1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
5 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
11 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
16 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
17 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
18 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
21 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
23 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
24 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
25 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
26 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
27 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
29 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
30 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
31 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
32 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
33 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
34 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
35 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
36 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
37 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
38 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
39 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
40 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
41 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
42 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
43 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
44 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
45 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
46 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
47 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
48 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
49 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
50 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
51 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
54 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
56 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
57 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
58 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
59 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
64 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
65 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
67 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
68 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
69 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
70 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
73 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
75 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
79 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
80 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
81 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
84 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
85 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
86 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
88 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
89 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
95 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
96 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
97 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
100 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
101 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
106 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
107 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
108 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
109 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
112 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
113 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
118 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:27:54 +0100
120 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
122 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
126 Closes: #459868, #581011
127 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
128 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
130 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
132 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
133 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
135 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
138 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
140 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
142 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
147 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
148 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
151 Closes: #501930, #593909
152 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
153 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
157 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
158 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
159 machine. (Closes: #591857)
160 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
161 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
162 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
163 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
164 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
165 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
166 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
167 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
168 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
169 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
171 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
172 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
173 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
174 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
175 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
176 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
177 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
178 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
179 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
180 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
181 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
182 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
183 than the version in oldstable.
184 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
185 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
186 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
187 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
188 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
189 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
190 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
191 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
192 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
193 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
194 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
195 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
196 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
197 package. (Closes: #609160)
199 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
201 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
204 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
205 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
209 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
210 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
214 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
215 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
219 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
220 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
224 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
225 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
229 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
230 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
234 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
235 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
239 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
240 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
242 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
244 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
245 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
247 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
249 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
250 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
255 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
256 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
261 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
262 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
266 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
267 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
271 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
272 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
276 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
281 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
282 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
286 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
287 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
291 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
293 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
294 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
295 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
296 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
297 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
298 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
299 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
300 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
301 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
303 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
304 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
305 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
306 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
307 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
308 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
310 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
312 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
315 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
318 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
321 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
322 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
323 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
324 and distribution license' (three times).
325 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
326 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
331 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
333 Proposed by Santiago Vila
334 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
341 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
342 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
346 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
347 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
348 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
351 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
353 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
354 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
358 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
359 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
362 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
364 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
365 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
368 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
370 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
371 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
374 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
376 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
377 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
378 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
381 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
382 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
387 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
388 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
389 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
392 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
393 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
394 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
397 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
398 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
399 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
403 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
404 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
405 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
408 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
409 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
414 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
415 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
419 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
420 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
421 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
422 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
423 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
424 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
425 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
426 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
427 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
428 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
429 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
430 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
431 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
432 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
433 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
434 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
435 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
436 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
437 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
438 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
439 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
440 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
441 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
442 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
443 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
444 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
445 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
446 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
447 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
448 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
449 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
450 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
452 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
454 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
456 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
459 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
460 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
462 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
463 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
467 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
470 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
471 Wording: Steve Langasek.
472 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
473 Seconded: Julien Cristau
474 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
477 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
478 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
479 Seconded: Russ Allbery
480 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
483 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
484 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
485 Seconded: Russ Allbery
487 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
488 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
489 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
490 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
491 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
492 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
493 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
494 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
497 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
498 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
499 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
500 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
501 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
502 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
503 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
505 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
506 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
507 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
508 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
509 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
510 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
511 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
514 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
515 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
516 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
517 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
518 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
520 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
523 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
524 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
527 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
528 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
531 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
533 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
535 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
536 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
540 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
541 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
545 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
546 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
547 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
548 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
550 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
551 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
554 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
555 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
557 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
558 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
563 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
564 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
568 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
569 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
573 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
574 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
576 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
578 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
579 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
581 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
583 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
584 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
588 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
589 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
590 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
591 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
592 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
593 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
594 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
595 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
596 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
597 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
598 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
599 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
600 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
601 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
602 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
604 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
605 Source field descriptions.
606 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
607 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
608 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
609 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
610 description says otherwise.
