1 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
4 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
9 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
22 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
32 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
36 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
37 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
39 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
41 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
42 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
43 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
47 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
48 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
53 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
55 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
57 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
58 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
59 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
62 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
63 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
64 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
68 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
69 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
70 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
72 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
73 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
74 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
75 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
76 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
77 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
78 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
79 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
80 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
81 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
82 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
83 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
85 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
86 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
87 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
88 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
90 -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
92 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
94 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
95 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
96 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
98 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
99 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
100 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
101 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
106 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
107 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
111 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
112 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
116 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
117 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
118 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
119 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
123 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
124 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
128 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
129 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
131 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
134 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
135 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
136 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
139 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
140 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
145 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
147 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
150 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
151 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
152 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
153 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
155 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
156 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
157 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
158 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
159 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
160 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
161 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
162 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
163 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
164 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
165 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
166 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
167 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
168 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
169 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
170 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
171 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
173 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
174 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
175 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
176 good to know which version one is looking at.
177 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
178 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
179 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
180 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
181 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
182 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
183 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
185 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
186 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
187 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
188 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
189 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
191 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
192 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
193 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
195 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
196 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
197 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
198 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
200 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
202 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
206 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
207 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
208 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
209 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
210 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
211 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
212 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
213 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
214 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
215 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
220 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
221 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
226 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
227 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
228 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
231 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
233 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
234 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
238 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
239 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
242 Closes: #620870, #532120
243 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
244 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
249 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
250 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
251 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
255 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
256 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
257 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
258 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
259 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
261 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
262 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
263 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
264 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
265 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
266 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
267 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
268 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
269 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
270 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
271 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
272 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
273 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
274 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
275 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
276 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
278 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
280 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
281 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
282 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
283 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
284 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
285 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
286 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
287 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
288 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
289 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
292 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
294 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
295 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
296 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
297 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
302 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
303 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
305 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
306 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
307 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
308 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
311 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
313 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
317 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
318 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
319 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
322 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
323 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
324 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
326 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
327 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
333 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
334 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
335 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
338 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
339 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
344 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
345 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
346 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
347 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
350 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
351 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
352 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
355 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
356 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
361 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
363 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
366 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
369 Closes: #459868, #581011
370 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
371 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
373 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
375 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
376 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
378 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
380 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
381 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
382 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
383 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
385 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
386 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
390 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
391 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
394 Closes: #501930, #593909
395 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
396 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
400 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
401 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
402 machine. (Closes: #591857)
403 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
404 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
405 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
406 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
407 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
408 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
409 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
410 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
411 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
412 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
414 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
415 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
416 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
417 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
418 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
419 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
420 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
421 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
422 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
423 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
424 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
425 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
426 than the version in oldstable.
427 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
428 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
429 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
430 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
431 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
432 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
433 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
434 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
435 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
436 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
437 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
438 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
439 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
440 package. (Closes: #609160)
442 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
444 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
447 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
448 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
452 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
453 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
457 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
458 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
462 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
467 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
468 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
472 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
473 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
477 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
478 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
482 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
483 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
485 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
487 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
488 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
490 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
492 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
493 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
495 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
498 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
499 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
504 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
505 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
509 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
510 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
511 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
514 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
515 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
519 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
520 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
522 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
524 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
525 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
529 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
530 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
534 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
536 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
537 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
538 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
539 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
540 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
541 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
542 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
543 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
544 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
546 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
547 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
548 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
549 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
550 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
551 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
553 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
555 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
558 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
561 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
564 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
565 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
566 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
567 and distribution license' (three times).
