1 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
4 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
5 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
7 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
8 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
9 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
15 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
16 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
21 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
25 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
26 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
33 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
40 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
44 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
48 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
49 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
54 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
56 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
59 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
60 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
61 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
62 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
64 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
65 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
66 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
67 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
68 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
69 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
70 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
71 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
72 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
73 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
74 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
75 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
76 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
77 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
78 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
79 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
80 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
82 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
83 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
84 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
85 good to know which version one is looking at.
86 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
87 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
88 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
89 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
90 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
91 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
92 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
94 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
95 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
96 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
97 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
98 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
100 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
101 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
102 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
104 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
105 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
106 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
107 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
109 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
111 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
115 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
116 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
117 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
118 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
119 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
120 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
121 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
122 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
123 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
124 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
129 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
130 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
135 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
136 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
140 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
142 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
147 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
151 Closes: #620870, #532120
152 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
153 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
158 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
159 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
160 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
164 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
165 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
166 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
167 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
168 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
170 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
171 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
172 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
173 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
174 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
175 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
176 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
177 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
178 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
179 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
180 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
181 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
182 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
183 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
184 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
185 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
187 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
189 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
190 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
191 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
192 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
193 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
194 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
195 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
196 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
197 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
198 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
201 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
203 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
204 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
205 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
206 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
211 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
212 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
214 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
215 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
216 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
217 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
220 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
222 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
226 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
227 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
228 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
231 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
232 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
233 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
235 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
236 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
242 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
243 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
244 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
247 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
248 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
253 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
254 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
255 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
256 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
259 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
260 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
261 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
264 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
265 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
270 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
272 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
274 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
275 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
278 Closes: #459868, #581011
279 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
280 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
282 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
284 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
285 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
287 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
290 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
292 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
294 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
295 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
299 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
300 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
303 Closes: #501930, #593909
304 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
305 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
309 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
310 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
311 machine. (Closes: #591857)
312 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
313 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
314 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
315 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
316 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
317 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
318 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
319 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
320 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
321 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
323 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
324 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
325 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
326 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
327 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
328 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
329 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
330 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
331 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
332 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
333 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
334 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
335 than the version in oldstable.
336 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
337 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
338 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
339 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
340 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
341 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
342 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
343 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
344 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
345 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
346 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
347 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
348 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
349 package. (Closes: #609160)
351 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
353 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
355 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
356 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
361 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
362 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
366 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
367 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
371 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
372 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
376 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
377 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
381 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
382 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
386 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
387 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
389 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
391 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
392 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
394 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
396 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
397 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
399 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
401 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
402 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
403 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
404 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
405 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
407 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
408 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
413 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
414 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
418 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
419 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
423 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
424 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
428 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
429 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
433 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
434 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
438 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
439 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
443 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
445 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
446 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
447 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
448 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
449 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
450 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
451 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
452 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
453 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
455 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
456 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
457 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
458 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
459 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
460 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
462 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
464 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
467 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
470 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
473 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
474 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
475 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
476 and distribution license' (three times).
