1 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
4 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
5 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
6 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
7 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
8 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
10 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
11 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
12 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
13 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
15 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
16 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
17 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
20 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:42 -0800
22 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
26 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
27 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
28 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
29 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
30 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
31 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
32 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
33 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
34 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
35 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
40 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
41 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
46 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
47 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
48 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
51 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
53 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
54 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
58 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
59 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
62 Closes: #620870, #532120
63 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
64 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
69 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
70 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
71 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
75 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
76 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
77 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
78 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
79 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
81 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
82 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
83 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
84 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
85 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
86 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
87 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
88 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
89 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
90 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
91 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
92 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
93 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
94 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
95 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
96 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
98 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
100 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
101 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
102 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
103 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
104 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
105 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
106 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
107 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
108 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
109 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
112 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
114 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
115 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
116 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
117 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
122 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
123 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
125 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
126 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
127 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
128 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
131 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
133 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
137 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
138 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
139 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
142 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
143 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
144 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
146 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
147 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
153 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
154 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
155 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
158 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
159 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
164 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
165 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
166 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
167 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
170 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
171 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
172 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
175 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
176 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
181 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
183 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
186 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
189 Closes: #459868, #581011
190 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
191 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
193 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
195 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
196 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
198 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
200 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
201 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
203 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
205 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
206 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
210 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
211 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
214 Closes: #501930, #593909
215 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
216 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
220 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
221 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
222 machine. (Closes: #591857)
223 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
224 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
225 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
226 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
227 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
228 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
229 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
230 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
231 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
232 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
234 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
235 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
236 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
237 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
238 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
239 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
240 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
241 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
242 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
243 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
244 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
245 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
246 than the version in oldstable.
247 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
248 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
249 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
250 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
251 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
252 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
253 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
254 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
255 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
256 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
257 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
258 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
259 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
260 package. (Closes: #609160)
262 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
264 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
266 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
272 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
273 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
277 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
278 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
282 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
283 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
287 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
288 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
292 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
293 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
297 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
298 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
302 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
303 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
305 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
307 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
308 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
310 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
312 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
313 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
318 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
319 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
324 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
325 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
329 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
330 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
334 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
335 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
339 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
340 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
344 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
345 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
349 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
350 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
354 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
356 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
357 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
358 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
359 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
360 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
361 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
362 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
363 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
364 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
366 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
367 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
368 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
369 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
370 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
371 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
373 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
375 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
381 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
384 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
385 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
386 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
387 and distribution license' (three times).
388 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
389 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
394 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
396 Proposed by Santiago Vila
397 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
404 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
409 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
410 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
411 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
413 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
414 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
416 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
417 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
418 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
421 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
422 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
425 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
427 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
428 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
431 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
433 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
434 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
437 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
439 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
441 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
444 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
445 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
450 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
451 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
455 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
456 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
460 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
461 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
462 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
466 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
467 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
468 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
471 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
472 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
477 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
478 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
482 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
483 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
484 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
485 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
486 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
487 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
488 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
489 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
490 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
491 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
492 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
493 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
494 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
495 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
496 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
497 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
498 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
499 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
500 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
501 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
502 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
503 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
504 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
505 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
506 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
507 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
508 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
509 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
510 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
511 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
512 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
513 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
515 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
517 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
519 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
523 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
525 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
526 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
530 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
533 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
534 Wording: Steve Langasek.
535 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
536 Seconded: Julien Cristau
537 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
540 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
541 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
542 Seconded: Russ Allbery
543 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
546 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
547 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
548 Seconded: Russ Allbery
550 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
551 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
552 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
553 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
554 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
555 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
556 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
557 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
560 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
561 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
562 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
563 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
564 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
565 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
566 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
568 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
569 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
570 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
571 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
572 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
573 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
574 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
577 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
578 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
579 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
580 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
581 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
583 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
586 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
587 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
588 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
589 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
590 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
591 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
594 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
596 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
599 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
600 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
603 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
604 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
605 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
606 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
608 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
609 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
613 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
614 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
616 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
617 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
618 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
620 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
621 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
623 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
626 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
627 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
628 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
629 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
631 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
632 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
634 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
636 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
637 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
639 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
641 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
642 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
643 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
644 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
646 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
647 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
648 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
649 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
651 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
652 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
653 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
654 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
655 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
656 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
657 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
658 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
659 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
660 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
661 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
662 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
663 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
664 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
665 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
667 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
668 Source field descriptions.
669 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
670 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
671 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
672 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
673 description says otherwise.
