1 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
7 Closes: #459868, #581011
8 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
14 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
16 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
21 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
29 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
32 Closes: #501930, #593909
33 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
38 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
39 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
40 machine. (Closes: #591857)
41 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
42 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
43 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
44 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
45 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
46 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
47 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
48 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
49 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
50 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
52 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
53 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
54 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
55 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
56 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
57 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
58 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
59 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
60 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
61 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
62 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
63 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
64 than the version in oldstable.
65 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
66 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
67 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
68 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
69 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
70 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
71 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
72 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
73 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
75 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:47:47 -0700
77 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
80 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
90 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
91 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
101 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
105 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
110 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
111 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
115 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
116 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
118 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
120 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
121 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
123 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
125 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
126 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
131 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
132 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
137 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
142 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
143 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
147 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
152 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
153 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
157 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
158 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
162 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
163 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
167 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
169 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
170 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
171 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
172 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
173 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
174 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
175 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
176 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
177 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
179 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
180 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
181 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
182 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
183 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
184 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
186 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
188 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
194 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
197 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
198 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
199 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
200 and distribution license' (three times).
201 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
202 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
207 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
209 Proposed by Santiago Vila
210 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
217 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
218 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
222 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
223 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
224 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
227 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
229 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
230 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
234 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
235 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
238 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
240 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
241 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
244 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
246 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
247 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
250 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
252 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
253 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
254 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
257 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
258 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
263 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
264 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
268 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
269 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
273 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
274 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
275 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
279 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
280 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
281 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
284 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
285 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
290 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
291 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
295 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
296 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
297 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
298 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
299 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
300 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
301 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
302 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
303 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
304 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
305 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
306 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
307 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
308 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
309 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
310 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
311 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
312 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
313 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
314 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
315 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
316 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
317 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
318 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
319 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
320 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
321 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
322 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
323 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
324 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
325 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
326 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
328 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
330 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
332 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
336 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
338 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
339 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
343 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
346 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
347 Wording: Steve Langasek.
348 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
349 Seconded: Julien Cristau
350 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
353 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
354 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
355 Seconded: Russ Allbery
356 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
359 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
360 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
361 Seconded: Russ Allbery
363 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
364 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
365 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
366 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
367 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
368 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
369 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
370 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
373 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
374 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
375 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
376 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
377 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
378 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
379 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
381 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
382 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
383 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
384 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
385 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
386 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
387 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
390 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
391 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
392 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
393 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
394 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
396 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
399 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
403 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
404 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
407 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
409 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
411 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
412 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
413 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
416 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
417 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
418 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
421 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
422 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
426 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
427 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
430 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
431 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
433 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
434 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
439 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
444 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
445 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
449 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
450 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
454 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
455 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
459 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
460 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
464 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
465 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
466 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
467 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
468 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
469 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
470 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
471 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
472 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
473 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
474 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
475 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
476 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
477 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
478 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
480 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
481 Source field descriptions.
482 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
483 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
484 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
485 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
486 description says otherwise.
488 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
490 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
494 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
497 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
498 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
500 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
501 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
505 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
506 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
510 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
511 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
515 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
516 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
517 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
518 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
522 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
523 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
524 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
525 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
526 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
528 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
529 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
533 * Add myself to Uploaders.
536 * Add myself to Uploaders.
537 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
539 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
540 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
541 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
543 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
545 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
547 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
548 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
552 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
553 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
555 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
557 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
558 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
562 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
563 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
565 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
567 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
568 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
572 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
573 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
577 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
580 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
582 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
583 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
585 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
587 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
588 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
589 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
592 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
593 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
594 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
597 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
598 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
599 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
600 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
601 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
603 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
604 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
605 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
606 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
607 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
608 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
609 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
610 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
611 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
612 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
613 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
614 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
615 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
616 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
617 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
618 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
619 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
620 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
621 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
622 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
623 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
624 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
625 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
626 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
627 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
628 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
629 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
630 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
631 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
632 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
634 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
635 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
636 links was completed long ago.
637 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
639 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
641 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
643 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
644 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
646 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
648 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
650 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
651 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
652 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
653 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
654 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
655 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
656 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
657 Millan (Closes: #209008).
658 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
659 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
661 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
663 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
665 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
666 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
667 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
668 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
669 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
670 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
671 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
673 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
674 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
675 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
676 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
678 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
679 Küster (Closes: #403391).
680 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
681 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
682 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
683 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
684 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
685 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
686 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
687 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
689 Closes: #186700, #458910
690 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
691 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
694 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
695 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
696 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
697 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
698 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
699 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
700 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
701 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
703 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
704 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
706 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
707 * Add an md5sums control file.
708 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
709 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
710 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
711 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
712 currently part of policy.