477 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
478 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
483 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
485 Proposed by Santiago Vila
486 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
493 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
494 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
498 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
499 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
500 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
503 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
505 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
506 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
510 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
511 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
514 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
516 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
517 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
520 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
522 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
523 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
526 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
528 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
529 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
530 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
533 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
534 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
539 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
540 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
544 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
545 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
546 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
547 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
549 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
550 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
551 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
555 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
556 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
557 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
560 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
561 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
566 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
567 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
571 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
572 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
573 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
574 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
575 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
576 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
577 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
578 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
579 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
580 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
581 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
582 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
583 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
584 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
585 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
586 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
587 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
588 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
589 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
590 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
591 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
592 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
593 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
594 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
595 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
596 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
597 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
598 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
599 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
600 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
601 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
602 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
604 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
606 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
608 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
611 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
612 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
614 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
615 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
619 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
622 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
623 Wording: Steve Langasek.
624 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
625 Seconded: Julien Cristau
626 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
629 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
630 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
631 Seconded: Russ Allbery
632 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
635 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
636 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
637 Seconded: Russ Allbery
639 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
640 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
641 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
642 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
643 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
644 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
645 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
646 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
647 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
649 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
650 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
651 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
652 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
653 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
654 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
655 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
656 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
657 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
658 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
659 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
660 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
661 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
662 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
663 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
664 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
666 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
667 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
668 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
669 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
670 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
672 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
675 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
676 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
677 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
679 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
680 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
683 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
685 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
687 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
688 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
690 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
692 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
693 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
695 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
697 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
698 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
700 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
702 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
703 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
704 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
705 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
706 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
707 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
709 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
710 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
711 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
712 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
715 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
716 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
717 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
718 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
720 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
721 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
722 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
723 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
725 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
726 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
727 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
728 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
730 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
731 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
732 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
733 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
735 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
736 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
737 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
738 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
740 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
741 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
742 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
743 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
744 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
745 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
746 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
747 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
748 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
749 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
750 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
751 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
752 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
753 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
754 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
756 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
757 Source field descriptions.
758 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
759 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
760 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
761 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
762 description says otherwise.
764 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
766 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
769 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
770 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
771 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
772 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
773 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
774 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
776 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
777 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
778 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
781 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
782 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
783 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
786 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
787 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
788 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
789 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
791 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
792 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
793 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
794 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
798 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
799 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
800 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
801 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
802 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
804 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
805 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
806 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
807 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
809 * Add myself to Uploaders.
812 * Add myself to Uploaders.
813 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
815 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
816 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
817 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
819 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
821 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
823 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
824 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
825 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
826 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
828 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
829 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
830 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
831 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
833 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
834 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
835 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
836 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
838 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
839 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
840 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
841 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
843 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
844 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
845 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
846 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
848 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
849 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
851 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
853 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
854 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
855 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
856 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
858 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
859 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
860 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
861 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
863 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
864 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
865 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
866 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
868 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
869 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
870 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
871 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
873 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
874 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
875 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
876 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
877 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
879 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
880 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
881 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
882 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
883 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
884 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
885 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
886 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
887 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
888 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
889 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
890 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
891 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
892 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
893 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
894 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
895 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
896 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
897 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
898 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
899 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
900 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
901 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
902 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
903 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
904 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
905 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
906 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
907 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
908 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
910 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
911 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
912 links was completed long ago.
913 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
915 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
917 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
919 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
920 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
922 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
924 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
927 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
928 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
929 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
930 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
931 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
932 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
933 Millan (Closes: #209008).
934 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
935 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
937 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
939 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
941 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
942 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
943 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
944 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
945 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
946 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
947 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
949 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
950 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
951 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
952 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
954 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
955 Küster (Closes: #403391).
956 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
957 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
958 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
959 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
960 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
961 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
962 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
963 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
964 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
965 Closes: #186700, #458910
966 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
967 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
968 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
970 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
971 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
972 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
973 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
974 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
975 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
976 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
977 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
979 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
980 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
982 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
983 * Add an md5sums control file.
984 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
985 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
986 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
987 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
988 currently part of policy.
989 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
990 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
991 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
994 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
996 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
999 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1000 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1001 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1002 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1003 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1004 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1005 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1006 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1007 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1009 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1010 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1011 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1012 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1013 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1015 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1017 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1018 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1019 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1021 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1022 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1023 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1024 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1025 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1026 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1027 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1028 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1029 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1030 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1031 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1032 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1033 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1034 debconf specification.
