1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
31 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
32 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
33 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
34 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
35 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
36 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
37 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
38 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
39 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
40 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
41 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
42 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
43 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
45 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
47 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
51 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
53 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
54 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
58 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
61 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
62 Wording: Steve Langasek.
63 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
64 Seconded: Julien Cristau
68 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
69 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
70 Seconded: Russ Allbery
71 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
74 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
75 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
76 Seconded: Russ Allbery
78 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
79 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
80 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
81 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
82 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
83 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
84 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
85 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
88 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
89 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
90 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
91 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
92 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
93 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
96 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
97 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
98 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
99 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
100 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
101 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
102 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
105 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
106 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
107 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
108 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
109 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
111 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
114 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
115 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
118 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
119 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
122 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
124 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
127 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
131 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
132 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
136 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
141 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
142 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
145 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
146 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
148 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
149 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
154 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
155 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
159 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
160 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
164 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
165 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
169 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
170 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
174 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
175 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
179 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
180 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
181 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
182 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
183 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
184 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
185 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
186 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
187 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
188 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
189 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
190 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
191 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
192 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
193 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
195 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
196 Source field descriptions.
197 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
198 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
199 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
200 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
201 description says otherwise.
203 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
205 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
209 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
212 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
213 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
215 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
216 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
220 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
221 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
225 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
226 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
230 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
231 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
232 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
233 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
237 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
238 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
239 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
240 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
241 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
243 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
244 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
248 * Add myself to Uploaders.
251 * Add myself to Uploaders.
252 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
254 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
255 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
256 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
258 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
260 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
263 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
268 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
270 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
272 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
273 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
277 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
278 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
280 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
282 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
283 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
287 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
288 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
292 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
293 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
295 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
297 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
298 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
300 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
302 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
303 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
304 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
307 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
308 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
312 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
313 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
316 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
318 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
319 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
320 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
321 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
322 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
323 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
324 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
325 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
326 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
327 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
328 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
329 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
330 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
331 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
332 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
333 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
334 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
335 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
336 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
337 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
338 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
339 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
340 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
341 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
342 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
343 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
344 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
345 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
346 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
347 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
349 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
350 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
351 links was completed long ago.
352 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
354 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
356 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
359 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
361 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
363 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
366 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
367 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
368 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
369 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
370 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
371 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
372 Millan (Closes: #209008).
373 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
374 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
376 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
378 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
380 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
381 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
382 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
383 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
384 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
385 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
386 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
388 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
389 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
390 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
391 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
393 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
394 Küster (Closes: #403391).
395 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
396 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
397 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
398 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
399 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
403 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
404 Closes: #186700, #458910
405 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
406 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
409 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
410 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
411 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
412 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
413 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
414 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
415 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
416 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
418 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
419 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
421 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
422 * Add an md5sums control file.
423 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
424 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
425 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
426 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
427 currently part of policy.
428 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
429 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
430 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
433 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
435 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
437 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
438 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
439 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
440 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
441 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
442 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
443 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
444 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
445 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
446 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
448 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
449 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
450 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
451 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
452 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
454 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
456 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
457 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
458 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
460 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
461 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
462 list?" (Closes: #412634).
463 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
464 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
465 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
466 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
467 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
468 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
469 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
470 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
471 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
472 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
473 debconf specification.