568 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
569 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
572 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
574 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
576 Proposed by Santiago Vila
577 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
584 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
585 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
587 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
589 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
590 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
591 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
592 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
593 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
594 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
596 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
597 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
598 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
599 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
601 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
602 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
604 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
605 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
607 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
608 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
609 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
611 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
613 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
614 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
616 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
617 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
619 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
620 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
621 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
624 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
625 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
628 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
630 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
631 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
632 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
635 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
636 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
637 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
640 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
641 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
642 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
643 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
644 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
646 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
647 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
648 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
649 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
651 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
652 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
654 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
655 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
657 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
658 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
660 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
662 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
663 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
664 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
665 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
666 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
667 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
668 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
669 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
670 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
671 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
672 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
673 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
674 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
675 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
676 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
677 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
678 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
679 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
680 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
681 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
682 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
683 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
684 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
685 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
686 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
687 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
688 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
689 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
690 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
691 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
692 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
693 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
695 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
697 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
699 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
702 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
703 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
705 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
706 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
710 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
713 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
714 Wording: Steve Langasek.
715 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
716 Seconded: Julien Cristau
717 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
720 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
721 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
722 Seconded: Russ Allbery
723 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
726 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
727 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
728 Seconded: Russ Allbery
730 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
731 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
732 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
733 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
734 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
735 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
736 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
737 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
738 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
740 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
741 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
742 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
743 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
744 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
745 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
746 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
747 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
748 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
749 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
750 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
751 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
752 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
753 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
754 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
755 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
757 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
758 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
759 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
760 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
761 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
763 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
766 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
767 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
769 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
770 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
771 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
774 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
776 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
779 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
780 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
781 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
783 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
784 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
785 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
788 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
789 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
790 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
793 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
794 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
795 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
797 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
798 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
800 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
801 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
803 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
804 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
806 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
807 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
808 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
809 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
811 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
812 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
813 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
814 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
816 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
817 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
818 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
819 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
821 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
822 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
823 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
824 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
826 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
827 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
828 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
829 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
831 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
832 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
833 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
834 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
835 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
836 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
837 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
838 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
839 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
840 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
841 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
842 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
843 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
844 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
845 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
847 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
848 Source field descriptions.
849 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
850 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
851 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
852 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
853 description says otherwise.
855 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
857 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
860 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
861 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
862 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
863 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
864 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
865 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
867 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
868 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
869 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
870 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
872 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
873 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
874 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
875 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
877 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
878 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
879 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
880 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
882 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
883 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
884 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
885 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
889 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
890 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
891 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
892 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
893 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
895 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
896 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
897 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
898 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
900 * Add myself to Uploaders.
903 * Add myself to Uploaders.
904 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
906 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
907 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
908 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
910 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
912 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
914 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
915 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
916 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
917 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
919 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
920 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
921 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
922 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
924 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
925 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
926 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
927 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
929 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
930 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
931 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
932 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
934 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
935 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
936 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
937 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
939 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
940 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
941 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
942 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
944 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
945 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
946 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
947 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
949 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
950 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
951 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
952 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
954 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
955 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
956 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
957 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
959 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
960 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
961 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
962 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
964 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
965 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
966 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
967 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
968 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
970 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
971 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
972 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
973 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
974 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
975 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
976 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
977 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
978 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
979 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
980 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
981 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
982 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
983 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
984 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
985 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
986 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
987 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
988 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
989 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
990 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
991 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
992 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
993 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
994 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
995 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
996 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
997 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
998 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
999 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1001 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1002 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1003 links was completed long ago.
1004 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1006 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1008 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1011 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1013 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1015 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1018 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1019 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1020 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1021 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1022 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1023 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1024 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1025 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1026 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1028 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1030 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1032 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1033 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1034 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1035 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1036 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1037 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1038 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1040 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1041 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1042 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1043 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1045 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1046 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1047 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1048 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1049 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1050 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1051 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1052 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1053 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1054 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1055 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1056 Closes: #186700, #458910
1057 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1058 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1059 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1061 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1062 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1063 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1064 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1065 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1066 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1067 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1068 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1070 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1071 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1073 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1074 * Add an md5sums control file.
1075 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1076 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1077 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1078 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1079 currently part of policy.
1080 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1081 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1082 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1085 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1087 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1090 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1091 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1092 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1093 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1094 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1095 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1096 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1097 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1098 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1100 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1101 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1102 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1103 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1104 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1106 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1108 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1109 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1110 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1112 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1113 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1114 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1115 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1116 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1117 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1118 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1119 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1120 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1121 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1122 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1123 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1124 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1125 debconf specification.
