1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
5 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
11 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
12 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
13 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
14 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
15 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
16 Michael Dorrington. Closes: #626408
19 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
21 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
22 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
23 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
29 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
30 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
32 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
33 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
34 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
36 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
40 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
41 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
42 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
45 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
46 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
51 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
52 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
53 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
54 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
58 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:39:15 +0200
60 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
62 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
63 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
66 Closes: #459868, #581011
67 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
68 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
70 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
72 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
73 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
75 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
78 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
80 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
82 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
83 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
87 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
88 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
91 Closes: #501930, #593909
92 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
93 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
97 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
98 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
99 machine. (Closes: #591857)
100 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
101 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
102 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
103 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
104 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
105 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
106 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
107 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
108 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
109 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
111 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
112 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
113 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
114 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
115 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
116 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
117 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
118 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
119 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
120 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
121 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
122 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
123 than the version in oldstable.
124 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
125 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
126 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
127 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
128 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
129 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
130 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
131 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
132 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
133 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
134 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
135 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
136 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
137 package. (Closes: #609160)
139 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
141 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
143 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
144 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
149 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
150 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
154 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
155 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
159 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
160 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
164 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
165 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
169 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
170 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
174 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
175 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
179 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
180 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
182 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
184 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
185 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
187 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
189 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
190 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
195 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
196 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
201 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
202 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
206 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
207 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
211 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
212 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
216 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
217 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
221 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
222 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
226 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
227 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
231 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
233 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
234 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
235 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
236 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
237 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
238 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
239 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
240 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
241 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
243 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
244 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
245 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
246 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
247 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
248 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
250 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
252 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
255 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
258 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
261 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
262 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
263 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
264 and distribution license' (three times).
265 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
266 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
271 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
273 Proposed by Santiago Vila
274 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
281 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
282 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
286 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
287 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
288 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
291 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
293 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
294 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
298 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
299 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
302 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
304 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
305 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
308 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
310 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
311 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
314 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
316 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
317 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
318 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
321 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
322 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
327 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
328 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
332 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
333 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
337 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
338 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
339 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
343 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
344 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
345 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
348 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
349 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
354 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
355 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
359 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
360 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
361 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
362 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
363 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
364 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
365 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
366 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
367 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
368 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
369 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
370 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
371 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
372 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
373 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
374 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
375 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
376 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
377 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
378 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
379 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
380 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
381 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
382 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
383 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
384 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
385 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
386 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
387 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
388 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
389 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
390 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
392 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
394 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
396 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
399 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
400 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
402 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
403 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
407 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
410 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
411 Wording: Steve Langasek.
412 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
413 Seconded: Julien Cristau
414 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
417 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
418 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
419 Seconded: Russ Allbery
420 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
423 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
424 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
425 Seconded: Russ Allbery
427 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
428 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
429 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
430 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
431 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
432 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
433 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
434 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
437 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
438 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
439 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
440 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
441 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
442 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
443 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
445 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
446 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
447 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
448 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
449 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
450 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
451 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
454 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
455 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
456 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
457 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
458 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
460 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
463 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
464 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
467 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
468 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
471 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
473 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
476 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
480 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
481 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
485 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
486 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
490 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
491 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
494 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
495 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
497 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
498 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
503 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
504 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
505 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
508 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
509 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
511 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
513 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
514 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
518 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
519 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
523 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
524 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
528 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
529 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
530 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
531 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
532 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
533 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
534 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
535 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
536 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
537 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
538 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
539 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
540 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
541 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
542 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
544 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
545 Source field descriptions.
546 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
547 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
548 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
549 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
550 description says otherwise.
552 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
554 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
558 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
561 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
562 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
564 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
565 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
569 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
570 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
572 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
574 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
575 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
576 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
579 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
580 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
581 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
582 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
586 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
587 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
588 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
589 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
590 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
592 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
593 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
594 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
597 * Add myself to Uploaders.
600 * Add myself to Uploaders.
