1 debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
5 the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
6 * Fix use of metasyntactic variable in [11.5.1] Web servers and applications
7 Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
8 * Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
9 Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
11 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
14 Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
20 * Perl Policy: @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
21 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
25 * Perl Policy: Explain %Config earlier
26 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
30 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
33 * Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when /lib<qual>
34 or /usr/lib<qual> does.
35 Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
36 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
38 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Sat, 17 May 2014 18:49:57 +0200
43 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
46 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
50 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
51 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
56 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
57 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
61 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
62 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
64 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
68 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
69 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
70 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
74 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
78 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
79 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
81 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
83 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
84 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
85 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
89 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
90 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
94 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
95 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
97 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
99 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
100 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
101 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
104 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
105 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
106 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
110 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
111 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
112 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
114 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
115 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
116 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
117 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
118 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
119 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
120 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
121 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
122 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
123 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
124 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
125 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
127 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
128 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
129 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
130 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
132 -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
134 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
136 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
137 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
138 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
140 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
141 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
142 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
148 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
149 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
153 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
154 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
158 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
159 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
160 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
161 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
165 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
166 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
171 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
173 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
176 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
177 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
178 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
181 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
182 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
187 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
189 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
192 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
193 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
194 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
195 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
197 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
198 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
199 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
200 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
201 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
202 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
203 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
204 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
205 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
206 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
207 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
208 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
209 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
210 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
211 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
212 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
213 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
215 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
216 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
217 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
218 good to know which version one is looking at.
219 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
220 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
221 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
222 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
223 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
224 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
225 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
227 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
228 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
229 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
230 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
231 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
233 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
234 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
235 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
237 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
238 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
239 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
240 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
242 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
244 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
248 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
249 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
250 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
251 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
252 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
253 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
254 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
255 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
256 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
257 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
262 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
263 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
268 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
269 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
270 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
273 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
275 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
276 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
280 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
281 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
284 Closes: #620870, #532120
285 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
286 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
291 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
292 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
293 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
297 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
298 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
299 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
300 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
301 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
303 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
304 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
305 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
306 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
307 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
308 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
309 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
310 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
311 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
312 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
313 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
314 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
315 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
316 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
317 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
318 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
320 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
322 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
323 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
324 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
325 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
326 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
327 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
328 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
329 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
330 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
331 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
334 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
336 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
337 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
338 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
339 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
344 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
345 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
347 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
348 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
349 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
350 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
353 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
355 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
359 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
360 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
361 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
364 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
365 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
366 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
368 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
369 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
375 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
376 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
377 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
380 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
381 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
386 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
387 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
388 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
389 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
392 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
393 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
394 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
397 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
398 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
403 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
405 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
408 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
411 Closes: #459868, #581011
412 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
413 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
415 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
417 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
418 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
420 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
422 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
423 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
425 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
427 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
432 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
433 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
436 Closes: #501930, #593909
437 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
438 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
442 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
443 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
444 machine. (Closes: #591857)
445 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
446 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
447 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
448 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
449 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
450 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
451 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
452 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
453 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
454 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
456 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
457 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
458 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
459 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
460 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
461 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
462 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
463 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
464 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
465 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
466 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
467 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
468 than the version in oldstable.
469 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
470 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
471 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
472 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
473 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
474 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
475 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
476 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
477 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
478 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
479 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
480 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
481 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
482 package. (Closes: #609160)
484 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
486 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
488 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
489 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
490 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
494 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
495 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
499 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
500 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
504 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
505 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
509 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
510 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
511 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
514 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
515 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
519 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
520 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
522 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
524 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
525 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
527 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
529 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
530 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
532 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
534 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
535 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
540 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
541 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
546 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
547 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
548 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
551 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
552 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
556 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
557 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
561 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
562 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
566 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
567 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
571 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
572 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
576 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
578 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
579 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
580 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
581 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
582 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
583 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
584 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
585 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
586 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
588 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
589 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
590 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
591 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
592 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
593 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
595 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
597 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
603 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
606 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
607 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
608 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
609 and distribution license' (three times).