1126 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1127 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1129 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1131 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1134 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1136 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1137 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1142 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1143 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1144 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1145 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1147 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1148 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1149 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1150 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1151 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1152 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1153 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1154 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1155 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1156 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1157 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1158 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1159 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1161 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1164 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1166 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1167 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1168 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1169 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1171 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1172 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1173 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1175 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1177 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1180 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1181 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1183 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1185 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1187 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1188 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1189 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1190 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1191 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1192 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1194 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1195 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1196 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1198 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1199 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1200 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1201 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1202 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1203 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1207 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1210 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1211 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1212 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1214 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1215 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1217 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1219 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1222 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1223 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1224 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1225 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1226 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1227 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1228 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1229 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1230 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1232 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1233 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1235 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1236 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1237 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1239 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1241 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1242 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1247 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1250 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1251 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1252 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1253 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1254 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1255 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1256 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1257 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1258 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1259 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1260 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1261 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1262 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1263 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1264 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1265 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1266 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1267 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1268 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1270 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1271 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1272 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1273 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1274 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1275 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1276 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1278 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1279 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1280 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1281 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1283 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1284 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1285 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1286 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1287 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1288 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1289 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1290 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1291 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1292 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1293 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1295 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1296 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1299 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1301 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1302 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1303 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1304 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1305 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1306 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1307 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1308 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1310 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1312 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1316 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1317 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1318 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1320 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1321 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1322 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1324 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1325 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1326 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1330 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1332 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1333 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1335 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1337 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1339 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1341 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1343 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1344 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1345 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1347 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1350 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1352 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1355 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1356 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1357 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1359 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1360 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1362 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1364 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1366 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1370 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1371 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1372 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1373 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1375 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1376 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1377 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1378 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1381 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1382 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1385 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1386 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1388 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1389 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1390 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1392 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1393 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1394 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1395 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1398 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1399 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1400 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1401 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1402 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1403 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1404 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1407 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1408 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1409 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1410 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1411 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1412 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1413 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1414 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1415 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1416 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1417 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1418 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1419 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1420 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1421 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1422 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1424 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1426 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1430 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1431 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1432 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1433 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1434 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1435 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1436 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1437 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1439 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1440 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1441 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1442 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1443 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1444 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1445 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1446 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1447 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1448 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1449 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1450 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1451 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1452 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1453 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1454 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1458 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1459 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1462 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1463 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1464 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1466 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1467 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1468 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1469 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1470 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1471 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1473 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1474 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1476 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1477 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1478 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1479 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1480 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1481 Closes: #185943, #237049
1483 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1485 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1488 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1491 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1492 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1493 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1494 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1495 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1496 running. closes: Bug#187250
1497 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1498 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1499 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1500 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1501 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1502 user closes: Bug#176506
1504 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1506 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1509 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1510 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1511 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1512 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1513 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1514 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1515 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1516 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1517 deb-building toolchain.
1518 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1519 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1520 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1521 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1522 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1523 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1524 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1525 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1526 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1527 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1528 sections about changelog files.
1530 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1531 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1532 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1533 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1534 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1535 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1537 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1538 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1539 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1540 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1541 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1542 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1543 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1544 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1545 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1546 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1547 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1548 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1549 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1550 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1551 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1552 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1553 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1554 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1555 for the restructuring
1557 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1559 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1562 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1564 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1565 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1566 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1567 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1568 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1569 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1571 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1572 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1573 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1574 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1575 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1576 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1577 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1579 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1580 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1581 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1582 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1584 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1586 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1589 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1590 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1591 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1592 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1593 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1594 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1596 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1597 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1598 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1599 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1601 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1602 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1603 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1604 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1605 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1606 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1607 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1608 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1609 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1610 offtopic stuff, too.
1611 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1612 script should start it, closes: #60979
1613 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1614 "should", closes: #170019
1615 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1616 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1617 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1618 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1619 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1620 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1621 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1622 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1625 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1627 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1630 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1631 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1632 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1633 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1634 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1635 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1636 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1637 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1638 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1640 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1641 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1642 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1643 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1644 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1645 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1646 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1647 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1648 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1650 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1651 file, closes: Bug#65764
1653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1655 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1657 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1658 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1659 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1660 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1661 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1662 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1663 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1664 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1665 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1666 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1667 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1668 details. closes: Bug#133030
1669 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1670 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1671 parts of Bug#161455.
1673 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1675 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1677 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1678 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1679 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1680 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1681 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1682 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1683 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1684 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1685 not. closes: Bug#139820
1686 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1687 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1688 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1689 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1690 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1691 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1692 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1693 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1694 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1695 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1697 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1699 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1700 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1701 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1702 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1703 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1704 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1705 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1706 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1707 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1708 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1709 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1710 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1711 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1712 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1713 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1714 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1715 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1716 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1717 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1718 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1720 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1721 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1722 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1723 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1724 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1725 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1726 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1728 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1729 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1730 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1731 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1732 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1733 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1734 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1735 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1736 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1738 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1740 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1742 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1743 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1744 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1745 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1746 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1747 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1748 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1749 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1750 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1751 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1752 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1753 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1754 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1755 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1756 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1757 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1758 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1759 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1760 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1761 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1762 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1763 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1764 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1766 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1768 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1770 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1771 medium, high, emergency.