612 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
614 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
617 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
618 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
621 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
622 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
624 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
625 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
629 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
630 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
632 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
634 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
635 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
636 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
637 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
639 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
640 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
641 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
642 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
646 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
647 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
648 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
649 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
650 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
652 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
653 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
654 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
655 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
657 * Add myself to Uploaders.
660 * Add myself to Uploaders.
661 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
663 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
664 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
665 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
667 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
669 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
672 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
676 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
677 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
679 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
681 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
682 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
686 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
687 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
689 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
691 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
692 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
696 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
697 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
701 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
702 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
703 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
704 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
706 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
707 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
709 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
711 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
712 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
713 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
714 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
716 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
717 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
718 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
719 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
721 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
722 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
723 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
724 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
725 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
727 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
728 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
729 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
730 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
731 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
732 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
733 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
734 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
735 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
736 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
737 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
738 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
739 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
740 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
741 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
742 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
743 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
744 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
745 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
746 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
747 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
748 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
749 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
750 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
751 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
752 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
753 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
754 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
755 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
756 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
758 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
759 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
760 links was completed long ago.
761 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
763 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
765 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
767 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
768 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
770 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
772 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
774 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
775 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
776 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
777 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
778 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
779 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
780 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
781 Millan (Closes: #209008).
782 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
783 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
785 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
787 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
789 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
790 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
791 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
792 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
793 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
794 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
795 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
797 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
798 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
799 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
800 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
802 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
803 Küster (Closes: #403391).
804 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
805 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
806 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
807 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
808 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
809 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
810 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
812 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
813 Closes: #186700, #458910
814 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
815 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
816 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
818 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
819 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
820 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
821 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
822 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
823 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
824 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
825 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
827 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
828 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
830 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
831 * Add an md5sums control file.
832 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
833 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
834 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
835 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
836 currently part of policy.
837 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
838 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
839 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
842 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
844 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
846 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
847 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
848 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
849 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
850 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
851 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
852 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
853 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
854 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
855 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
856 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
857 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
858 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
859 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
860 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
861 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
863 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
865 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
866 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
867 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
869 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
870 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
871 list?" (Closes: #412634).
872 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
873 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
874 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
875 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
876 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
877 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
878 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
879 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
880 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
881 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
882 debconf specification.
883 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
884 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
886 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
888 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
890 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
891 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
892 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
893 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
894 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
896 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
899 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
900 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
901 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
902 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
904 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
905 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
906 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
907 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
908 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
909 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
910 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
911 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
912 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
913 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
914 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
915 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
916 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
917 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
918 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
919 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
921 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
923 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
924 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
925 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
926 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
927 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
928 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
929 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
930 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
932 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
934 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
936 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
937 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
938 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
939 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
940 Polo (Closes: #372497).
941 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
942 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
944 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
945 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
946 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
947 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
948 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
949 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
950 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
951 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
952 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
953 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
955 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
956 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
957 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
958 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
959 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
960 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
962 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
964 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
967 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
968 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
969 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
971 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
972 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
974 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
976 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
979 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
980 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
981 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
982 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
983 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
984 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
985 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
986 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
987 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
989 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
990 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
991 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
992 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
993 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
994 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
995 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
996 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
997 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
998 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
999 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1002 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1004 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1007 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1009 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1010 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1011 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1012 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1013 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1014 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1015 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1016 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1017 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1018 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1019 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1020 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1021 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1022 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1023 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1024 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1025 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1026 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1027 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1028 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1029 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1030 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1031 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1032 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1033 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1035 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1036 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1037 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1038 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1040 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1041 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1042 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1043 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1044 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1045 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1046 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1047 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1048 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1049 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1050 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1052 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1053 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1055 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1056 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1057 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1058 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1059 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1060 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1061 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1062 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1063 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1064 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1065 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1067 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1069 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1073 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1074 