675 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
677 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
680 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
681 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
682 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
684 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
685 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
687 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
688 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
690 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
692 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
693 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
695 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
697 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
698 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
700 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
702 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
703 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
704 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
705 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
709 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
710 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
711 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
712 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
713 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
715 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
716 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
717 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
718 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
720 * Add myself to Uploaders.
723 * Add myself to Uploaders.
724 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
726 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
727 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
728 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
730 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
732 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
734 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
735 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
736 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
737 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
739 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
740 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
741 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
742 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
744 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
745 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
746 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
747 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
749 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
750 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
751 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
752 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
754 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
755 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
757 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
759 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
760 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
761 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
762 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
764 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
765 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
766 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
767 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
769 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
770 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
771 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
772 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
774 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
775 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
776 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
777 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
779 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
780 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
781 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
782 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
784 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
785 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
787 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
788 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
790 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
791 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
792 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
793 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
794 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
795 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
796 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
797 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
798 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
799 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
800 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
801 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
802 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
803 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
804 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
805 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
806 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
807 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
808 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
809 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
810 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
811 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
812 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
813 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
814 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
815 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
816 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
817 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
818 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
819 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
821 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
822 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
823 links was completed long ago.
824 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
826 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
828 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
831 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
833 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
835 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
837 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
838 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
839 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
840 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
841 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
842 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
843 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
844 Millan (Closes: #209008).
845 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
846 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
848 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
850 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
852 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
853 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
854 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
855 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
856 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
857 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
858 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
860 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
861 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
862 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
863 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
865 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
866 Küster (Closes: #403391).
867 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
868 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
869 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
870 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
871 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
872 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
873 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
874 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
875 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
876 Closes: #186700, #458910
877 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
878 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
879 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
881 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
882 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
883 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
884 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
885 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
886 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
887 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
888 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
890 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
891 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
893 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
894 * Add an md5sums control file.
895 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
896 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
897 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
898 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
899 currently part of policy.
900 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
901 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
902 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
905 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
907 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
910 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
911 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
912 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
913 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
914 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
915 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
916 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
917 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
918 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
919 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
920 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
921 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
922 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
923 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
924 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
926 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
928 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
929 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
930 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
932 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
933 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
934 list?" (Closes: #412634).
935 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
936 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
937 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
938 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
939 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
940 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
941 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
942 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
943 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
944 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
945 debconf specification.
946 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
947 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
949 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
951 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
954 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
955 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
956 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
957 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
959 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
961 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
962 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
963 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
964 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
965 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
967 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
968 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
969 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
970 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
971 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
972 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
973 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
974 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
975 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
976 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
977 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
978 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
979 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
980 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
981 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
982 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
986 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
987 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
988 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
989 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
990 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
991 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
992 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
993 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
995 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
997 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1000 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1001 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1002 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1003 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1004 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1005 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1007 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1008 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1009 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1010 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1011 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1012 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1013 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1014 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1015 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1016 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1018 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1019 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1020 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1021 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1022 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1023 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1027 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1030 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1031 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1032 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1034 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1035 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1037 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1039 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1042 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1043 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1044 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1045 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1046 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1047 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1048 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1049 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1050 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1052 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1053 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1054 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1055 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1056 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1057 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1058 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1059 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1060 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1061 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1062 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1065 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1067 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1070 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1071 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1072 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1073 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1074 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1075 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1076 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1077 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1078 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1079 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1080 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1081 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1082 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1083 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1084 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1085 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1086 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1087 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1088 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1089 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1090 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1091 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1092 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1093 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1094 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1095 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1096 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1098 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1099 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1100 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1101 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1103 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1104 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1105 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1106 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1107 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1108 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1109 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1110 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1111 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1112 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1113 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1115 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1116 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1119 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1121 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1122 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1123 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1124 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1125 