292 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1293 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1294 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1295 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1296 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1297 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1298 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1299 sections about changelog files.
1301 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1302 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1303 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1304 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1305 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1306 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1308 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1309 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1310 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1311 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1312 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1313 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1314 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1315 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1316 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1317 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1318 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1319 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1320 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1321 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1322 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1323 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1324 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1325 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1326 for the restructuring
1328 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1330 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1335 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1336 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1337 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1338 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1339 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1340 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1342 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1343 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1344 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1345 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1346 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1347 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1348 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1350 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1351 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1352 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1353 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1355 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1357 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1361 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1362 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1363 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1364 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1365 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1367 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1368 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1369 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1370 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1372 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1373 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1374 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1375 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1376 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1377 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1378 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1379 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1380 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1381 offtopic stuff, too.
1382 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1383 script should start it, closes: #60979
1384 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1385 "should", closes: #170019
1386 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1387 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1388 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1389 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1390 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1391 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1392 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1393 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1396 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1398 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1402 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1403 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1404 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1405 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1406 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1407 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1408 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1409 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1411 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1412 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1413 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1414 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1415 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1416 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1417 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1418 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1419 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1421 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1422 file, closes: Bug#65764
1424 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1426 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1429 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1430 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1431 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1432 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1433 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1434 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1435 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1436 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1437 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1438 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1439 details. closes: Bug#133030
1440 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1441 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1442 parts of Bug#161455.
1444 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1446 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1449 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1450 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1451 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1452 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1453 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1454 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1455 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1456 not. closes: Bug#139820
1457 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1458 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1459 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1460 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1461 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1462 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1463 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1464 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1465 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1466 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1468 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1470 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1471 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1472 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1473 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1474 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1475 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1476 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1477 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1478 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1479 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1480 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1481 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1482 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1483 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1484 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1485 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1486 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1487 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1488 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1489 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1491 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1492 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1493 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1494 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1495 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1496 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1497 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1499 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1500 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1501 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1502 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1503 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1504 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1505 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1506 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1507 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1511 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1513 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1514 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1515 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1516 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1517 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1518 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1519 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1520 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1521 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1522 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1523 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1524 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1525 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1526 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1527 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1528 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1529 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1530 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1531 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1532 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1533 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1534 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1535 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1537 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1539 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1542 medium, high, emergency.
1543 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1544 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1545 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1546 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1547 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1550 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1551 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1552 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1554 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1555 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1556 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1557 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1558 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1559 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1560 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1563 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1565 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1567 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1568 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1569 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1570 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1572 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1573 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1574 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1575 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1576 debian/rules to do this
1577 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1578 patches are incorporated upstream
1579 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1580 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1581 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1582 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1583 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1584 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1586 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1587 system closes: Bug#91249
1588 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1589 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1590 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1591 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1592 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1593 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1594 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1595 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1596 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1597 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1598 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1599 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1600 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1602 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1604 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1606 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1607 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1608 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1609 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1611 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1612 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1613 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1615 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1618 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1620 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1622 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1623 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1624 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1625 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1626 package for the time being
1627 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1628 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1629 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1630 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1631 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1632 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1633 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1634 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1635 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1636 Build-Depends arch syntax
1637 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1639 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1640 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1642 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1643 from policy maintenance duties.
1644 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1645 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1647 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1649 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1651 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1653 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1655 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1657 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1658 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1659 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1660 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1661 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1662 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1663 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1664 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1665 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1666 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1667 minor version number for this
1668 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1669 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1670 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1671 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1672 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1673 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1674 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1675 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1676 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1678 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1680 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1682 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1683 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1684 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1685 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1686 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1688 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1690 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1691 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1692 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1693 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1694 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1695 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1696 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1697 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1698 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1699 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1700 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1701 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1702 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1703 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1704 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1705 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1708 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1710 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1712 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1713 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1715 * Document the Enhances relationship
1716 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1717 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1718 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1719 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1720 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1721 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1723 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1725 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1726 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1727 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1728 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1730 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1731 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1732 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1733 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1734 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1736 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1738 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1740 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1741 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1742 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1744 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1745 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1746 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1747 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1748 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1749 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1750 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1751 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1752 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1754 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1756 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1758 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1760 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1761 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1762 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1763 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1764 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1765 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1766 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1767 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1768 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1769 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1770 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1771 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1772 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1773 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1774 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1775 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1776 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1777 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1778 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1779 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1780 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1781 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1783 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1784 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1786 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1788 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1790 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1791 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1792 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1793 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1794 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1795 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1796 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1797 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1798 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1799 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1800 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1801 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1802 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1803 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1804 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1805 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1806 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1807 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1808 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1809 list closes: Bug#53756
1810 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1811 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1812 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1813 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1814 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1815 policy closes: Bug#53760
1816 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1817 policy closes: Bug#53761
1818 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1819 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1820 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1821 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1822 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1823 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1824 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1825 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1826 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1827 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1828 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1830 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1831 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1832 to install with older fileutils.