601 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
603 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
604 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
605 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
607 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
609 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
611 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
612 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
616 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
617 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
619 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
621 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
622 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
623 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
626 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
627 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
628 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
629 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
631 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
632 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
634 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
636 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
637 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
639 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
641 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
642 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
643 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
644 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
646 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
647 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
648 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
649 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
651 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
652 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
653 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
654 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
656 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
657 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
661 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
662 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
663 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
664 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
665 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
667 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
668 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
669 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
670 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
671 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
672 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
673 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
674 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
675 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
676 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
677 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
678 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
679 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
680 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
681 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
682 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
683 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
684 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
685 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
686 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
687 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
688 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
689 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
690 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
691 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
692 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
693 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
694 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
695 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
696 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
698 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
699 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
700 links was completed long ago.
701 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
703 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
705 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
707 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
708 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
710 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
712 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
714 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
715 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
716 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
717 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
718 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
719 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
720 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
721 Millan (Closes: #209008).
722 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
723 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
725 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
727 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
729 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
730 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
731 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
732 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
733 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
734 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
735 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
737 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
738 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
739 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
740 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
742 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
743 Küster (Closes: #403391).
744 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
745 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
746 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
747 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
748 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
749 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
750 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
751 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
752 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
753 Closes: #186700, #458910
754 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
755 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
758 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
759 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
760 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
761 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
762 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
763 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
764 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
765 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
767 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
768 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
770 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
771 * Add an md5sums control file.
772 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
773 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
774 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
775 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
776 currently part of policy.
777 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
778 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
779 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
782 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
784 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
787 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
788 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
789 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
790 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
791 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
792 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
793 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
794 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
795 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
796 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
797 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
798 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
799 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
800 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
801 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
803 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
805 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
806 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
807 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
809 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
810 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
811 list?" (Closes: #412634).
812 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
813 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
814 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
815 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
816 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
817 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
818 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
819 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
820 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
821 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
822 debconf specification.