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1075 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1076 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1077 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1078 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1079 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1080 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1081 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1082 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1083 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1084 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1086 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1087 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1088 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1089 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1090 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1091 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1092 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1093 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1094 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1095 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1096 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1097 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1098 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1100 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1101 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1102 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1104 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1107 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1109 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1112 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1113 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1114 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1116 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1117 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1119 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1123 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1127 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1128 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1129 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1130 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1132 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1133 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1134 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1135 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1138 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1139 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1142 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1143 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1145 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1146 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1147 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1149 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1150 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1151 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1152 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1155 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1156 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1157 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1158 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1159 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1160 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1161 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1164 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1165 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1166 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1168 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1169 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1170 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1172 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1173 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1174 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1175 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1176 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1177 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1178 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1179 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1181 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1183 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1187 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1188 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1189 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1190 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1191 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1192 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1193 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1194 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1196 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1197 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1198 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1199 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1200 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1201 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1202 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1203 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1204 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1205 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1206 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1207 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1209 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1210 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1211 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1214 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1215 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1216 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1219 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1220 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1221 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1223 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1224 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1225 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1226 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1227 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1228 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1230 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1231 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1233 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1234 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1235 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1236 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1237 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1238 Closes: #185943, #237049
1240 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1242 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1248 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1249 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1250 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1251 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1252 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1253 running. closes: Bug#187250
1254 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1255 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1256 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1257 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1258 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1259 user closes: Bug#176506
1261 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1263 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1266 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1267 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1268 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1269 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1270 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1271 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1272 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1273 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1274 deb-building toolchain.
1275 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1276 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1277 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1278 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1279 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1280 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1281 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1282 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1283 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1284 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1285 sections about changelog files.
1287 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1288 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1289 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1290 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1291 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1292 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1294 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1295 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1296 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1297 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1298 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1299 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1300 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1301 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1302 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1303 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1304 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1305 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1306 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1307 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1308 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1309 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1310 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1311 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1312 for the restructuring
1314 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1316 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1321 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1322 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1323 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1324 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1325 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1326 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1328 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1329 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1330 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1331 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1332 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1333 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1334 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1336 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1337 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1338 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1339 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1341 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1343 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1347 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1348 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1349 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1350 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1351 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1353 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1354 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1355 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1356 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1358 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1359 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1360 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1361 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1362 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1363 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1364 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1365 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1366 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1367 offtopic stuff, too.
1368 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1369 script should start it, closes: #60979
1370 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1371 "should", closes: #170019
1372 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1373 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1374 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1375 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1376 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1377 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1378 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1379 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1384 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1388 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1389 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1390 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1391 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1392 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1393 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1394 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1395 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1397 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1398 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1399 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1400 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1401 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1402 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1403 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1404 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1405 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1407 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1408 file, closes: Bug#65764
1410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1412 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1414 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1415 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1416 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1417 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1418 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1419 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1420 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1421 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1422 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1423 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1424 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1425 details. closes: Bug#133030
1426 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1427 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1428 parts of Bug#161455.
1430 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1432 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1435 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1436 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1437 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1438 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1439 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1440 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1441 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1442 not. closes: Bug#139820
1443 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1444 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1445 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1446 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1447 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1448 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1449 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1450 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1451 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1452 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1454 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1456 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1457 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1458 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1459 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1460 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1461 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1462 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1463 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1464 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1465 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1466 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1467 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1468 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1469 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1470 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1471 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1472 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1473 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1474 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1475 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1477 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1478 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1479 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1480 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1481 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1482 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1483 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1485 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1486 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1487 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1488 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1489 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1490 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1491 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1492 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1493 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1495 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1497 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1500 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1501 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1502 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1503 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1504 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1505 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1506 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1507 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1508 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1509 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1510 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1511 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1512 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1513 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1514 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1515 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1516 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1517 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1518 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1519 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1520 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1521 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1525 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1528 medium, high, emergency.
