1 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
4 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
9 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
15 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
22 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
32 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
36 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
37 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
39 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
41 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
42 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
43 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
47 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
48 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
53 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
54 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
58 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
59 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
60 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
62 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
63 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
64 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
65 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
66 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
67 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
68 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
69 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
70 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
71 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
72 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
73 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
75 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
77 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:32:46 -0700
79 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
81 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
82 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
83 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
85 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
86 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
87 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
88 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
93 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
94 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
99 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
103 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
104 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
105 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
106 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
110 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
111 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
116 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
118 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
121 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
122 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
123 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
126 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
127 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
132 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
134 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
136 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
137 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
138 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
139 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
140 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
142 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
143 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
144 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
145 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
146 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
147 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
148 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
149 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
150 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
151 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
152 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
153 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
154 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
155 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
156 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
157 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
158 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
160 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
161 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
162 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
163 good to know which version one is looking at.
164 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
165 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
166 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
167 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
168 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
169 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
170 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
172 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
173 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
174 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
175 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
176 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
178 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
179 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
180 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
182 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
183 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
184 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
185 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
187 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
189 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
192 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
193 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
194 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
195 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
196 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
197 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
198 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
199 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
200 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
201 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
202 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
207 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
208 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
213 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
214 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
215 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
218 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
220 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
221 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
225 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
226 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
229 Closes: #620870, #532120
230 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
231 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
236 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
237 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
238 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
242 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
243 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
244 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
245 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
246 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
248 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
249 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
250 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
251 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
252 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
253 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
254 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
255 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
256 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
257 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
258 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
259 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
260 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
261 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
262 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
263 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
265 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
267 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
268 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
269 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
270 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
271 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
272 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
273 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
274 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
275 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
276 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
279 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
281 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
282 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
283 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
284 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
289 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
290 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
292 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
293 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
294 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
295 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
298 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
300 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
304 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
305 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
306 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
309 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
310 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
311 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
313 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
314 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
320 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
321 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
322 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
325 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
326 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
331 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
332 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
333 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
334 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
337 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
338 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
339 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
342 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
343 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
348 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
350 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
352 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
353 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
356 Closes: #459868, #581011
357 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
358 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
360 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
362 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
363 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
365 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
368 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
370 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
372 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
373 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
377 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
378 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
381 Closes: #501930, #593909
382 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
383 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
387 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
388 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
389 machine. (Closes: #591857)
390 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
391 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
392 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
393 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
394 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
395 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
396 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
397 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
398 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
399 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
401 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
402 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
403 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
404 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
405 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
406 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
407 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
408 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
409 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
410 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
411 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
412 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
413 than the version in oldstable.
414 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
415 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
416 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
417 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
418 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
419 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
420 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
421 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
422 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
423 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
424 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
425 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
426 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
427 package. (Closes: #609160)
429 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
431 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
434 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
435 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
439 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
444 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
445 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
449 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
450 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
454 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
455 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
459 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
460 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
464 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
465 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
469 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
470 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
472 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
474 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
475 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
477 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
479 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
480 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
485 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
486 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
489 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
491 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
492 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
496 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
497 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
501 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
502 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
506 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
507 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
511 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
512 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
516 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
517 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
521 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
523 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
524 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
525 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
526 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
527 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
528 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
529 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
530 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
531 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
533 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
534 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
535 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
536 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
537 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
538 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
540 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
542 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
545 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
548 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
551 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
552 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
553 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
554 and distribution license' (three times).