610 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
611 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
616 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
618 Proposed by Santiago Vila
619 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
621 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
626 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
627 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
628 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
629 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
631 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
632 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
633 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
634 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
636 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
638 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
639 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
643 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
644 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
647 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
649 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
650 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
653 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
655 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
656 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
657 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
659 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
661 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
662 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
663 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
664 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
666 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
667 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
670 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
672 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
673 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
675 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
677 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
678 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
679 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
680 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
682 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
683 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
684 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
685 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
686 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
688 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
689 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
690 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
691 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
693 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
694 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
695 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
696 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
697 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
699 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
700 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
701 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
702 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
704 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
705 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
706 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
707 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
708 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
709 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
710 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
711 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
712 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
713 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
714 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
715 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
716 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
717 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
718 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
719 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
720 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
721 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
722 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
723 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
724 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
725 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
726 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
727 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
728 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
729 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
730 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
731 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
732 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
733 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
734 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
735 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
737 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
739 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
741 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
744 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
745 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
747 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
748 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
752 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
755 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
756 Wording: Steve Langasek.
757 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
758 Seconded: Julien Cristau
759 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
762 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
763 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
764 Seconded: Russ Allbery
765 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
768 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
769 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
770 Seconded: Russ Allbery
772 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
773 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
774 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
775 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
776 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
777 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
778 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
779 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
780 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
782 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
783 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
784 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
785 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
786 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
787 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
788 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
789 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
790 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
791 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
792 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
793 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
794 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
795 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
796 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
797 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
799 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
800 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
801 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
802 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
803 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
805 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
808 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
809 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
810 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
812 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
813 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
816 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
818 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
820 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
821 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
822 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
823 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
825 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
826 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
827 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
828 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
830 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
831 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
832 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
833 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
835 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
836 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
837 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
838 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
839 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
840 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
842 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
843 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
844 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
845 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
846 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
848 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
849 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
851 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
853 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
854 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
855 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
856 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
858 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
859 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
860 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
863 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
864 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
865 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
866 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
868 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
869 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
870 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
871 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
873 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
874 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
875 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
876 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
877 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
878 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
879 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
880 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
881 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
882 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
883 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
884 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
885 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
886 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
887 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
889 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
890 Source field descriptions.
891 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
892 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
893 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
894 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
895 description says otherwise.
897 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
899 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
902 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
903 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
904 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
905 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
906 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
907 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
909 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
910 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
911 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
912 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
914 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
915 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
916 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
917 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
919 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
920 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
921 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
922 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
924 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
925 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
926 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
927 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
931 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
932 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
933 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
934 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
935 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
937 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
938 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
939 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
940 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
942 * Add myself to Uploaders.
945 * Add myself to Uploaders.
946 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
948 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
949 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
950 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
952 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
954 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
956 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
957 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
958 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
959 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
961 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
962 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
963 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
964 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
966 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
967 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
968 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
969 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
971 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
972 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
973 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
974 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
976 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
977 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
978 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
979 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
981 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
982 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
983 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
984 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
986 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
987 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
988 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
989 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
991 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
992 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
993 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
994 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
996 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
997 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
998 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
999 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
1001 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
1002 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
1003 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1004 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
1006 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
1007 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1008 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1009 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
1010 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1012 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
1013 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
1014 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
1015 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
1016 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
1017 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
1018 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
1019 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
1020 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
1021 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
1022 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
1023 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
1024 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
1025 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
1026 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
1027 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
1028 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
1029 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
1030 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
1031 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
1032 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
1033 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
1034 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
1035 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
1036 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
1037 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
1038 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
1039 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
1040 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
1041 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1043 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1044 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1045 links was completed long ago.
1046 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1048 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1050 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1053 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1055 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1057 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1060 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1061 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1062 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1063 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1064 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1065 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1066 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1067 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1068 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1070 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1072 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1074 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1075 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1076 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1077 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1078 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1079 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1080 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1082 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1083 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1084 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1085 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1087 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1088 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1089 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1090 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1091 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1092 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1093 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1094 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1095 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1096 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1097 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1098 Closes: #186700, #458910
1099 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1100 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1101 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1103 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1104 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1105 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1106 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1107 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1108 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1109 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1110 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1112 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1113 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1115 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1116 * Add an md5sums control file.
1117 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1118 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1119 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1120 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1121 currently part of policy.
1122 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1123 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1124 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1127 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1129 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1131 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1132 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1133 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1134 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1135 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1136 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1137 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1138 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1139 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1140 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1142 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1143 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1144 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1145 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1146 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1148 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1150 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1151 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1152 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1154 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1155 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1156 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1157 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1158 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1159 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1160 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1161 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1162 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1163 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1164 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1165 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1166 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1167 debconf specification.