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1126 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1127 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1128 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1132 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1136 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1138 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1140 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1141 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1142 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1144 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1145 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1146 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1150 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1152 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1153 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1155 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1156 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1157 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1158 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1159 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1161 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1163 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1164 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1165 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1166 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1167 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1172 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1175 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1176 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1177 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1179 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1180 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1182 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1186 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1190 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1191 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1192 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1193 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1195 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1196 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1197 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1198 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1201 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1202 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1205 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1206 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1208 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1209 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1210 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1212 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1213 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1214 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1215 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1218 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1219 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1220 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1222 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1223 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1224 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1227 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1228 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1229 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1231 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1232 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1233 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1235 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1236 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1237 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1238 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1239 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1240 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1241 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1242 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1244 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1246 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1250 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1251 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1252 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1253 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1254 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1255 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1256 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1257 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1259 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1260 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1261 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1262 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1263 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1264 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1265 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1266 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1267 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1268 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1269 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1270 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1272 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1273 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1274 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1278 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1279 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1282 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1283 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1284 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1286 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1287 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1288 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1289 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1290 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1291 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1293 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1294 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1296 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1297 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1298 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1299 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1300 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1301 Closes: #185943, #237049
1303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1305 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1311 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1312 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1313 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1314 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1315 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1316 running. closes: Bug#187250
1317 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1318 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1319 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1320 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1321 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1322 user closes: Bug#176506
1324 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1326 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1330 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1331 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1332 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1333 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1334 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1335 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1336 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1337 deb-building toolchain.
1338 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1339 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1340 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1341 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1342 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1343 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1344 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1345 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1346 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1347 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1348 sections about changelog files.
1350 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1351 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1352 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1353 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1354 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1355 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1357 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1358 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1359 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1360 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1361 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1362 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1363 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1364 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1365 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1366 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1367 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1368 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1369 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1370 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1371 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1372 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1373 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1374 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1375 for the restructuring
1377 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1379 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1384 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1385 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1386 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1387 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1388 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1389 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1391 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1392 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1393 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1394 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1395 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1396 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1397 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1399 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1400 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1401 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1402 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1404 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1406 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1410 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1411 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1412 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1413 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1414 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1416 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1417 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1418 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1419 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1421 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1422 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1423 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1424 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1425 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1426 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1427 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1428 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1429 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1430 offtopic stuff, too.
1431 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1432 script should start it, closes: #60979
1433 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1434 "should", closes: #170019
1435 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1436 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1437 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1438 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1439 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1440 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1441 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1442 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1445 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1447 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1450 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1451 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1452 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1453 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1454 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1455 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1456 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1457 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1458 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1460 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1461 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1462 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1463 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1464 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1465 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1466 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1467 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1468 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1470 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1471 file, closes: Bug#65764
1473 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1475 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1477 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1478 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1479 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1480 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1481 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1482 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1483 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1484 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1485 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1486 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1487 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1488 details. closes: Bug#133030
1489 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1490 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1491 parts of Bug#161455.
1493 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1495 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1497 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1498 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1499 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1500 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1501 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1502 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1503 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1504 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1505 not. closes: Bug#139820
1506 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1507 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1508 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1509 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1510 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1511 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1512 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1513 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1514 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1515 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1517 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1519 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1520 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1521 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1522 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1523 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1524 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1525 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1526 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1527 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1528 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1529 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1530 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1531 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1532 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1533 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1534 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1535 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1536 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1537 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1538 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1540 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1541 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1542 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1543 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1544 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1545 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1546 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1548 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1549 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1550 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1551 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1552 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1553 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1554 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1555 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1556 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1558 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1560 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1562 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1563 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1564 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1565 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1566 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1567 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1568 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1569 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1570 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1571 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1572 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1573 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1574 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1575 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1576 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1577 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1578 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1579 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1580 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1581 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1582 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1583 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1584 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1586 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1588 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1590 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1591 medium, high, emergency.