555 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
556 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
557 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
561 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
563 Proposed by Santiago Vila
564 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
571 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
572 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
576 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
577 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
581 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
583 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
584 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
588 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
589 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
592 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
594 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
595 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
596 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
598 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
600 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
601 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
604 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
606 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
607 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
608 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
609 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
611 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
612 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
617 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
618 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
622 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
623 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
627 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
628 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
629 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
633 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
634 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
635 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
636 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
638 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
639 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
642 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
644 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
645 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
647 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
649 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
650 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
651 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
652 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
653 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
654 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
655 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
656 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
657 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
658 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
659 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
660 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
661 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
662 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
663 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
664 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
665 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
666 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
667 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
668 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
669 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
670 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
671 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
672 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
673 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
674 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
675 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
676 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
677 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
678 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
679 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
680 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
682 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
684 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
686 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
690 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
692 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
693 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
697 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
700 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
701 Wording: Steve Langasek.
702 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
703 Seconded: Julien Cristau
704 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
707 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
708 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
709 Seconded: Russ Allbery
710 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
713 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
714 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
715 Seconded: Russ Allbery
717 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
718 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
719 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
720 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
721 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
722 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
723 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
724 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
725 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
727 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
728 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
729 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
730 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
731 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
732 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
733 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
734 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
735 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
736 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
737 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
738 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
739 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
740 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
741 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
742 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
744 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
745 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
746 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
747 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
748 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
750 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
753 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
754 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
755 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
756 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
757 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
758 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
761 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
763 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
766 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
767 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
770 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
771 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
772 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
775 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
776 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
777 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
778 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
780 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
781 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
782 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
783 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
784 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
785 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
787 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
788 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
789 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
790 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
793 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
794 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
795 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
798 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
799 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
800 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
803 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
804 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
805 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
806 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
808 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
809 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
810 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
813 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
814 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
815 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
816 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
818 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
819 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
820 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
821 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
822 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
823 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
824 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
825 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
826 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
827 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
828 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
829 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
830 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
831 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
832 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
834 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
835 Source field descriptions.
836 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
837 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
838 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
839 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
840 description says otherwise.
842 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
844 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
847 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
848 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
849 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
851 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
852 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
854 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
855 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
856 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
857 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
859 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
860 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
862 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
864 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
865 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
866 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
867 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
869 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
870 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
871 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
872 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
876 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
877 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
878 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
879 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
880 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
882 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
883 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
884 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
885 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
887 * Add myself to Uploaders.
890 * Add myself to Uploaders.
891 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
893 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
894 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
895 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
897 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
899 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
901 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
902 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
903 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
904 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
906 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
907 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
908 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
909 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
911 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
912 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
913 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
914 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
916 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
917 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
918 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
919 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
921 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
922 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
923 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
924 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
926 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
927 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
928 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
929 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
931 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
932 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
933 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
934 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
936 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
937 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
938 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
939 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
941 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
942 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
943 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
944 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
946 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
947 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
948 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
949 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
951 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
952 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
953 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
954 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
955 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
957 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
958 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
959 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
960 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
961 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
962 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
963 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
964 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
965 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
966 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
967 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
968 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
969 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
970 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
971 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
972 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
973 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
974 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
975 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
976 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
977 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
978 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
979 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
980 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
981 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
982 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
983 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
984 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
985 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
986 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
988 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
989 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
990 links was completed long ago.
991 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
993 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
995 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
997 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
998 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1000 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1002 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1005 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1006 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1007 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1008 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1009 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1010 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1011 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1012 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1013 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1015 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1017 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1019 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1020 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1021 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1022 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1023 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1024 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1025 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1027 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1028 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1029 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1030 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1032 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1033 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1034 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1035 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1036 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1037 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1038 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1039 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1040 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1041 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1042 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1043 Closes: #186700, #458910
1044 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1045 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1046 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1048 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1049 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1050 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1051 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1052 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1053 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1054 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1055 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1057 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1058 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1060 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1061 * Add an md5sums control file.
1062 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1063 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1064 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1065 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1066 currently part of policy.
1067 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1068 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1069 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1072 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1074 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1077 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1078 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1079 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1080 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1081 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1082 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1083 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1084 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1085 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1086 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1087 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1088 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1089 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1090 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1091 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1093 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1095 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1096 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1097 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1099 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1100 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1101 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1102 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1103 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1104 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1105 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1106 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1107 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1108 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1109 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1110 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1111 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1112 debconf specification.