1168 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1169 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1171 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1173 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1176 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1178 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1179 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1184 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1185 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1186 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1187 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1189 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1190 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1191 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1192 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1193 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1194 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1195 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1196 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1197 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1198 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1199 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1200 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1201 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1203 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1209 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1210 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1211 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1213 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1214 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1215 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1217 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1219 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1222 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1223 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1225 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1227 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1230 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1231 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1232 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1234 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1236 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1238 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1240 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1241 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1242 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1243 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1244 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1245 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1247 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1249 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1251 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1252 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1253 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1254 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1257 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1259 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1261 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1264 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1265 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1266 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1267 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1268 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1269 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1270 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1271 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1272 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1274 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1275 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1277 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1278 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1279 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1281 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1283 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1284 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1287 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1289 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1292 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1294 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1295 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1296 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1297 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1298 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1299 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1300 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1301 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1302 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1303 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1304 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1305 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1306 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1307 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1308 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1309 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1310 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1312 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1313 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1314 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1315 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1316 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1317 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1318 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1320 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1321 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1322 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1323 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1325 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1326 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1327 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1328 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1329 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1330 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1331 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1332 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1333 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1334 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1335 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1338 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1341 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1343 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1344 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1345 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1346 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1347 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1348 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1349 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1350 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1352 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1354 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1358 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1360 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1362 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1363 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1364 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1366 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1367 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1368 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1372 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1374 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1375 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1377 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1379 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1381 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1383 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1385 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1386 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1387 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1389 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1394 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1396 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1397 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1398 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1399 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1401 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1402 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1404 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1406 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1408 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1412 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1413 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1414 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1415 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1417 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1418 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1419 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1420 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1423 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1424 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1427 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1428 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1429 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1430 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1431 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1432 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1434 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1435 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1436 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1437 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1439 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1440 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1441 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1442 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1443 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1444 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1445 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1446 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1449 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1450 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1451 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1452 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1453 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1454 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1455 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1456 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1457 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1458 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1459 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1460 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1461 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1462 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1463 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1464 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1466 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1468 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1472 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1473 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1474 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1475 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1476 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1477 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1478 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1479 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1481 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1482 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1483 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1484 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1485 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1486 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1487 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1488 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1489 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1490 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1491 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1492 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1493 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1494 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1495 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1496 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1499 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1500 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1501 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1504 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1505 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1506 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1508 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1509 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1510 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1511 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1512 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1513 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1515 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1516 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1518 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1519 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1520 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1521 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1522 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1523 Closes: #185943, #237049
1525 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1527 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1533 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1534 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1535 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1536 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1537 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1538 running. closes: Bug#187250
1539 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1540 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1541 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1542 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1543 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1544 user closes: Bug#176506
1546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1548 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1551 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1552 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1553 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1554 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1555 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1556 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1557 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1558 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1559 deb-building toolchain.
1560 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1561 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1562 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1563 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1564 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1565 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1566 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1567 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1568 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1569 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1570 sections about changelog files.
1572 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1573 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1574 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1575 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1576 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1577 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1579 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1580 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1581 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1582 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1583 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1584 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1585 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1586 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1587 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1588 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1589 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1590 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1591 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1592 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1593 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1594 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1595 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1596 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1597 for the restructuring
1599 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1601 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1604 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1606 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1607 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1608 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1609 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1610 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1611 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1613 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1614 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1615 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1616 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1617 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1618 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1619 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1621 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1622 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1623 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1624 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1626 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1628 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1631 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1632 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1633 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1634 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1635 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1636 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1638 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1639 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1640 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1641 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1643 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1644 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1645 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1646 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1647 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1648 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1649 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1650 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1651 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1652 offtopic stuff, too.
1653 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1654 script should start it, closes: #60979
1655 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1656 "should", closes: #170019
1657 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1658 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1659 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1660 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1661 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1662 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1663 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1664 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1667 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1669 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1672 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1673 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1674 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1675 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1676 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1677 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1678 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1679 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1680 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1682 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1683 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1684 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1685 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1686 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1687 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1688 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1689 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1690 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1692 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1693 file, closes: Bug#65764
1695 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1697 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1699 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1700 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1701 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1702 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1703 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1704 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1705 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1706 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1707 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1708 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1709 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1710 details. closes: Bug#133030
1711 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1712 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1713 parts of Bug#161455.