713 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
714 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
715 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
718 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
720 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
723 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
724 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
725 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
726 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
727 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
728 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
729 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
730 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
731 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
732 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
733 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
734 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
735 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
736 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
737 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
739 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
741 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
742 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
743 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
745 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
746 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
747 list?" (Closes: #412634).
748 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
749 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
750 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
751 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
752 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
753 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
754 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
755 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
756 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
757 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
758 debconf specification.
759 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
760 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
762 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
764 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
767 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
768 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
769 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
770 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
772 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
774 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
775 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
776 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
777 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
778 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
780 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
781 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
782 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
783 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
784 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
785 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
786 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
787 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
788 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
789 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
790 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
791 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
792 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
793 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
794 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
795 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
797 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
799 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
800 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
801 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
802 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
803 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
804 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
805 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
806 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
808 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
810 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
812 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
813 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
814 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
815 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
816 Polo (Closes: #372497).
817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
818 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
820 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
821 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
822 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
823 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
824 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
825 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
826 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
827 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
828 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
829 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
831 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
832 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
833 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
834 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
835 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
836 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
838 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
840 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
842 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
843 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
844 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
845 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
847 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
848 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
850 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
852 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
855 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
856 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
857 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
858 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
859 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
860 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
861 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
862 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
863 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
865 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
866 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
867 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
868 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
869 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
870 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
871 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
872 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
873 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
874 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
875 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
878 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
880 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
882 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
883 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
885 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
886 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
887 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
888 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
889 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
890 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
891 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
892 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
893 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
894 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
895 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
896 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
897 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
898 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
899 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
900 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
901 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
902 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
903 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
904 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
905 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
906 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
907 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
908 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
909 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
911 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
912 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
913 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
914 Hess (Closes: #362247).
915 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
916 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
917 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
918 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
919 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
920 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
921 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
922 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
923 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
924 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
925 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
926 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
929 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
931 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
932 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
933 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
934 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
935 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
936 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
937 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
938 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
939 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
940 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
941 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
943 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
945 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
948 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
949 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
950 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
951 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
952 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
953 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
954 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
955 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
956 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
957 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
958 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
959 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
960 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
962 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
963 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
965 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
966 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
967 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
968 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
969 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
970 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
971 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
972 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
973 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
974 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
975 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
976 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
977 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
978 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
979 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
980 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
983 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
985 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
988 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
989 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
990 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
992 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
993 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
994 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
995 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
999 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1003 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1004 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1005 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1006 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1007 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1008 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1009 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1010 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1011 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1013 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1014 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1015 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1017 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1018 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1019 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1020 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1021 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1022 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1023 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1025 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1026 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1027 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1028 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1030 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1031 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1032 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1033 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1034 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1035 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1036 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1037 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1040 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1041 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1042 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1043 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1044 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1045 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1046 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1047 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1048 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1049 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1050 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1051 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1052 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1053 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1054 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1055 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1057 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1059 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1063 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1064 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1065 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1066 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1067 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1068 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1069 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1070 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1072 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1073 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1074 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1075 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1076 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1077 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1078 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1079 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1080 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1081 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1082 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1083 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1084 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1085 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1086 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1087 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1088 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1090 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1091 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1092 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1095 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1096 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1097 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1099 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1100 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1101 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1102 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1103 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1104 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1106 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1107 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1109 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1110 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1111 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1112 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1113 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1114 Closes: #185943, #237049
1116 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1118 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1124 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1125 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1126 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1127 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1128 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1129 running. closes: Bug#187250
1130 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1131 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1132 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1133 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1134 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1135 user closes: Bug#176506
1137 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1139 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1143 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1144 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1145 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1146 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1147 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1148 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1149 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1150 deb-building toolchain.
1151 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1152 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1153 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1154 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1155 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1156 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1157 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1158 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1159 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1160 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1161 sections about changelog files.
1163 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1164 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1165 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1166 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1167 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1168 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1170 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1171 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1172 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1173 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1174 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1175 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1176 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1177 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1178 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1179 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1180 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1181 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1182 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1183 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1184 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1185 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1186 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1187 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1188 for the restructuring
1190 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1192 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1197 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1198 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1199 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1200 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1201 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1202 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1204 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1205 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1206 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1207 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1208 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1209 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1210 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1212 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1213 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1214 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1215 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1217 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1219 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1223 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1224 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1225 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1226 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1227 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1229 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1230 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1231 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1232 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1234 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1235 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1236 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1237 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1238 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1239 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1240 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1241 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1242 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1243 offtopic stuff, too.