474 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
475 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
477 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
479 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
482 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
483 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
484 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
485 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
487 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
490 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
491 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
492 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
493 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
495 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
496 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
497 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
498 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
499 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
500 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
501 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
502 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
503 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
504 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
505 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
506 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
507 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
508 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
509 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
510 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
512 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
514 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
515 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
516 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
517 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
518 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
519 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
520 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
521 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
525 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
528 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
529 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
530 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
531 Polo (Closes: #372497).
532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
533 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
535 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
536 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
537 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
538 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
539 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
540 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
541 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
542 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
543 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
544 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
546 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
547 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
548 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
549 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
550 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
551 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
553 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
555 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
558 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
559 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
560 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
562 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
563 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
567 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
569 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
570 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
571 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
572 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
573 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
574 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
575 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
576 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
577 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
578 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
580 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
581 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
582 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
583 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
584 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
585 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
586 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
587 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
588 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
589 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
590 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
593 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
595 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
598 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
599 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
600 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
601 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
602 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
603 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
604 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
605 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
606 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
607 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
608 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
609 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
610 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
611 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
612 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
613 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
614 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
615 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
616 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
617 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
618 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
619 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
620 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
621 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
622 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
623 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
624 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
626 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
627 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
628 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
629 Hess (Closes: #362247).
630 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
631 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
632 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
633 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
634 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
635 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
636 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
637 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
638 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
639 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
640 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
641 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
643 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
644 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
646 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
647 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
649 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
650 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
651 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
652 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
653 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
654 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
655 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
656 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
658 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
660 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
663 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
664 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
665 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
666 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
667 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
668 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
669 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
670 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
671 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
672 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
673 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
674 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
675 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
677 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
678 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
680 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
681 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
683 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
684 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
685 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
686 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
687 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
688 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
689 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
690 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
691 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
692 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
693 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
694 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
695 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
698 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
700 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
702 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
703 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
704 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
705 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
707 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
708 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
709 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
710 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
712 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
714 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
717 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
718 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
719 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
720 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
721 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
722 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
723 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
724 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
725 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
726 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
728 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
729 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
730 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
732 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
733 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
734 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
735 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
736 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
737 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
738 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
740 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
741 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
742 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
743 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
745 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
746 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
747 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
748 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
749 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
750 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
751 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
752 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
754 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
755 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
756 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
757 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
758 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
759 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
760 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
761 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
762 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
763 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
764 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
765 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
766 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
767 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
768 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
769 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
770 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
772 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
774 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
777 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
778 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
779 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
780 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
781 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
782 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
783 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
784 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
785 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
787 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
788 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
789 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
790 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
791 this section. closes: Bug#248618
792 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
793 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
794 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
795 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
796 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
797 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
798 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
799 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
800 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
801 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
802 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
803 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
805 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
806 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
807 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
810 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
811 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
812 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
814 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
815 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
816 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
817 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
818 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
819 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
821 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
822 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
824 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
825 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
826 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
827 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
828 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
829 Closes: #185943, #237049
831 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
833 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
836 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
839 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
840 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
841 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
842 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
843 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
844 running. closes: Bug#187250
845 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
846 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
847 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
848 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
849 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
850 user closes: Bug#176506
852 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
854 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
858 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
859 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
860 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
861 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
862 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
863 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
864 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
865 deb-building toolchain.
866 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
867 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
868 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
869 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
870 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
871 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
872 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
873 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
874 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
875 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
876 sections about changelog files.
878 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
879 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
880 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
881 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
882 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
883 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
885 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
886 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
887 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
888 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
889 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
890 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
891 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
892 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
893 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
894 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
895 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
896 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
897 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
898 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
899 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
900 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
901 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
902 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
903 for the restructuring
905 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
907 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
912 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
913 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
914 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
915 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
916 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
917 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
919 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
920 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
921 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
922 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
923 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
924 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
925 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
927 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
928 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
929 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
930 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
932 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
934 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
937 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
938 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
939 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
940 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
941 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
942 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
944 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
945 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
946 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
947 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
949 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
950 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
951 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
952 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
953 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
954 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
955 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
956 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
957 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
959 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
960 script should start it, closes: #60979
961 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
962 "should", closes: #170019
963 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
964 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
965 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
966 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
967 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
968 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
969 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
970 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
973 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
975 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
979 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
980 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
981 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
982 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
983 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
984 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
985 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
986 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
988 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
989 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
990 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
991 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
992 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
993 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
994 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
995 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
996 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
998 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
999 file, closes: Bug#65764
1001 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1003 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1006 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1007 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1008 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1009 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1010 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1011 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1012 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1013 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1014 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1015 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1016 details. closes: Bug#133030
1017 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1018 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1019 parts of Bug#161455.
1021 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1023 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1026 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1027 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1028 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1029 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1030 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1031 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1032 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1033 not. closes: Bug#139820
1034 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1035 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1036 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1037 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1038 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1039 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1040 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1041 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1042 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1043 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1045 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1047 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1048 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1049 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1050 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1051 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1052 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1053 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1054 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1055 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1056 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1057 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1058 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1059 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1060 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1061 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1062 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1063 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1064 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1065 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1066 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1068 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1069 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1070 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1071 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1072 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1073 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1074 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1076 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1077 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1078 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1079 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1080 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1081 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1082 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1083 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1084 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1086 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1088 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1091 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1092 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1093 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1094 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1095 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1096 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1097 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1098 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1099 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1100 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1101 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1102 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1103 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1104 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1105 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1106 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1107 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1108 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1109 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1110 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1111 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1112 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1114 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1116 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1119 medium, high, emergency.