1715 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1717 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1719 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1720 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1721 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1722 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1723 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1724 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1725 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1726 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1727 not. closes: Bug#139820
1728 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1729 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1730 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1731 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1732 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1733 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1734 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1735 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1736 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1737 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1739 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1741 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1742 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1743 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1744 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1745 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1746 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1747 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1748 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1749 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1750 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1751 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1752 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1753 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1754 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1755 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1756 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1757 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1758 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1759 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1760 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1762 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1763 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1764 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1765 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1766 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1767 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1768 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1770 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1771 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1772 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1773 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1774 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1775 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1776 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1777 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1778 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1780 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1782 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1784 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1785 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1786 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1787 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1788 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1789 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1790 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1791 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1792 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1793 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1794 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1795 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1796 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1797 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1798 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1799 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1800 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1801 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1802 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1803 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1804 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1805 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1806 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1808 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1810 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1812 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1813 medium, high, emergency.
1814 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1815 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1816 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1817 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1818 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1821 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1822 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1823 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1825 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1826 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1827 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1828 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1829 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1830 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1831 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1834 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1836 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1838 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1839 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1840 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1841 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1843 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1844 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1845 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1846 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1847 debian/rules to do this
1848 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1849 patches are incorporated upstream
1850 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1851 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1852 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1853 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1854 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1855 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1857 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1858 system closes: Bug#91249
1859 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1860 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1861 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1862 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1863 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1864 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1865 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1866 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1867 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1868 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1869 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1870 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1871 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1873 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1875 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1877 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1878 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1879 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1880 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1882 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1883 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1884 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1886 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1889 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1891 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1893 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1894 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1895 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1896 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1897 package for the time being
1898 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1899 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1900 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1901 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1902 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1903 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1904 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1905 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1906 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1907 Build-Depends arch syntax
1908 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1910 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1911 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1913 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1914 from policy maintenance duties.
1915 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1916 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1918 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1920 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1922 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1924 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1926 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1928 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1929 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1930 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1931 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1932 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1933 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1934 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1935 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1936 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1937 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1938 minor version number for this
1939 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1940 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1941 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1942 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1943 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1944 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1945 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1946 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1947 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1949 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1951 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1953 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1954 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1955 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1956 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1957 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1959 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1961 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1962 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1963 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1964 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1965 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1966 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1967 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1968 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1969 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1970 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1971 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1972 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1973 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1974 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1975 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1976 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1979 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1981 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1983 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1984 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1986 * Document the Enhances relationship
1987 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1988 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1989 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1990 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1991 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1992 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1994 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1996 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1997 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1998 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1999 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
2001 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
2002 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
2003 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
2004 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
2005 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
2007 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
2009 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2011 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
2012 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
2013 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
2015 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
2016 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
2017 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
2018 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
2019 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
2020 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
2021 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
2022 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
2023 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
2025 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
2027 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
2029 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2031 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
2032 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
2033 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
2034 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
2035 policy. closes: Bug#64437
2036 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
2037 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
2038 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
2039 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
2040 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
2041 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
2042 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2043 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2044 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2045 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2046 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2047 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2048 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2049 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2050 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2051 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2052 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2054 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2055 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2057 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2059 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2061 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2062 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2063 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2064 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2065 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2066 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2067 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2068 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2069 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2070 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2071 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2072 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2073 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2074 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2075 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2076 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2077 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2078 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2079 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2080 list closes: Bug#53756
2081 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2082 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2083 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2084 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2085 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2086 policy closes: Bug#53760
2087 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2088 policy closes: Bug#53761
2089 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2090 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2091 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2092 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2093 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2094 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2095 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2096 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2097 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2098 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2099 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2101 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2102 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2103 to install with older fileutils.
2104 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2105 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2106 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2107 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2109 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2110 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2114 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2116 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2117 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2119 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2121 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2123 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2124 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2126 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2129 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2131 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2132 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2134 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2136 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2138 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2140 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2141 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2143 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2145 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2147 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2148 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2149 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2150 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2151 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2152 directoried (closes: #41547)
2153 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2154 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2155 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2156 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2157 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2158 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2159 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2160 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2161 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2162 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2163 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2165 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2166 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2167 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2168 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2169 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2170 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2171 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2173 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2174 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2175 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2176 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2178 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2180 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2182 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2183 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2185 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2187 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2189 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2190 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2194 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2196 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2197 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2199 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2200 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2201 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2202 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2203 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2204 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2205 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2206 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2207 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2208 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2209 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2210 this closes: Bug#38612
2211 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2212 before. closes: Bug#40864
2214 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2216 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2218 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2219 officially uploaded.