1035 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1036 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1038 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1040 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1043 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1044 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1045 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1046 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1048 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1050 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1051 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1052 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1053 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1054 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1056 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1057 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1058 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1059 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1060 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1061 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1062 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1063 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1064 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1065 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1066 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1067 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1068 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1069 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1070 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1071 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1073 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1075 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1076 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1077 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1078 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1079 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1080 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1081 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1082 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1084 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1086 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1089 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1090 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1091 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1092 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1093 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1094 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1096 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1097 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1098 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1099 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1101 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1103 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1105 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1107 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1108 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1109 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1110 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1111 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1112 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1114 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1116 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1119 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1120 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1121 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1123 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1124 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1126 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1128 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1131 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1132 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1133 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1134 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1135 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1136 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1137 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1138 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1139 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1141 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1142 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1144 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1145 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1146 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1148 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1150 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1151 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1154 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1156 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1159 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1161 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1162 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1163 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1164 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1165 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1166 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1167 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1168 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1169 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1170 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1171 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1172 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1173 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1174 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1175 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1176 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1177 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1178 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1179 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1180 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1181 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1182 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1183 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1184 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1185 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1187 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1188 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1189 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1190 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1191 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1192 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1193 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1194 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1195 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1196 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1197 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1198 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1199 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1200 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1201 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1202 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1205 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1208 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1210 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1211 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1212 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1213 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1214 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1215 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1216 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1217 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1221 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1225 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1227 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1229 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1230 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1231 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1233 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1234 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1235 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1239 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1241 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1242 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1244 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1246 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1248 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1250 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1251 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1252 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1253 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1254 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1256 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1259 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1261 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1264 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1265 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1266 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1268 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1269 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1271 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1273 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1275 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1279 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1280 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1281 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1282 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1284 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1285 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1286 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1287 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1290 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1291 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1294 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1295 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1297 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1298 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1299 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1301 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1302 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1303 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1304 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1307 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1308 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1309 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1311 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1312 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1313 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1316 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1317 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1318 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1320 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1321 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1322 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1324 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1325 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1326 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1327 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1328 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1329 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1330 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1331 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1335 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1339 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1340 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1341 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1342 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1343 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1344 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1345 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1346 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1348 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1349 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1350 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1351 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1352 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1353 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1354 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1355 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1356 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1357 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1358 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1359 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1361 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1362 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1363 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1367 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1368 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1371 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1372 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1373 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1375 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1376 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1377 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1378 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1379 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1380 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1382 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1383 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1385 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1386 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1387 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1388 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1389 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1390 Closes: #185943, #237049
1392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1394 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1400 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1401 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1402 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1403 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1404 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1405 running. closes: Bug#187250
1406 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1407 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1408 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1409 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1410 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1411 user closes: Bug#176506
1413 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1415 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1419 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1420 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1421 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1422 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1423 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1424 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1425 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1426 deb-building toolchain.
1427 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1428 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1429 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1430 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1431 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1432 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1433 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1434 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1435 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1436 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1437 sections about changelog files.
1439 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1440 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1441 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1442 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1443 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1444 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1446 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1447 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1448 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1449 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1450 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1451 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1452 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1453 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1454 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1455 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1456 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1457 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1458 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1459 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1460 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1461 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1462 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1463 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1464 for the restructuring
1466 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1468 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1473 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1474 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1475 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1476 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1477 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1478 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1480 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1481 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1482 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1483 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1484 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1485 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1486 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1488 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1489 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1490 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1491 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1493 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1495 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1499 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1500 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1501 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1502 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1503 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1505 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1506 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1507 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1508 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1510 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1511 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1512 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1513 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1514 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1515 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1516 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1517 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1518 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1519 offtopic stuff, too.
1520 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1521 script should start it, closes: #60979
1522 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1523 "should", closes: #170019
1524 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1525 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1526 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1527 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1528 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1529 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1530 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1531 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1534 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1536 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1539 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1540 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1541 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1542 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1543 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1544 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1545 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1546 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1547 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1549 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1550 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1551 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1552 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1553 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1554 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1555 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1556 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1557 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1559 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1560 file, closes: Bug#65764
1562 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1564 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1566 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1567 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1568 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1569 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1570 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1571 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1572 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1573 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1574 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1575 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1576 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1577 details. closes: Bug#133030
1578 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1579 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1580 parts of Bug#161455.
1582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1584 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1586 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1587 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1588 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1589 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1590 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1591 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1592 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1593 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1594 not. closes: Bug#139820
1595 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1596 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1597 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1598 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1599 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1600 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1601 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1602 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1603 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1604 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1606 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1608 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1609 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1610 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1611 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1612 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1613 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1614 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1615 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1616 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1617 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1618 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1619 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1620 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1621 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1622 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1623 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1624 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1625 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1626 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1627 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1629 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1630 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1631 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1632 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1633 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1634 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1635 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1637 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1638 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1639 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1640 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1641 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1642 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1643 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1644 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1645 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1647 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1649 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1651 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1652 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1653 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1654 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1655 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1656 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1657 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1658 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1659 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1660 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1661 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1662 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1663 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1664 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1665 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1666 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1667 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1668 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1669 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1670 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1671 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1672 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1673 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1675 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1677 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1679 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1680 medium, high, emergency.