823 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
824 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
826 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
828 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
831 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
832 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
833 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
834 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
836 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
838 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
839 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
840 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
841 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
842 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
844 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
845 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
846 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
847 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
848 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
849 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
850 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
851 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
852 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
853 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
854 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
855 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
856 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
857 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
858 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
859 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
861 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
863 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
864 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
865 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
866 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
867 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
868 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
869 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
870 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
872 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
874 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
877 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
878 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
879 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
880 Polo (Closes: #372497).
881 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
882 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
885 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
886 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
887 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
888 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
889 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
890 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
891 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
892 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
893 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
895 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
896 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
897 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
898 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
899 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
900 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
902 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
904 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
906 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
907 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
908 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
909 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
911 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
912 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
914 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
916 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
919 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
920 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
921 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
922 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
923 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
924 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
925 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
926 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
927 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
929 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
930 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
931 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
932 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
933 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
934 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
935 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
936 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
937 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
938 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
939 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
942 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
944 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
947 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
948 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
949 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
950 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
951 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
952 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
953 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
954 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
955 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
956 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
957 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
958 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
959 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
960 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
961 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
962 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
963 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
964 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
965 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
966 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
967 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
968 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
969 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
970 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
971 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
972 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
973 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
975 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
976 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
977 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
978 Hess (Closes: #362247).
979 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
980 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
981 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
982 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
983 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
984 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
985 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
986 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
987 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
988 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
989 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
990 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
992 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
993 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
995 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
996 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
997 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
998 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
999 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1000 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1001 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1002 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1003 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1004 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1005 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1007 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1009 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1013 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1014 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1015 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1016 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1017 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1018 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1019 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1020 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1021 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1022 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1023 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1024 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1026 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1027 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1028 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1029 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1030 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1031 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1032 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1033 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1034 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1035 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1036 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1037 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1038 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1040 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1041 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1042 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1043 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1044 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1047 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1049 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1052 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1053 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1054 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1056 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1057 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1058 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1059 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1061 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1063 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1067 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1068 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1069 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1070 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1071 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1072 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1073 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1074 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1075 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1077 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1078 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1079 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1081 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1082 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1083 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1084 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1085 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1086 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1087 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1089 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1090 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1091 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1092 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1094 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1095 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1096 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1097 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1098 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1099 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1100 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1101 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1104 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1105 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1106 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1108 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1109 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1110 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1112 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1113 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1114 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1115 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1116 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1117 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1118 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1119 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1123 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1127 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1128 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1129 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1130 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1131 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1132 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1133 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1134 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1136 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1137 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1138 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1139 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1140 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1141 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1142 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1143 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1144 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1145 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1146 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1147 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1148 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1149 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1150 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1151 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1155 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1156 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1159 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1160 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1161 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1163 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1164 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1165 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1166 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1167 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1168 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1170 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1171 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1173 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1174 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1175 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1176 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1177 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1178 Closes: #185943, #237049
1180 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1182 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1188 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1189 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1190 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1191 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1192 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1193 running. closes: Bug#187250
1194 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1195 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1196 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1197 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1198 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1199 user closes: Bug#176506
1201 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1203 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1206 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1207 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1208 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1209 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1210 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1211 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1212 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1213 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1214 deb-building toolchain.
1215 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1216 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1217 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1218 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1219 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1220 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1221 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1222 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1223 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1224 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1225 sections about changelog files.
1227 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1228 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1229 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1230 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1231 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1232 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1234 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1235 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1236 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1237 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1238 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1239 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1240 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1241 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1242 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1243 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1244 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1245 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1246 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1247 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1248 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1249 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1250 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1251 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1252 for the restructuring
1254 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1256 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1261 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1262 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1263 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1264 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1265 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1266 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1268 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1269 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1270 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1271 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1272 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1273 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1274 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1276 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1277 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1278 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1279 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1281 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1283 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1287 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1288 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1289 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1290 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1291 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1293 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1294 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1295 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1296 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1298 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1299 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1300 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1301 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1302 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1303 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1304 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1305 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1306 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1307 offtopic stuff, too.
1308 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1309 script should start it, closes: #60979
1310 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1311 "should", closes: #170019
1312 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1313 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1314 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1315 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1316 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1317 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1318 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1319 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1322 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1324 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1328 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1329 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1330 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1331 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1332 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1333 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1334 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1335 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1337 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1338 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1339 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1340 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1341 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1342 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1343 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1344 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1345 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1347 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1348 file, closes: Bug#65764
1350 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1352 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1355 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1356 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1357 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1358 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1359 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1360 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1361 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1362 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1363 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1364 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1365 details. closes: Bug#133030
1366 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1367 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1368 parts of Bug#161455.
1370 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1372 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1375 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1376 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1377 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1378 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1379 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1380 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1381 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1382 not. closes: Bug#139820
1383 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1384 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1385 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1386 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1387 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1388 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1389 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1390 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1391 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1392 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1394 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1396 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1397 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1398 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1399 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1400 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1401 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1402 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1403 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1404 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1405 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1406 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1407 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1408 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1409 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1410 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1411 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1412 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1413 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1414 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1415 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1417 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1418 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1419 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1420 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1421 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1422 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1423 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1425 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1426 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1427 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1428 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1429 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1430 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1431 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1432 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1433 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1435 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1437 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1439 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1440 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1441 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1442 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1443 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1444 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1445 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1446 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1447 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1448 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1449 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1450 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1451 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1452 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1453 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1454 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1455 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1456 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1457 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1458 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1459 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1460 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1461 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1463 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1465 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1468 medium, high, emergency.