1120 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1121 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1122 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1123 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1124 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1127 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1128 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1129 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1131 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1132 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1133 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1134 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1135 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1136 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1137 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1142 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1145 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1146 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1147 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1149 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1150 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1151 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1152 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1153 debian/rules to do this
1154 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1155 patches are incorporated upstream
1156 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1157 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1158 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1159 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1160 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1161 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1163 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1164 system closes: Bug#91249
1165 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1166 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1167 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1168 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1169 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1170 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1171 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1172 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1173 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1174 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1175 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1176 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1177 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1179 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1181 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1184 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1185 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1186 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1188 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1189 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1190 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1192 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1195 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1197 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1200 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1201 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1202 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1203 package for the time being
1204 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1205 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1206 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1207 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1208 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1209 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1210 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1211 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1212 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1213 Build-Depends arch syntax
1214 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1216 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1217 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1219 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1220 from policy maintenance duties.
1221 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1222 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1226 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1228 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1230 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1232 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1235 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1236 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1237 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1238 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1239 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1240 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1241 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1242 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1243 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1244 minor version number for this
1245 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1246 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1247 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1248 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1249 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1250 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1251 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1252 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1253 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1255 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1257 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1260 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1261 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1262 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1263 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1265 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1267 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1268 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1269 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1270 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1271 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1272 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1273 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1274 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1275 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1276 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1277 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1278 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1279 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1280 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1281 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1282 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1285 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1287 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1290 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1292 * Document the Enhances relationship
1293 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1294 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1295 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1296 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1297 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1298 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1300 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1302 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1303 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1304 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1305 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1307 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1308 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1309 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1310 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1311 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1313 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1315 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1318 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1319 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1321 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1322 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1323 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1324 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1325 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1326 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1327 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1328 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1329 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1331 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1335 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1338 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1339 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1340 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1341 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1342 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1343 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1344 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1345 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1346 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1347 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1348 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1349 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1350 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1351 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1352 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1353 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1354 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1355 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1356 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1357 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1358 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1360 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1361 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1363 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1365 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1367 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1368 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1369 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1370 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1371 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1372 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1373 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1374 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1375 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1376 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1377 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1378 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1379 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1380 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1381 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1382 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1383 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1384 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1385 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1386 list closes: Bug#53756
1387 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1388 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1389 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1390 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1391 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1392 policy closes: Bug#53760
1393 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1394 policy closes: Bug#53761
1395 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1396 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1397 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1398 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1399 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1400 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1401 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1402 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1403 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1404 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1405 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1407 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1408 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1409 to install with older fileutils.
1410 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1411 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1412 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1413 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1415 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1416 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1418 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1420 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1423 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1425 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1427 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1430 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1432 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1435 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1438 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1440 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1442 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1444 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1447 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1449 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1451 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1454 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1455 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1456 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1457 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1458 directoried (closes: #41547)
1459 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1460 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1461 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1462 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1463 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1464 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1465 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1466 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1467 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1468 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1469 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1471 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1472 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1473 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1474 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1475 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1476 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1477 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1479 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1480 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1481 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1482 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1484 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1486 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1488 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1489 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1491 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1493 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1496 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1498 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1500 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1502 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1503 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1505 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1506 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1507 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1508 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1509 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1510 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1511 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1512 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1513 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1514 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1515 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1516 this closes: Bug#38612
1517 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1518 before. closes: Bug#40864
1520 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1522 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1524 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1525 officially uploaded.