1681 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1682 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1683 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1684 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1685 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1688 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1689 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1690 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1692 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1693 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1694 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1695 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1696 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1697 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1698 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1701 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1703 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1706 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1707 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1708 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1710 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1711 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1712 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1713 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1714 debian/rules to do this
1715 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1716 patches are incorporated upstream
1717 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1718 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1719 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1720 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1721 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1722 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1724 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1725 system closes: Bug#91249
1726 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1727 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1728 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1729 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1730 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1731 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1732 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1733 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1734 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1735 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1736 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1737 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1738 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1740 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1742 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1744 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1745 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1746 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1747 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1749 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1750 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1751 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1753 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1756 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1758 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1760 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1761 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1762 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1763 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1764 package for the time being
1765 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1766 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1767 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1768 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1769 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1770 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1771 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1772 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1773 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1774 Build-Depends arch syntax
1775 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1777 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1778 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1780 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1781 from policy maintenance duties.
1782 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1783 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1785 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1787 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1789 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1791 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1793 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1795 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1796 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1797 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1798 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1799 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1800 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1801 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1802 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1803 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1804 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1805 minor version number for this
1806 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1807 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1808 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1809 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1810 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1811 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1812 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1813 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1814 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1816 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1818 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1820 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1821 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1822 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1823 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1824 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1826 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1828 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1829 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1830 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1831 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1832 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1833 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1834 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1835 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1836 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1837 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1838 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1839 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1840 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1841 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1842 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1843 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1846 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1848 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1850 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1851 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1853 * Document the Enhances relationship
1854 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1855 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1856 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1857 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1858 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1859 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1861 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1863 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1864 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1865 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1866 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1868 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1869 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1870 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1871 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1872 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1874 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1876 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1878 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1879 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1880 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1882 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1883 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1884 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1885 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1886 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1887 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1888 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1889 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1890 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1892 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1894 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1896 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1898 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1899 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1900 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1901 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1902 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1903 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1904 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1905 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1906 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1907 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1908 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1909 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1910 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1911 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1912 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1913 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1914 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1915 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1916 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1917 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1918 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1919 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1921 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1922 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1924 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1926 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1928 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1929 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1930 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1931 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1932 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1933 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1934 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1935 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1936 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1937 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1938 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1939 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1940 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1941 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1942 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1943 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1944 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1945 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1946 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1947 list closes: Bug#53756
1948 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1949 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1950 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1951 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1952 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1953 policy closes: Bug#53760
1954 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1955 policy closes: Bug#53761
1956 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1957 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1958 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1959 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1960 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1961 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1962 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1963 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1964 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1965 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1966 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1968 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1969 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1970 to install with older fileutils.
1971 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1972 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1973 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1974 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1976 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1977 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1979 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1981 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1983 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1984 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1986 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1988 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1990 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1991 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1993 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1996 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1998 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1999 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2001 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2003 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2005 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2007 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2008 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2010 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2012 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2014 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2015 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2016 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2017 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2018 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2019 directoried (closes: #41547)
2020 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2021 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2022 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2023 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2024 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2025 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2026 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2027 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2028 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2029 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2030 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2032 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2033 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2034 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2035 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2036 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2037 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2038 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2040 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2041 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2042 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2043 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2045 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2047 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2049 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2050 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2052 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2054 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2056 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2057 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2059 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2061 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2063 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2064 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2066 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2067 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2068 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2069 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2070 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2071 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2072 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2073 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2074 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2075 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2076 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2077 this closes: Bug#38612
2078 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2079 before. closes: Bug#40864
2081 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2083 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2085 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2086 officially uploaded.