1469 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1470 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1471 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1472 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1473 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1476 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1477 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1478 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1480 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1481 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1482 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1483 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1484 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1485 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1486 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1489 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1491 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1493 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1494 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1495 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1496 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1498 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1499 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1500 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1501 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1502 debian/rules to do this
1503 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1504 patches are incorporated upstream
1505 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1506 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1507 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1508 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1509 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1510 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1512 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1513 system closes: Bug#91249
1514 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1515 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1516 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1517 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1518 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1519 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1520 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1521 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1522 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1523 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1524 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1525 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1526 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1528 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1530 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1533 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1534 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1535 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1537 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1538 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1539 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1541 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1544 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1546 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1548 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1549 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1550 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1551 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1552 package for the time being
1553 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1554 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1555 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1556 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1557 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1558 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1559 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1560 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1561 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1562 Build-Depends arch syntax
1563 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1565 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1566 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1568 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1569 from policy maintenance duties.
1570 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1571 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1573 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1575 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1577 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1579 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1581 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1584 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1585 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1586 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1587 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1588 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1589 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1590 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1591 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1592 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1593 minor version number for this
1594 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1595 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1596 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1597 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1598 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1599 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1600 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1601 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1602 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1604 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1606 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1608 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1609 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1610 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1611 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1612 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1614 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1616 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1617 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1618 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1619 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1620 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1621 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1622 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1623 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1624 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1625 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1626 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1627 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1628 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1629 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1630 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1631 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1634 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1636 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1638 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1639 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1641 * Document the Enhances relationship
1642 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1643 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1644 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1645 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1646 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1647 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1649 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1651 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1652 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1653 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1654 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1656 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1657 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1658 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1659 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1660 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1662 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1664 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1667 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1668 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1670 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1671 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1672 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1673 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1674 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1675 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1676 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1677 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1678 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1680 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1682 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1684 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1686 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1687 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1688 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1689 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1690 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1691 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1692 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1693 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1694 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1695 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1696 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1697 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1698 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1699 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1700 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1701 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1702 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1703 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1704 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1705 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1706 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1707 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1709 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1710 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1712 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1714 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1716 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1717 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1718 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1719 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1720 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1721 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1722 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1723 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1724 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1725 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1726 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1727 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1728 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1729 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1730 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1731 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1732 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1733 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1734 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1735 list closes: Bug#53756
1736 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1737 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1738 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1739 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1740 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1741 policy closes: Bug#53760
1742 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1743 policy closes: Bug#53761
1744 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1745 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1746 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1747 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1748 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1749 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1750 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1751 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1752 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1753 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1754 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1756 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1757 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1758 to install with older fileutils.
1759 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1760 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1761 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1762 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1764 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1765 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1767 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1769 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1771 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1772 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1774 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1776 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1778 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1779 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1781 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1784 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1786 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1787 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1789 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1791 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1793 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1795 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1796 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1798 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1800 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1802 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1803 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1804 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1805 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1806 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1807 directoried (closes: #41547)
1808 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1809 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1810 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1811 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1812 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1813 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1814 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1815 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1816 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1817 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1818 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1820 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1821 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1822 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1823 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1824 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1825 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1826 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1828 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1829 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1830 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1831 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1833 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1835 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1837 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1838 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1840 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1842 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1844 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1845 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1847 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1849 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1851 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1852 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1854 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1855 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1856 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1857 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1858 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1859 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1860 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1861 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1862 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1863 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1864 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1865 this closes: Bug#38612
1866 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1867 before. closes: Bug#40864
1869 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1871 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1873 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1874 officially uploaded.