2220 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2222 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2223 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2224 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2226 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2227 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2228 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2229 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2230 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2231 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2233 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2234 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2235 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2237 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2239 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2240 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2241 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2242 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2243 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2247 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2249 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2250 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2251 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2252 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2253 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2254 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2255 there). closes: Bug#34233
2256 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2257 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2258 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2259 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2260 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2262 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2264 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2266 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2267 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2268 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2269 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2272 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2273 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2274 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2275 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2276 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2279 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2280 number. closes: BUG#25911
2282 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2283 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2284 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2285 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2286 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2287 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2289 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2290 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2291 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2294 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2295 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2296 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2298 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2299 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2300 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2301 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2303 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2304 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2305 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2307 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2309 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2310 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2311 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2312 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2313 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2314 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2315 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2316 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2319 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2321 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2322 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2325 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2327 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2329 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2331 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2333 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2335 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2336 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2337 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2338 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2339 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2340 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2341 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2342 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2344 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2345 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2347 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2349 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2351 * non-maintainer release
2352 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2353 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2355 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2356 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2357 * no content changes
2358 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2360 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2362 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2366 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2368 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2370 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2372 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2373 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2374 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2376 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2377 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2379 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2380 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2381 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2382 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2384 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2385 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2386 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2387 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2388 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2389 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2390 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2392 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2393 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2394 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2397 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2398 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2399 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2401 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2402 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2403 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2405 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2406 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2408 * New version numbering scheme:
2410 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2411 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2412 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2415 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2416 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2417 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2418 differ between the manuals.
2420 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2421 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2422 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2423 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2425 * Packaging changes:
2427 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2428 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2430 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2432 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2434 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2436 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2438 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2439 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2440 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2442 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2443 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2446 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2447 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2448 file extension as the referenced file
2450 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2451 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2453 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2454 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2455 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2456 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2459 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2460 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2461 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2463 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2464 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2465 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2466 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2469 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2470 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2473 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2474 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2475 reasonable default configuration
2477 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2478 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2479 by all news servers and clients
2481 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2482 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2483 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2484 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2485 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2487 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2488 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2491 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2493 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2494 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2496 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2499 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2500 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2502 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2503 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2505 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2509 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2511 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2512 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2513 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2514 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2516 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2518 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2519 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2520 * Don't use debstd anymore
2522 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2524 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2526 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2527 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2528 contrib/non-free policy
2529 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2530 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2531 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2532 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2533 - new section about `Daemons'
2534 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2535 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2536 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2537 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2538 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2539 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2540 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2541 * SGML source code included in package
2542 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2544 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2546 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2548 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2549 - completely reworked structure
2550 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2551 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2552 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2553 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2554 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2555 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2556 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2557 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2558 - mention "orphaned packages"
2559 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2560 distributions' policy
2561 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2562 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2563 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2564 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2565 - added section about arch spec strings
2566 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2567 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2568 - added section about "menus"
2569 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2570 the new documentation policy soon
2571 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2572 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2574 - added section about editors and pagers
2575 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2576 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2577 - added section about device files
2578 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2579 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2580 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2582 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2583 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2584 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2585 - Added new section about obsolete names
2586 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2587 * Fixed package's description
2589 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2591 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2593 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2595 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2597 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2599 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2600 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2601 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2602 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2604 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2606 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2608 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2609 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2610 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2612 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2613 and upload it "byhand" too.
2615 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2617 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2620 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2621 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2622 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2623 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2624 functionality must not have the same name.
2625 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2626 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2627 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2628 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2629 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2630 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2631 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2633 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2634 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2635 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2636 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2637 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2638 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2639 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2640 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2643 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2645 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2647 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2649 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2650 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2651 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2652 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2653 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2656 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2658 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2660 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2662 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2663 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2664 description of deb file format.
2665 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2666 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2668 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2670 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2671 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2673 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2675 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2677 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2678 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2679 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2680 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2681 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2682 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2683 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2684 packages in section on Procedure
2685 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2686 a package maintainer
2687 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2688 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2689 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2691 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2692 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2693 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2694 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2695 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2696 on various shlib files
2697 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2698 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2699 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2701 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2703 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2705 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2706 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2707 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2709 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2710 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2711 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2712 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2713 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2715 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2717 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2719 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2721 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2723 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2724 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2725 compatibility go in contrib.
2727 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2728 instructions in policy manual.
2729 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2732 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2734 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2736 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2737 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2738 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2739 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2741 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2742 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2745 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2747 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2749 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2750 * More detail about changelog format names.
2752 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2753 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2757 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2759 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2761 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2763 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2765 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2767 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2769 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2771 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2772 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2773 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2775 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2777 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2779 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2781 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2783 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2787 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100