1529 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1530 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1531 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1532 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1533 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1536 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1537 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1538 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1540 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1541 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1542 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1543 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1544 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1545 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1546 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1549 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1551 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1553 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1554 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1555 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1556 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1558 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1559 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1560 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1561 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1562 debian/rules to do this
1563 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1564 patches are incorporated upstream
1565 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1566 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1567 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1568 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1569 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1570 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1572 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1573 system closes: Bug#91249
1574 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1575 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1576 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1577 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1578 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1579 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1580 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1581 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1582 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1583 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1584 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1585 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1586 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1588 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1590 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1592 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1593 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1594 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1595 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1597 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1598 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1599 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1601 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1604 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1606 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1608 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1609 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1610 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1611 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1612 package for the time being
1613 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1614 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1615 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1616 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1617 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1618 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1619 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1620 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1621 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1622 Build-Depends arch syntax
1623 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1625 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1626 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1628 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1629 from policy maintenance duties.
1630 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1631 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1633 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1635 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1637 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1639 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1641 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1643 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1644 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1645 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1646 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1647 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1648 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1649 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1650 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1651 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1652 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1653 minor version number for this
1654 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1655 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1656 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1657 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1658 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1659 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1660 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1661 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1662 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1664 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1666 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1668 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1669 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1670 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1671 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1672 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1674 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1676 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1677 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1678 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1679 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1680 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1681 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1682 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1683 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1684 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1685 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1686 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1687 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1688 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1689 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1690 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1691 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1694 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1696 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1698 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1699 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1701 * Document the Enhances relationship
1702 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1703 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1704 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1705 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1706 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1707 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1709 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1711 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1712 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1713 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1714 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1716 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1717 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1718 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1719 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1720 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1722 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1724 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1726 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1727 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1728 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1730 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1731 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1732 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1733 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1734 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1735 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1736 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1737 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1738 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1740 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1742 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1744 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1746 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1747 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1748 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1749 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1750 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1751 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1752 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1753 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1754 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1755 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1756 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1757 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1758 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1759 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1760 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1761 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1762 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1763 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1764 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1765 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1766 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1767 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1769 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1770 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1772 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1774 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1776 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1777 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1778 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1779 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1780 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1781 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1782 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1783 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1784 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1785 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1786 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1787 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1788 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1789 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1790 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1791 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1792 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1793 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1794 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1795 list closes: Bug#53756
1796 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1797 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1798 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1799 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1800 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1801 policy closes: Bug#53760
1802 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1803 policy closes: Bug#53761
1804 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1805 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1806 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1807 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1808 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1809 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1810 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1811 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1812 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1813 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1814 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1816 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1817 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1818 to install with older fileutils.
1819 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1820 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1821 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1822 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1824 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1825 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1827 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1829 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1831 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1832 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1834 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1836 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1838 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1839 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1841 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1844 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1846 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1847 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1849 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1851 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1853 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1855 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1856 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1858 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1860 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1862 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1863 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1864 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1865 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1866 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1867 directoried (closes: #41547)
1868 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1869 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1870 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1871 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1872 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1873 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1874 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1875 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1876 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1877 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1878 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1880 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1881 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1882 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1883 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1884 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1885 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1886 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1888 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1889 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1890 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1891 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1893 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1895 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1897 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1898 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1900 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1902 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1904 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1905 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1907 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1909 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1911 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1912 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1914 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1915 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1916 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1917 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1918 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1919 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1920 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1921 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1922 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1923 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1924 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1925 this closes: Bug#38612
1926 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1927 before. closes: Bug#40864
1929 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1931 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1933 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1934 officially uploaded.