1772 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1773 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1774 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1775 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1776 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1779 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1780 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1781 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1783 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1784 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1785 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1786 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1787 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1788 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1789 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1792 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1794 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1796 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1797 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1798 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1799 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1801 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1802 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1803 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1804 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1805 debian/rules to do this
1806 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1807 patches are incorporated upstream
1808 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1809 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1810 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1811 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1812 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1813 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1815 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1816 system closes: Bug#91249
1817 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1818 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1819 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1820 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1821 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1822 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1823 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1824 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1825 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1826 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1827 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1828 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1829 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1831 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1833 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1835 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1836 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1837 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1838 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1840 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1841 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1842 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1844 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1847 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1849 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1851 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1852 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1853 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1854 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1855 package for the time being
1856 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1857 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1858 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1859 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1860 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1861 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1862 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1863 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1864 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1865 Build-Depends arch syntax
1866 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1868 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1869 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1871 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1872 from policy maintenance duties.
1873 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1874 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1876 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1878 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1880 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1882 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1884 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1886 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1887 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1888 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1889 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1890 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1891 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1892 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1893 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1894 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1895 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1896 minor version number for this
1897 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1898 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1899 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1900 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1901 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1902 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1903 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1904 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1905 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1907 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1909 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1911 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1912 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1913 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1914 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1915 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1917 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1919 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1920 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1921 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1922 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1923 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1924 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1925 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1926 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1927 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1928 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1929 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1930 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1931 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1932 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1933 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1934 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1937 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1939 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1941 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1942 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1944 * Document the Enhances relationship
1945 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1946 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1947 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1948 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1949 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1950 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1952 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1954 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1955 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1956 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1957 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1959 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1960 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1961 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1962 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1963 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1965 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1967 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1969 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1970 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1971 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1973 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1974 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1975 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1976 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1977 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1978 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1979 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1980 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1981 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1983 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1985 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1987 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1989 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1990 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1991 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1992 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1993 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1994 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1995 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1996 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1997 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1998 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1999 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
2000 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2001 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2002 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2003 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2004 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2005 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2006 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2007 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2008 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2009 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2010 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2012 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2013 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2015 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2017 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2019 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2020 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2021 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2022 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2023 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2024 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2025 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2026 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2027 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2028 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2029 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2030 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2031 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2032 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2033 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2034 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2035 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2036 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2037 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2038 list closes: Bug#53756
2039 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2040 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2041 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2042 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2043 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2044 policy closes: Bug#53760
2045 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2046 policy closes: Bug#53761
2047 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2048 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2049 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2050 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2051 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2052 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2053 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2054 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2055 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2056 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2057 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2059 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2060 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2061 to install with older fileutils.
2062 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2063 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2064 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2065 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2067 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2068 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2070 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2072 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2074 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2075 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2077 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2079 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2081 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2082 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2084 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2087 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2089 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2090 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2092 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2094 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2096 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2098 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2099 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2101 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2103 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2105 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2106 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2107 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2108 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2109 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2110 directoried (closes: #41547)
2111 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2112 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2113 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2114 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2115 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2116 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2117 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2118 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2119 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2120 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2121 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2123 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2124 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2125 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2126 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2127 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2128 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2129 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2131 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2132 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2133 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2134 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2136 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2138 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2140 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2141 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2143 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2145 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2147 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2148 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2150 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2152 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2154 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2155 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2157 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2158 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2159 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2160 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2161 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2162 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2163 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2164 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2165 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2166 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2167 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2168 this closes: Bug#38612
2169 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2170 before. closes: Bug#40864
2172 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2174 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2176 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2177 officially uploaded.