1244 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1245 script should start it, closes: #60979
1246 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1247 "should", closes: #170019
1248 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1249 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1250 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1251 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1252 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1253 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1254 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1255 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1258 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1260 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1264 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1265 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1266 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1267 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1268 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1269 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1270 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1271 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1273 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1274 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1275 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1276 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1277 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1278 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1279 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1280 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1281 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1283 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1284 file, closes: Bug#65764
1286 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1288 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1291 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1292 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1293 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1294 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1295 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1296 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1297 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1298 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1299 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1300 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1301 details. closes: Bug#133030
1302 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1303 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1304 parts of Bug#161455.
1306 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1308 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1311 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1312 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1313 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1314 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1315 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1316 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1317 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1318 not. closes: Bug#139820
1319 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1320 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1321 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1322 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1323 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1324 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1325 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1326 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1327 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1328 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1330 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1332 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1333 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1334 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1335 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1336 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1337 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1338 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1339 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1340 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1341 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1342 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1343 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1344 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1345 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1346 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1347 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1348 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1349 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1350 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1351 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1353 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1354 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1355 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1356 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1357 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1358 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1359 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1361 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1362 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1363 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1364 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1365 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1366 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1367 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1368 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1369 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1373 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1376 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1377 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1378 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1379 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1380 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1381 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1382 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1383 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1384 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1385 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1386 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1387 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1388 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1389 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1390 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1391 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1392 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1393 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1394 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1395 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1396 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1397 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1399 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1401 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1403 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1404 medium, high, emergency.
1405 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1406 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1407 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1408 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1409 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1412 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1413 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1414 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1416 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1417 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1418 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1419 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1420 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1421 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1422 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1425 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1427 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1430 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1431 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1432 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1434 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1435 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1436 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1437 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1438 debian/rules to do this
1439 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1440 patches are incorporated upstream
1441 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1442 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1443 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1444 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1445 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1446 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1448 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1449 system closes: Bug#91249
1450 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1451 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1452 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1453 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1454 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1455 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1456 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1457 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1458 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1459 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1460 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1461 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1462 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1464 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1466 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1469 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1470 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1471 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1473 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1474 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1475 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1477 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1480 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1482 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1485 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1486 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1487 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1488 package for the time being
1489 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1490 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1491 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1492 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1493 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1494 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1495 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1496 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1497 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1498 Build-Depends arch syntax
1499 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1501 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1502 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1504 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1505 from policy maintenance duties.
1506 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1507 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1511 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1513 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1515 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1517 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1520 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1521 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1522 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1523 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1524 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1525 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1526 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1527 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1528 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1529 minor version number for this
1530 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1531 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1532 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1533 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1534 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1535 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1536 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1537 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1538 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1540 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1542 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1544 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1545 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1546 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1547 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1548 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1550 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1552 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1553 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1554 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1555 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1556 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1557 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1558 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1559 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1560 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1561 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1562 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1563 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1564 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1565 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1566 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1567 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1570 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1572 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1574 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1575 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1577 * Document the Enhances relationship
1578 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1579 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1580 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1581 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1582 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1583 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1585 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1587 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1588 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1589 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1590 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1592 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1593 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1594 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1595 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1596 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1598 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1600 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1602 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1603 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1604 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1606 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1607 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1608 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1609 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1610 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1611 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1612 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1613 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1614 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1616 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1618 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1620 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1622 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1623 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1624 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1625 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1626 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1627 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1628 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1629 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1630 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1631 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1632 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1633 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1634 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1635 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1636 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1637 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1638 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1639 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1640 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1641 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1642 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1643 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1645 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1646 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1648 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1650 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1652 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1653 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1654 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1655 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1656 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1657 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1658 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1659 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1660 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1661 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1662 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1663 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1664 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1665 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1666 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1667 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1668 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1669 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1670 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1671 list closes: Bug#53756
1672 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1673 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1674 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1675 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1676 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1677 policy closes: Bug#53760
1678 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1679 policy closes: Bug#53761
1680 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1681 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1682 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1683 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1684 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1685 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1686 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1687 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1688 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1689 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1690 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1692 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1693 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1694 to install with older fileutils.
1695 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1696 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1697 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1698 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1700 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1701 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1703 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1705 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1707 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1708 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1710 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1712 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1714 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1715 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1717 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1720 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1722 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1723 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1725 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1727 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1729 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1731 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1732 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1734 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1736 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1738 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1739 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1740 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1741 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1742 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1743 directoried (closes: #41547)
1744 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1745 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1746 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1747 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1748 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1749 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1750 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1751 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1752 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1753 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1754 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1756 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1757 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1758 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1759 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1760 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1761 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1762 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1764 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1765 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1766 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1767 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1769 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1771 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1773 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1774 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1776 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1778 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1780 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1781 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1783 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1785 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1787 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1788 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1790 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1791 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1792 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1793 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1794 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1795 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1796 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1797 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1798 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1799 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1800 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1801 this closes: Bug#38612
1802 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1803 before. closes: Bug#40864
1805 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1807 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1809 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1810 officially uploaded.