1875 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1877 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1878 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1879 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1881 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1882 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1883 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1884 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1885 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1886 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1888 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1889 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1890 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1892 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1894 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1895 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1896 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1897 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1898 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1900 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1902 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1904 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1905 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1906 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1907 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1908 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1909 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1910 there). closes: Bug#34233
1911 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1912 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1913 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1914 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1915 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1917 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1919 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1921 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1922 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1923 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1924 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1927 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1928 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1929 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1930 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1931 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1934 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1935 number. closes: BUG#25911
1937 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1938 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1939 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1940 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1941 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1942 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1944 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1945 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1946 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1949 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1950 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1951 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1953 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1954 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1955 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1956 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1958 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1959 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1960 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1962 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1964 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1965 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1966 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1967 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1968 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1969 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1970 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1971 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1974 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1976 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1977 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1980 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1982 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1984 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1986 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1988 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1990 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1991 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1992 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1993 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1994 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1995 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1996 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1997 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1999 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2000 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2002 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2004 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2006 * non-maintainer release
2007 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2008 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2010 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2011 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2012 * no content changes
2013 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2015 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2017 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2021 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2023 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2025 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2027 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2028 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2029 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2031 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2032 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2034 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2035 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2036 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2037 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2039 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2040 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2041 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2042 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2043 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2044 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2045 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2047 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2048 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2049 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2052 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2053 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2054 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2056 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2057 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2058 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2060 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2061 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2063 * New version numbering scheme:
2065 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2066 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2067 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2070 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2071 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2072 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2073 differ between the manuals.
2075 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2076 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2077 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2078 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2080 * Packaging changes:
2082 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2083 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2085 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2087 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2089 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2091 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2093 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2094 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2095 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2097 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2098 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2101 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2102 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2103 file extension as the referenced file
2105 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2106 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2108 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2109 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2110 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2111 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2114 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2115 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2116 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2118 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2119 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2120 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2121 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2124 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2125 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2128 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2129 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2130 reasonable default configuration
2132 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2133 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2134 by all news servers and clients
2136 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2137 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2138 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2139 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2140 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2142 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2143 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2146 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2148 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2149 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2151 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2154 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2155 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2157 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2158 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2160 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2162 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2164 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2166 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2167 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2168 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2169 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2171 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2173 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2174 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2175 * Don't use debstd anymore
2177 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2179 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2181 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2182 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2183 contrib/non-free policy
2184 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2185 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2186 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2187 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2188 - new section about `Daemons'
2189 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2190 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2191 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2192 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2193 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2194 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2195 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2196 * SGML source code included in package
2197 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2199 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2201 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2203 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2204 - completely reworked structure
2205 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2206 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2207 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2208 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2209 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2210 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2211 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2212 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2213 - mention "orphaned packages"
2214 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2215 distributions' policy
2216 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2217 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2218 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2219 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2220 - added section about arch spec strings
2221 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2222 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2223 - added section about "menus"
2224 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2225 the new documentation policy soon
2226 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2227 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2229 - added section about editors and pagers
2230 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2231 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2232 - added section about device files
2233 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2234 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2235 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2237 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2238 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2239 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2240 - Added new section about obsolete names
2241 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2242 * Fixed package's description
2244 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2246 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2248 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2250 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2252 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2254 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2255 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2256 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2257 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2259 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2261 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2263 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2264 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2265 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2267 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2268 and upload it "byhand" too.
2270 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2272 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2275 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2276 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2277 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2278 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2279 functionality must not have the same name.
2280 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2281 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2282 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2283 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2284 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2285 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2286 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2288 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2289 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2290 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2291 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2292 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2293 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2294 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2295 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2298 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2300 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2302 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2304 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2305 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2306 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2307 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2308 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2311 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2313 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2315 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2317 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2318 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2319 description of deb file format.
2320 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2321 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2323 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2325 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2326 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2328 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2330 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2332 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2333 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2334 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2335 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2336 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2337 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2338 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2339 packages in section on Procedure
2340 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2341 a package maintainer
2342 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2343 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2344 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2346 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2347 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2348 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2349 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2350 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2351 on various shlib files
2352 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2353 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2354 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2356 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2358 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2360 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2361 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2362 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2364 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2365 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2366 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2367 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2368 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2370 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2372 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2374 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2376 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2378 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2379 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2380 compatibility go in contrib.
2382 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2383 instructions in policy manual.
2384 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2387 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2389 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2391 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2392 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2393 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2394 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2396 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2397 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2400 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2402 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2404 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2405 * More detail about changelog format names.
2407 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2408 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2412 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2414 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2416 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2418 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2420 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2422 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2424 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2426 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2427 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2428 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2430 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2432 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2434 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2436 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2438 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2442 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100