1935 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1937 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1938 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1939 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1941 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1942 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1943 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1944 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1945 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1946 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1948 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1949 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1950 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1952 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1954 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1955 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1956 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1957 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1958 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1960 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1962 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1964 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1965 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1966 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1967 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1968 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1969 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1970 there). closes: Bug#34233
1971 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1972 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1973 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1974 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1975 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1977 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1979 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1981 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1982 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1983 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1984 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1987 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1988 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1989 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1990 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1991 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1994 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1995 number. closes: BUG#25911
1997 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1998 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1999 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2000 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2001 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2002 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2004 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2005 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2006 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2009 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2010 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2011 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2013 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2014 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2015 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2016 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2018 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2019 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2020 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2022 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2024 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2025 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2026 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2027 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2028 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2029 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2030 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2031 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2034 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2036 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2037 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2042 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2044 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2046 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2048 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2050 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2051 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2052 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2053 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2054 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2055 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2056 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2057 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2059 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2060 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2062 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2064 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2066 * non-maintainer release
2067 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2068 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2070 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2071 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2072 * no content changes
2073 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2075 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2077 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2081 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2083 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2085 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2087 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2088 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2089 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2091 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2092 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2094 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2095 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2096 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2097 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2099 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2100 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2101 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2102 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2103 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2104 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2105 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2107 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2108 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2109 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2112 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2113 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2114 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2116 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2117 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2118 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2120 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2121 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2123 * New version numbering scheme:
2125 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2126 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2127 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2130 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2131 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2132 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2133 differ between the manuals.
2135 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2136 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2137 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2138 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2140 * Packaging changes:
2142 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2143 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2145 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2147 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2149 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2151 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2153 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2154 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2155 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2157 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2158 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2161 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2162 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2163 file extension as the referenced file
2165 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2166 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2168 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2169 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2170 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2171 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2174 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2175 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2176 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2178 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2179 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2180 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2181 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2184 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2185 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2188 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2189 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2190 reasonable default configuration
2192 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2193 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2194 by all news servers and clients
2196 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2197 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2198 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2199 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2200 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2202 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2203 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2206 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2208 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2209 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2211 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2214 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2215 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2217 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2218 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2220 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2222 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2224 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2226 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2227 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2228 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2229 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2231 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2233 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2234 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2235 * Don't use debstd anymore
2237 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2239 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2241 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2242 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2243 contrib/non-free policy
2244 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2245 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2246 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2247 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2248 - new section about `Daemons'
2249 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2250 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2251 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2252 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2253 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2254 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2255 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2256 * SGML source code included in package
2257 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2259 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2261 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2263 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2264 - completely reworked structure
2265 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2266 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2267 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2268 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2269 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2270 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2271 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2272 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2273 - mention "orphaned packages"
2274 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2275 distributions' policy
2276 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2277 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2278 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2279 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2280 - added section about arch spec strings
2281 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2282 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2283 - added section about "menus"
2284 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2285 the new documentation policy soon
2286 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2287 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2289 - added section about editors and pagers
2290 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2291 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2292 - added section about device files
2293 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2294 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2295 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2297 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2298 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2299 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2300 - Added new section about obsolete names
2301 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2302 * Fixed package's description
2304 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2306 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2308 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2310 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2312 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2314 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2315 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2316 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2317 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2319 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2321 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2323 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2324 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2325 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2327 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2328 and upload it "byhand" too.
2330 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2332 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2335 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2336 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2337 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2338 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2339 functionality must not have the same name.
2340 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2341 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2342 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2343 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2344 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2345 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2346 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2348 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2349 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2350 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2351 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2352 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2353 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2354 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2355 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2358 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2360 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2362 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2364 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2365 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2366 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2367 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2368 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2371 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2373 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2375 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2377 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2378 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2379 description of deb file format.
2380 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2381 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2383 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2385 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2386 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2388 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2390 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2392 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2393 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2394 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2395 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2396 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2397 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2398 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2399 packages in section on Procedure
2400 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2401 a package maintainer
2402 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2403 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2404 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2406 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2407 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2408 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2409 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2410 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2411 on various shlib files
2412 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2413 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2414 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2416 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2418 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2420 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2421 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2422 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2424 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2425 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2426 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2427 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2428 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2430 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2432 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2434 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2436 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2438 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2439 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2440 compatibility go in contrib.
2442 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2443 instructions in policy manual.
2444 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2447 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2449 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2451 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2452 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2453 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2454 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2456 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2457 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2460 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2462 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2464 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2465 * More detail about changelog format names.
2467 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2468 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2472 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2474 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2476 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2478 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2480 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2482 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2484 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2486 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2487 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2488 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2490 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2492 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2494 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2496 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2498 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2502 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100