1811 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1813 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1814 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1815 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1817 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1818 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1819 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1820 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1821 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1822 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1824 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1825 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1826 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1828 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1830 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1831 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1832 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1833 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1834 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1836 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1838 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1840 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1841 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1842 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1843 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1844 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1845 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1846 there). closes: Bug#34233
1847 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1848 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1849 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1850 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1851 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1853 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1855 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1857 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1858 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1859 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1860 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1863 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1864 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1865 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1866 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1867 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1870 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1871 number. closes: BUG#25911
1873 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1874 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1875 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1876 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1877 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1878 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1880 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1881 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1882 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1885 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1886 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1887 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1889 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1890 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1891 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1892 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1894 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1895 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1896 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1898 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1900 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1901 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1902 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1903 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1904 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1905 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1906 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1907 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1910 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1912 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1913 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1916 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1918 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1920 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1922 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1924 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1926 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1927 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1928 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1929 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1930 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1931 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1932 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1933 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1935 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1936 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1938 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1940 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1942 * non-maintainer release
1943 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1944 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1946 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1947 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1948 * no content changes
1949 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1951 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1953 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1959 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1961 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1963 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1964 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1965 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1967 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1968 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1970 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1971 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1972 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1973 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1975 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1976 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1977 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1978 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1979 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1980 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1981 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1983 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1984 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1985 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1988 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1989 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1990 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1992 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1993 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1994 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1996 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1997 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1999 * New version numbering scheme:
2001 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2002 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2003 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2006 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2007 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2008 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2009 differ between the manuals.
2011 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2012 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2013 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2014 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2016 * Packaging changes:
2018 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2019 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2021 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2023 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2025 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2027 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2029 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2030 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2031 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2033 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2034 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2037 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2038 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2039 file extension as the referenced file
2041 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2042 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2044 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2045 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2046 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2047 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2050 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2051 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2052 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2054 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2055 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2056 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2057 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2060 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2061 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2064 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2065 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2066 reasonable default configuration
2068 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2069 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2070 by all news servers and clients
2072 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2073 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2074 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2075 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2076 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2078 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2079 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2082 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2084 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2085 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2087 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2090 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2091 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2093 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2094 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2096 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2098 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2100 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2102 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2103 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2104 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2105 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2107 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2109 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2110 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2111 * Don't use debstd anymore
2113 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2115 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2117 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2118 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2119 contrib/non-free policy
2120 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2121 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2122 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2123 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2124 - new section about `Daemons'
2125 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2126 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2127 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2128 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2129 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2130 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2131 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2132 * SGML source code included in package
2133 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2135 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2137 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2139 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2140 - completely reworked structure
2141 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2142 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2143 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2144 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2145 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2146 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2147 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2148 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2149 - mention "orphaned packages"
2150 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2151 distributions' policy
2152 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2153 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2154 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2155 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2156 - added section about arch spec strings
2157 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2158 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2159 - added section about "menus"
2160 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2161 the new documentation policy soon
2162 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2163 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2165 - added section about editors and pagers
2166 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2167 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2168 - added section about device files
2169 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2170 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2171 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2173 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2174 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2175 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2176 - Added new section about obsolete names
2177 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2178 * Fixed package's description
2180 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2182 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2184 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2186 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2188 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2190 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2191 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2192 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2193 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2195 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2197 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2199 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2200 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2201 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2203 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2204 and upload it "byhand" too.
2206 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2208 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2211 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2212 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2213 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2214 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2215 functionality must not have the same name.
2216 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2217 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2218 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2219 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2220 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2221 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2222 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2224 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2225 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2226 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2227 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2228 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2229 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2230 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2231 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2234 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2236 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2238 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2240 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2241 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2242 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2243 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2244 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2247 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2249 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2251 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2253 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2254 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2255 description of deb file format.
2256 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2257 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2259 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2261 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2262 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2264 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2266 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2268 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2269 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2270 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2271 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2272 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2273 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2274 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2275 packages in section on Procedure
2276 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2277 a package maintainer
2278 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2279 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2280 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2282 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2283 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2284 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2285 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2286 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2287 on various shlib files
2288 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2289 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2290 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2292 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2294 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2296 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2297 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2298 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2300 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2301 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2302 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2303 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2304 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2306 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2308 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2310 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2312 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2314 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2315 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2316 compatibility go in contrib.
2318 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2319 instructions in policy manual.
2320 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2323 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2325 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2327 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2328 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2329 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2330 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2332 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2333 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2336 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2338 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2340 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2341 * More detail about changelog format names.
2343 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2344 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2348 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2350 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2352 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2354 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2356 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2358 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2360 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2362 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2363 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2364 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2366 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2368 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2370 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2372 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2374 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2378 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100