1526 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1528 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1529 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1530 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1532 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1533 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1534 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1535 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1536 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1537 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1539 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1540 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1541 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1543 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1545 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1546 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1547 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1548 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1549 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1551 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1553 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1555 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1556 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1557 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1558 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1559 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1560 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1561 there). closes: Bug#34233
1562 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1563 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1564 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1565 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1566 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1568 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1570 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1573 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1574 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1575 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1578 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1579 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1580 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1581 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1582 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1585 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1586 number. closes: BUG#25911
1588 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1589 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1590 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1591 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1592 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1593 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1595 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1596 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1597 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1600 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1601 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1602 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1604 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1605 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1606 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1607 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1609 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1610 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1611 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1613 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1615 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1616 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1617 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1618 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1619 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1620 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1621 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1622 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1625 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1627 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1628 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1631 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1633 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1635 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1637 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1639 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1641 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1642 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1643 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1644 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1645 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1646 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1647 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1648 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1650 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1651 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1653 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1655 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1657 * non-maintainer release
1658 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1659 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1661 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1662 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1663 * no content changes
1664 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1666 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1668 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1672 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1674 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1676 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1678 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1679 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1680 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1682 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1683 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1685 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1686 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1687 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1688 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1690 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1691 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1692 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1693 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1694 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1695 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1696 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1698 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1699 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1700 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1703 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1704 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1705 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1707 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1708 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1709 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1711 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1712 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1714 * New version numbering scheme:
1716 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1717 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1718 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1721 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1722 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1723 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1724 differ between the manuals.
1726 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1727 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1728 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1729 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1731 * Packaging changes:
1733 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1734 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1736 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1738 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1740 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1742 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1744 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1745 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1746 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1748 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1749 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1752 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1753 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1754 file extension as the referenced file
1756 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1757 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1759 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1760 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1761 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1762 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1765 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1766 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1767 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1769 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1770 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1771 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1772 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1775 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1776 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1779 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1780 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1781 reasonable default configuration
1783 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1784 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1785 by all news servers and clients
1787 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1788 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1789 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1790 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1791 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1793 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1794 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1797 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1799 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1800 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1802 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1805 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1806 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1808 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1809 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1811 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1813 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1815 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1817 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1818 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1819 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1820 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1822 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1824 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1825 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1826 * Don't use debstd anymore
1828 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1830 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1832 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1833 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1834 contrib/non-free policy
1835 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1836 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1837 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1838 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1839 - new section about `Daemons'
1840 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1841 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1842 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1843 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1844 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1845 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1846 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1847 * SGML source code included in package
1848 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1850 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1852 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1854 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1855 - completely reworked structure
1856 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1857 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1858 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1859 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1860 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1861 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1862 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1863 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1864 - mention "orphaned packages"
1865 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1866 distributions' policy
1867 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1868 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1869 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1870 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1871 - added section about arch spec strings
1872 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1873 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1874 - added section about "menus"
1875 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1876 the new documentation policy soon
1877 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1878 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1880 - added section about editors and pagers
1881 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1882 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1883 - added section about device files
1884 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1885 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1886 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1888 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1889 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1890 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1891 - Added new section about obsolete names
1892 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1893 * Fixed package's description
1895 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1897 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1899 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1901 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1903 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1905 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1906 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1907 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1908 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1910 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1912 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1914 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1915 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1916 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1918 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1919 and upload it "byhand" too.
1921 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1923 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1926 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1927 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1928 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1929 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1930 functionality must not have the same name.
1931 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1932 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1933 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1934 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1935 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1936 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1937 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1939 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1940 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1941 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1942 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1943 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1944 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1945 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1946 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1949 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1951 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1953 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1955 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1956 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1957 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1958 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1959 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1962 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1964 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1966 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1968 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1969 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1970 description of deb file format.
1971 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1972 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1974 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1976 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1977 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1979 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1981 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1983 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1984 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1985 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1986 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1987 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1988 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1989 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1990 packages in section on Procedure
1991 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1992 a package maintainer
1993 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1994 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1995 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1997 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1998 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1999 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2000 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2001 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2002 on various shlib files
2003 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2004 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2005 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2007 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2009 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2011 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2012 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2013 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2015 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2016 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2017 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2018 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2019 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2021 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2023 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2025 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2027 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2029 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2030 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2031 compatibility go in contrib.
2033 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2034 instructions in policy manual.
2035 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2038 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2040 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2042 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2043 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2044 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2045 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2047 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2048 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2051 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2053 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2055 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2056 * More detail about changelog format names.
2058 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2059 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2063 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2065 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2067 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2069 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2071 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2073 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2075 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2077 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2078 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2079 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2081 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2083 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2085 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2087 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2089 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2093 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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