1113 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1114 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1116 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1118 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1121 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1123 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1124 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1129 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1130 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1131 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1132 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1134 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1135 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1136 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1137 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1138 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1139 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1140 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1141 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1142 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1143 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1144 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1145 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1146 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1148 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1154 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1155 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1156 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1158 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1159 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1160 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1162 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1164 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1167 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1168 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1169 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1170 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1172 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1174 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1175 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1176 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1177 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1178 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1179 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1181 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1183 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1185 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1186 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1187 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1188 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1189 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1190 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1194 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1197 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1198 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1199 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1202 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1206 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1209 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1210 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1211 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1212 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1213 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1214 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1215 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1216 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1217 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1219 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1220 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1222 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1223 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1224 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1226 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1228 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1229 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1232 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1234 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1237 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1239 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1240 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1241 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1242 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1243 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1244 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1245 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1246 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1247 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1248 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1249 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1250 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1251 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1252 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1253 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1254 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1255 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1257 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1258 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1259 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1260 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1261 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1262 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1263 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1265 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1266 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1267 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1268 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1270 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1271 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1272 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1273 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1274 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1275 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1276 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1277 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1278 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1279 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1280 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1283 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1286 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1288 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1289 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1290 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1291 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1292 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1293 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1294 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1295 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1297 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1299 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1302 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1303 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1305 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1307 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1308 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1309 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1311 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1312 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1313 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1317 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1319 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1320 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1322 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1324 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1325 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1326 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1328 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1330 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1331 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1332 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1334 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1337 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1339 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1342 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1343 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1344 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1346 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1347 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1349 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1351 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1353 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1357 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1358 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1359 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1360 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1362 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1363 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1364 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1365 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1368 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1369 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1372 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1373 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1375 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1376 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1377 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1379 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1380 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1381 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1382 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1385 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1386 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1387 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1389 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1390 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1391 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1394 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1395 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1396 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1398 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1399 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1400 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1401 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1402 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1403 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1404 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1405 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1406 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1407 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1408 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1409 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1411 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1413 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1416 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1417 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1418 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1419 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1420 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1421 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1422 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1423 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1424 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1426 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1427 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1428 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1429 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1430 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1431 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1432 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1433 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1434 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1435 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1436 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1437 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1439 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1440 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1441 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1445 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1446 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1449 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1450 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1451 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1453 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1454 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1455 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1456 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1457 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1458 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1460 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1461 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1463 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1464 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1465 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1466 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1467 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1468 Closes: #185943, #237049
1470 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1472 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1475 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1478 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1479 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1480 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1481 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1482 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1483 running. closes: Bug#187250
1484 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1485 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1486 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1487 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1488 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1489 user closes: Bug#176506
1491 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1493 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1496 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1497 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1498 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1499 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1500 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1501 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1502 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1503 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1504 deb-building toolchain.
1505 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1506 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1507 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1508 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1509 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1510 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1511 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1512 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1513 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1514 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1515 sections about changelog files.
1517 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1518 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1519 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1520 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1521 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1522 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1524 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1525 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1526 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1527 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1528 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1529 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1530 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1531 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1532 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1533 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1534 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1535 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1536 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1537 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1538 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1539 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1540 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1541 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1542 for the restructuring
1544 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1546 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1551 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1552 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1553 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1554 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1555 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1556 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1558 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1559 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1560 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1561 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1562 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1563 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1564 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1566 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1567 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1568 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1569 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1571 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1573 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1576 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1577 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1578 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1579 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1580 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1581 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1583 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1584 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1585 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1586 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1588 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1589 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1590 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1591 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1592 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1593 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1594 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1595 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1596 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1597 offtopic stuff, too.
1598 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1599 script should start it, closes: #60979
1600 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1601 "should", closes: #170019
1602 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1603 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1604 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1605 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1606 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1607 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1608 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1609 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1614 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1617 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1618 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1619 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1620 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1621 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1622 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1623 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1624 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1625 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1627 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1628 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1629 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1630 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1631 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1632 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1633 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1634 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1635 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1637 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1638 file, closes: Bug#65764
1640 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1642 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1644 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1645 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1646 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1647 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1648 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1649 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1650 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1651 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1652 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1653 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1654 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1655 details. closes: Bug#133030
1656 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1657 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1658 parts of Bug#161455.