2087 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2089 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2090 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2091 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2093 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2094 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2095 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2096 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2097 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2098 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2100 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2101 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2102 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2104 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2106 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2107 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2108 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2109 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2110 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2114 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2116 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2117 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2118 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2119 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2120 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2121 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2122 there). closes: Bug#34233
2123 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2124 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2125 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2126 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2127 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2129 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2131 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2133 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2134 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2135 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2136 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2139 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2140 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2141 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2142 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2143 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2146 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2147 number. closes: BUG#25911
2149 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2150 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2151 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2152 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2153 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2154 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2156 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2157 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2158 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2161 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2162 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2163 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2165 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2166 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2167 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2168 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2170 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2171 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2172 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2174 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2176 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2177 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2178 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2179 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2180 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2181 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2182 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2183 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2186 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2188 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2189 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2194 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2196 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2198 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2200 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2202 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2203 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2204 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2205 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2206 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2207 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2208 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2209 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2211 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2212 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2214 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2216 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2218 * non-maintainer release
2219 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2220 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2222 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2223 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2224 * no content changes
2225 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2227 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2229 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2233 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2235 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2237 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2239 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2240 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2241 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2243 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2244 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2246 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2247 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2248 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2249 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2251 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2252 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2253 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2254 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2255 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2256 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2257 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2259 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2260 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2261 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2264 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2265 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2266 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2268 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2269 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2270 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2272 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2273 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2275 * New version numbering scheme:
2277 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2278 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2279 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2282 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2283 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2284 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2285 differ between the manuals.
2287 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2288 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2289 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2290 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2292 * Packaging changes:
2294 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2295 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2297 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2299 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2301 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2303 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2305 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2306 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2307 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2309 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2310 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2313 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2314 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2315 file extension as the referenced file
2317 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2318 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2320 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2321 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2322 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2323 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2326 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2327 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2328 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2330 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2331 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2332 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2333 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2336 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2337 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2340 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2341 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2342 reasonable default configuration
2344 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2345 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2346 by all news servers and clients
2348 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2349 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2350 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2351 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2352 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2354 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2355 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2358 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2360 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2361 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2363 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2366 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2367 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2369 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2370 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2372 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2374 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2376 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2378 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2379 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2380 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2381 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2383 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2385 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2386 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2387 * Don't use debstd anymore
2389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2391 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2393 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2394 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2395 contrib/non-free policy
2396 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2397 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2398 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2399 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2400 - new section about `Daemons'
2401 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2402 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2403 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2404 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2405 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2406 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2407 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2408 * SGML source code included in package
2409 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2411 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2413 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2415 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2416 - completely reworked structure
2417 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2418 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2419 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2420 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2421 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2422 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2423 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2424 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2425 - mention "orphaned packages"
2426 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2427 distributions' policy
2428 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2429 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2430 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2431 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2432 - added section about arch spec strings
2433 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2434 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2435 - added section about "menus"
2436 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2437 the new documentation policy soon
2438 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2439 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2441 - added section about editors and pagers
2442 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2443 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2444 - added section about device files
2445 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2446 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2447 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2449 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2450 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2451 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2452 - Added new section about obsolete names
2453 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2454 * Fixed package's description
2456 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2458 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2460 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2462 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2464 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2466 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2467 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2468 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2469 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2471 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2473 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2475 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2476 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2477 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2479 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2480 and upload it "byhand" too.
2482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2484 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2487 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2488 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2489 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2490 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2491 functionality must not have the same name.
2492 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2493 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2494 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2495 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2496 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2497 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2498 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2500 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2501 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2502 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2503 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2504 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2505 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2506 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2507 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2510 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2512 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2514 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2516 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2517 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2518 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2519 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2520 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2523 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2525 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2527 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2529 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2530 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2531 description of deb file format.
2532 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2533 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2535 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2537 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2538 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2540 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2542 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2544 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2545 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2546 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2547 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2548 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2549 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2550 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2551 packages in section on Procedure
2552 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2553 a package maintainer
2554 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2555 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2556 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2558 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2559 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2560 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2561 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2562 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2563 on various shlib files
2564 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2565 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2566 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2568 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2570 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2572 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2573 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2574 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2576 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2577 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2578 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2579 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2580 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2582 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2584 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2586 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2588 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2590 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2591 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2592 compatibility go in contrib.
2594 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2595 instructions in policy manual.
2596 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2599 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2601 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2603 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2604 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2605 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2606 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2608 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2609 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2612 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2614 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2616 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2617 * More detail about changelog format names.
2619 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2620 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2624 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2626 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2628 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2630 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2632 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2634 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2636 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2638 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2639 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2640 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2642 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2644 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2646 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2648 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2650 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2654 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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