1592 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1593 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1594 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1595 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1596 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1599 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1600 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1601 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1603 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1604 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1605 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1606 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1607 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1608 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1609 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1614 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1616 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1617 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1618 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1619 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1621 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1622 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1623 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1624 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1625 debian/rules to do this
1626 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1627 patches are incorporated upstream
1628 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1629 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1630 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1631 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1632 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1633 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1635 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1636 system closes: Bug#91249
1637 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1638 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1639 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1640 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1641 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1642 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1643 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1644 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1645 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1646 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1647 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1648 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1649 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1651 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1653 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1655 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1656 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1657 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1658 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1660 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1661 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1662 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1664 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1667 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1669 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1671 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1672 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1673 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1674 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1675 package for the time being
1676 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1677 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1678 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1679 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1680 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1681 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1682 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1683 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1684 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1685 Build-Depends arch syntax
1686 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1688 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1689 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1691 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1692 from policy maintenance duties.
1693 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1694 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1696 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1698 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1700 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1702 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1704 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1706 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1707 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1708 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1709 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1710 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1711 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1712 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1713 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1714 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1715 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1716 minor version number for this
1717 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1718 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1719 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1720 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1721 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1722 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1723 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1724 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1725 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1727 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1729 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1731 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1732 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1733 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1734 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1735 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1737 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1739 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1740 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1741 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1742 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1743 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1744 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1745 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1746 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1747 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1748 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1749 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1750 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1751 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1752 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1753 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1754 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1757 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1759 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1761 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1762 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1764 * Document the Enhances relationship
1765 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1766 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1767 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1768 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1769 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1770 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1772 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1774 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1775 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1776 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1777 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1779 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1780 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1781 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1782 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1783 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1785 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1787 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1789 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1790 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1791 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1793 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1794 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1795 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1796 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1797 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1798 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1799 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1800 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1801 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1803 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1805 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1807 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1809 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1810 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1811 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1812 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1813 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1814 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1815 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1816 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1817 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1818 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1819 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1820 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1821 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1822 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1823 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1824 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1825 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1826 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1827 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1828 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1829 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1830 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1832 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1833 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1835 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1837 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1839 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1840 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1841 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1842 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1843 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1844 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1845 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1846 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1847 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1848 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1849 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1850 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1851 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1852 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1853 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1854 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1855 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1856 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1857 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1858 list closes: Bug#53756
1859 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1860 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1861 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1862 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1863 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1864 policy closes: Bug#53760
1865 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1866 policy closes: Bug#53761
1867 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1868 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1869 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1870 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1871 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1872 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1873 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1874 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1875 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1876 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1877 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1879 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1880 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1881 to install with older fileutils.
1882 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1883 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1884 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1885 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1887 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1888 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1890 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1892 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1894 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1895 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1899 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1901 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1902 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1904 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1907 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1909 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1910 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1912 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1914 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1916 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1918 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1919 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1921 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1923 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1925 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1926 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1927 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1928 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1929 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1930 directoried (closes: #41547)
1931 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1932 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1933 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1934 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1935 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1936 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1937 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1938 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1939 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1940 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1941 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1943 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1944 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1945 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1946 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1947 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1948 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1949 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1951 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1952 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1953 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1954 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1956 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1958 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1960 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1961 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1963 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1965 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1967 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1968 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1970 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1972 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1974 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1975 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1977 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1978 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1979 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1980 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1981 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1982 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1983 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1984 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1985 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1986 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1987 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1988 this closes: Bug#38612
1989 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1990 before. closes: Bug#40864
1992 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1994 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1996 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1997 officially uploaded.