1833 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1834 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1835 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1836 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1838 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1839 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1841 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1843 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1845 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1846 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1848 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1850 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1852 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1853 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1855 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1858 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1860 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1861 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1863 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1865 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1867 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1869 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1870 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1872 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1874 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1876 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1877 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1878 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1879 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1880 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1881 directoried (closes: #41547)
1882 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1883 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1884 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1885 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1886 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1887 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1888 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1889 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1890 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1891 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1892 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1894 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1895 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1896 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1897 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1898 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1899 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1900 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1902 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1903 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1904 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1905 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1907 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1909 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1911 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1912 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1914 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1916 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1918 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1919 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1921 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1923 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1925 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1926 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1928 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1929 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1930 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1931 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1932 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1933 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1934 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1935 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1936 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1937 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1938 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1939 this closes: Bug#38612
1940 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1941 before. closes: Bug#40864
1943 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1945 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1947 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1948 officially uploaded.
1949 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1951 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1952 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1953 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1955 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1956 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1957 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1958 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1959 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1960 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1962 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1963 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1964 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1966 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1968 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1969 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1970 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1971 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1972 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1974 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1976 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1978 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1979 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1980 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1981 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1982 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1983 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1984 there). closes: Bug#34233
1985 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1986 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1987 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1988 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1989 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1991 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1993 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1995 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1996 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1997 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1998 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2001 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2002 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2003 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2004 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2005 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2008 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2009 number. closes: BUG#25911
2011 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2012 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2013 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2014 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2015 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2016 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2018 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2019 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2020 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2023 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2024 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2025 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2027 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2028 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2029 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2030 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2032 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2033 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2034 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2036 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2038 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2039 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2040 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2041 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2042 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2043 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2044 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2045 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2048 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2050 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2051 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2054 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2056 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2058 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2060 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2062 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2064 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2065 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2066 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2067 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2068 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2069 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2070 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2071 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2073 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2074 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2076 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2078 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2080 * non-maintainer release
2081 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2082 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2084 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2085 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2086 * no content changes
2087 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2089 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2091 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2095 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2097 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2099 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2101 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2102 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2103 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2105 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2106 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2108 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2109 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2110 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2111 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2113 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2114 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2115 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2116 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2117 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2118 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2119 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2121 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2122 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2123 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2126 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2127 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2128 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2130 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2131 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2132 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2134 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2135 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2137 * New version numbering scheme:
2139 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2140 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2141 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2144 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2145 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2146 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2147 differ between the manuals.
2149 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2150 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2151 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2152 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2154 * Packaging changes:
2156 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2157 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2159 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2161 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2163 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2165 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2167 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2168 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2169 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2171 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2172 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2175 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2176 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2177 file extension as the referenced file
2179 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2180 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2182 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2183 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2184 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2185 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2188 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2189 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2190 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2192 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2193 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2194 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2195 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2198 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2199 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2202 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2203 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2204 reasonable default configuration
2206 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2207 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2208 by all news servers and clients
2210 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2211 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2212 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2213 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2214 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2216 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2217 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2220 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2222 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2223 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2225 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2228 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2229 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2231 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2232 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2234 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2236 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2238 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2240 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2241 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2242 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2243 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2245 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2247 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2248 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2249 * Don't use debstd anymore
2251 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2253 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2255 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2256 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2257 contrib/non-free policy
2258 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2259 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2260 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2261 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2262 - new section about `Daemons'
2263 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2264 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2265 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2266 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2267 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2268 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2269 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2270 * SGML source code included in package
2271 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2273 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2275 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2277 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2278 - completely reworked structure
2279 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2280 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2281 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2282 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2283 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2284 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2285 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2286 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2287 - mention "orphaned packages"
2288 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2289 distributions' policy
2290 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2291 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2292 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2293 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2294 - added section about arch spec strings
2295 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2296 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2297 - added section about "menus"
2298 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2299 the new documentation policy soon
2300 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2301 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2303 - added section about editors and pagers
2304 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2305 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2306 - added section about device files
2307 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2308 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2309 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2311 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2312 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2313 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2314 - Added new section about obsolete names
2315 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2316 * Fixed package's description
2318 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2320 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2322 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2326 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2328 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2329 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2330 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2331 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2333 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2335 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2337 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2338 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2339 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2341 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2342 and upload it "byhand" too.
2344 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2346 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2349 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2350 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2351 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2352 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2353 functionality must not have the same name.
2354 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2355 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2356 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2357 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2358 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2359 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2360 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2362 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2363 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2364 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2365 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2366 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2367 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2368 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2369 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2372 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2374 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2376 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2378 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2379 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2380 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2381 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2382 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2385 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2387 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2389 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2391 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2392 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2393 description of deb file format.
2394 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2395 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2397 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2399 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2400 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2402 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2404 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2406 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2407 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2408 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2409 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2410 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2411 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2412 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2413 packages in section on Procedure
2414 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2415 a package maintainer
2416 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2417 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2418 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2420 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2421 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2422 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2423 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2424 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2425 on various shlib files
2426 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2427 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2428 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2430 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2432 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2434 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2435 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2436 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2438 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2439 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2440 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2441 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2442 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2444 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2446 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2448 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2450 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2452 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2453 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2454 compatibility go in contrib.
2456 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2457 instructions in policy manual.
2458 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2461 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2463 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2465 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2466 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2467 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2468 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2470 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2471 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2474 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2476 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2478 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2479 * More detail about changelog format names.
2481 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2482 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2486 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2488 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2490 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2492 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2494 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2496 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2498 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2500 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2501 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2502 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2504 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2506 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2508 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2510 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2512 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2516 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100