2178 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2180 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2181 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2182 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2184 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2185 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2186 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2187 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2188 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2189 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2191 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2192 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2193 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2195 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2197 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2198 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2199 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2200 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2201 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2203 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2205 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2207 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2208 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2209 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2210 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2211 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2212 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2213 there). closes: Bug#34233
2214 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2215 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2216 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2217 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2218 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2220 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2222 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2224 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2225 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2226 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2227 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2230 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2231 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2232 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2233 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2234 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2237 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2238 number. closes: BUG#25911
2240 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2241 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2242 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2243 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2244 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2245 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2247 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2248 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2249 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2252 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2253 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2254 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2256 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2257 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2258 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2259 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2261 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2262 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2263 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2265 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2267 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2268 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2269 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2270 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2271 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2272 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2273 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2274 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2277 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2279 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2280 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2283 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2285 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2287 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2289 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2291 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2293 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2294 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2295 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2296 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2297 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2298 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2299 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2300 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2302 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2303 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2305 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2307 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2309 * non-maintainer release
2310 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2311 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2313 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2314 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2315 * no content changes
2316 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2318 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2320 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2326 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2328 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2330 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2331 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2332 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2334 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2335 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2337 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2338 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2339 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2340 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2342 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2343 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2344 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2345 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2346 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2347 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2348 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2350 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2351 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2352 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2355 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2356 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2357 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2359 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2360 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2361 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2363 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2364 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2366 * New version numbering scheme:
2368 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2369 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2370 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2373 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2374 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2375 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2376 differ between the manuals.
2378 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2379 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2380 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2381 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2383 * Packaging changes:
2385 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2386 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2388 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2390 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2392 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2394 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2396 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2397 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2398 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2400 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2401 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2404 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2405 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2406 file extension as the referenced file
2408 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2409 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2411 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2412 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2413 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2414 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2417 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2418 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2419 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2421 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2422 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2423 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2424 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2427 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2428 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2431 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2432 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2433 reasonable default configuration
2435 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2436 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2437 by all news servers and clients
2439 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2440 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2441 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2442 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2443 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2445 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2446 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2449 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2451 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2452 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2454 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2457 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2458 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2460 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2461 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2463 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2465 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2467 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2469 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2470 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2471 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2472 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2474 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2476 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2477 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2478 * Don't use debstd anymore
2480 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2482 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2484 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2485 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2486 contrib/non-free policy
2487 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2488 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2489 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2490 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2491 - new section about `Daemons'
2492 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2493 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2494 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2495 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2496 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2497 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2498 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2499 * SGML source code included in package
2500 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2504 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2506 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2507 - completely reworked structure
2508 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2509 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2510 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2511 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2512 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2513 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2514 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2515 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2516 - mention "orphaned packages"
2517 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2518 distributions' policy
2519 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2520 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2521 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2522 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2523 - added section about arch spec strings
2524 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2525 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2526 - added section about "menus"
2527 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2528 the new documentation policy soon
2529 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2530 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2532 - added section about editors and pagers
2533 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2534 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2535 - added section about device files
2536 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2537 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2538 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2540 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2541 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2542 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2543 - Added new section about obsolete names
2544 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2545 * Fixed package's description
2547 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2549 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2551 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2553 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2555 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2557 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2558 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2559 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2560 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2562 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2564 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2566 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2567 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2568 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2570 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2571 and upload it "byhand" too.
2573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2575 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2578 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2579 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2580 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2581 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2582 functionality must not have the same name.
2583 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2584 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2585 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2586 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2587 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2588 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2589 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2591 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2592 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2593 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2594 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2595 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2596 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2597 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2598 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2601 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2603 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2605 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2607 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2608 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2609 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2610 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2611 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2614 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2616 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2618 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2620 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2621 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2622 description of deb file format.
2623 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2624 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2626 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2628 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2629 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2631 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2633 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2635 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2636 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2637 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2638 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2639 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2640 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2641 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2642 packages in section on Procedure
2643 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2644 a package maintainer
2645 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2646 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2647 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2649 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2650 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2651 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2652 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2653 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2654 on various shlib files
2655 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2656 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2657 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2659 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2661 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2663 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2664 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2665 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2667 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2668 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2669 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2670 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2671 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2673 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2675 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2677 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2679 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2681 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2682 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2683 compatibility go in contrib.
2685 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2686 instructions in policy manual.
2687 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2690 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2692 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2694 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2695 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2696 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2697 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2699 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2700 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2703 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2705 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2707 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2708 * More detail about changelog format names.
2710 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2711 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2715 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2717 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2719 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2721 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2723 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2725 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2727 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2729 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2730 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2731 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2733 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2735 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2737 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2739 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2741 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2745 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100