1998 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2000 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2001 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2002 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2004 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2005 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2006 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2007 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2008 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2009 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2011 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2012 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2013 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2015 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2017 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2018 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2019 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2020 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2021 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2023 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2025 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2027 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2028 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2029 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2030 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2031 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2032 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2033 there). closes: Bug#34233
2034 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2035 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2036 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2037 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2038 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2042 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2044 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2045 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2046 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2047 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2050 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2051 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2052 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2053 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2054 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2057 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2058 number. closes: BUG#25911
2060 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2061 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2062 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2063 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2064 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2065 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2067 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2068 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2069 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2072 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2073 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2074 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2076 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2077 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2078 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2079 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2081 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2082 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2083 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2085 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2087 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2088 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2089 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2090 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2091 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2092 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2093 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2094 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2097 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2099 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2100 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2105 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2107 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2109 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2111 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2113 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2114 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2115 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2116 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2117 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2118 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2119 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2120 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2122 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2123 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2125 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2127 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2129 * non-maintainer release
2130 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2131 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2133 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2134 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2135 * no content changes
2136 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2138 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2140 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2144 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2146 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2148 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2150 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2151 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2152 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2154 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2155 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2157 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2158 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2159 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2160 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2162 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2163 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2164 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2165 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2166 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2167 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2168 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2170 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2171 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2172 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2175 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2176 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2177 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2179 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2180 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2181 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2183 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2184 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2186 * New version numbering scheme:
2188 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2189 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2190 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2193 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2194 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2195 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2196 differ between the manuals.
2198 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2199 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2200 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2201 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2203 * Packaging changes:
2205 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2206 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2208 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2210 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2212 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2214 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2216 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2217 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2218 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2220 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2221 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2224 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2225 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2226 file extension as the referenced file
2228 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2229 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2231 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2232 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2233 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2234 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2237 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2238 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2239 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2241 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2242 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2243 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2244 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2247 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2248 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2251 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2252 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2253 reasonable default configuration
2255 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2256 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2257 by all news servers and clients
2259 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2260 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2261 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2262 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2263 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2265 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2266 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2269 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2271 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2272 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2274 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2277 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2278 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2280 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2281 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2283 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2285 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2287 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2289 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2290 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2291 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2292 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2294 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2296 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2297 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2298 * Don't use debstd anymore
2300 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2302 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2304 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2305 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2306 contrib/non-free policy
2307 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2308 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2309 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2310 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2311 - new section about `Daemons'
2312 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2313 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2314 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2315 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2316 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2317 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2318 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2319 * SGML source code included in package
2320 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2322 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2324 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2326 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2327 - completely reworked structure
2328 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2329 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2330 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2331 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2332 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2333 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2334 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2335 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2336 - mention "orphaned packages"
2337 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2338 distributions' policy
2339 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2340 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2341 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2342 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2343 - added section about arch spec strings
2344 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2345 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2346 - added section about "menus"
2347 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2348 the new documentation policy soon
2349 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2350 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2352 - added section about editors and pagers
2353 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2354 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2355 - added section about device files
2356 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2357 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2358 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2360 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2361 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2362 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2363 - Added new section about obsolete names
2364 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2365 * Fixed package's description
2367 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2369 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2371 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2373 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2375 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2377 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2378 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2379 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2380 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2382 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2384 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2386 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2387 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2388 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2390 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2391 and upload it "byhand" too.
2393 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2395 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2398 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2399 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2400 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2401 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2402 functionality must not have the same name.
2403 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2404 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2405 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2406 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2407 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2408 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2409 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2411 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2412 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2413 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2414 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2415 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2416 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2417 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2418 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2421 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2423 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2425 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2427 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2428 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2429 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2430 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2431 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2434 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2436 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2438 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2440 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2441 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2442 description of deb file format.
2443 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2444 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2446 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2448 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2449 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2451 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2453 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2455 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2456 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2457 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2458 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2459 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2460 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2461 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2462 packages in section on Procedure
2463 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2464 a package maintainer
2465 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2466 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2467 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2469 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2470 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2471 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2472 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2473 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2474 on various shlib files
2475 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2476 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2477 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2479 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2481 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2483 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2484 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2485 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2487 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2488 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2489 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2490 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2491 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2493 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2495 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2497 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2499 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2501 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2502 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2503 compatibility go in contrib.
2505 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2506 instructions in policy manual.
2507 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2510 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2512 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2514 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2515 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2516 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2517 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2519 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2520 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2523 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2525 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2527 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2528 * More detail about changelog format names.
2530 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2531 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2535 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2537 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2539 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2541 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2543 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2545 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2547 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2549 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2550 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2551 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2553 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2555 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2557 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2559 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2561 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2565 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100