1660 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1662 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1664 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1665 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1666 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1667 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1668 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1669 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1670 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1671 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1672 not. closes: Bug#139820
1673 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1674 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1675 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1676 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1677 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1678 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1679 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1680 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1681 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1682 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1684 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1686 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1687 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1688 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1689 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1690 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1691 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1692 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1693 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1694 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1695 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1696 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1697 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1698 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1699 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1700 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1701 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1702 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1703 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1704 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1705 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1707 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1708 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1709 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1710 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1711 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1712 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1713 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1715 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1716 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1717 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1718 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1719 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1720 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1721 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1722 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1723 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1725 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1727 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1729 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1730 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1731 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1732 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1733 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1734 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1735 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1736 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1737 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1738 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1739 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1740 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1741 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1742 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1743 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1744 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1745 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1746 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1747 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1748 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1749 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1750 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1751 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1753 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1755 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1757 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1758 medium, high, emergency.
1759 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1760 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1761 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1762 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1763 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1766 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1767 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1768 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1770 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1771 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1772 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1773 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1774 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1775 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1776 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1779 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1781 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1783 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1784 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1785 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1786 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1788 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1789 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1790 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1791 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1792 debian/rules to do this
1793 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1794 patches are incorporated upstream
1795 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1796 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1797 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1798 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1799 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1800 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1802 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1803 system closes: Bug#91249
1804 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1805 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1806 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1807 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1808 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1809 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1810 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1811 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1812 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1813 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1814 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1815 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1816 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1818 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1820 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1822 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1823 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1824 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1825 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1827 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1828 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1829 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1831 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1834 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1836 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1838 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1839 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1840 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1841 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1842 package for the time being
1843 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1844 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1845 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1846 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1847 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1848 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1849 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1850 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1851 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1852 Build-Depends arch syntax
1853 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1855 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1856 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1858 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1859 from policy maintenance duties.
1860 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1861 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1863 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1865 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1867 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1869 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1871 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1873 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1874 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1875 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1876 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1877 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1878 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1879 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1880 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1881 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1882 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1883 minor version number for this
1884 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1885 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1886 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1887 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1888 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1889 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1890 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1891 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1892 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1894 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1896 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1898 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1899 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1900 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1901 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1902 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1904 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1906 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1907 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1908 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1909 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1910 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1911 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1912 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1913 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1914 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1915 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1916 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1917 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1918 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1919 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1920 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1921 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1924 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1926 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1928 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1929 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1931 * Document the Enhances relationship
1932 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1933 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1934 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1935 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1936 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1937 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1939 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1941 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1942 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1943 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1944 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1946 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1947 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1948 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1949 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1950 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1952 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1954 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1956 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1957 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1958 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1960 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1961 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1962 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1963 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1964 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1965 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1966 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1967 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1968 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1970 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1972 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1974 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1976 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1977 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1978 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1979 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1980 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1981 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1982 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1983 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1984 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1985 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1986 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1987 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1988 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1989 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1990 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1991 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1992 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1993 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1994 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1995 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1996 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1997 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1999 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2000 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2002 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2004 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2006 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2007 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2008 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2009 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2010 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2011 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2012 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2013 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2014 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2015 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2016 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2017 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2018 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2019 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2020 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2021 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2022 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2023 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2024 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2025 list closes: Bug#53756
2026 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2027 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2028 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2029 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2030 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2031 policy closes: Bug#53760
2032 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2033 policy closes: Bug#53761
2034 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2035 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2036 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2037 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2038 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2039 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2040 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2041 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2042 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2043 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2044 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2046 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2047 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2048 to install with older fileutils.
2049 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2050 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2051 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2052 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2054 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2055 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2057 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2059 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2061 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2062 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2064 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2066 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2068 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2069 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2071 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2074 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2076 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2077 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2079 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2081 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2083 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2085 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2086 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2088 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2090 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2092 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2093 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2094 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2095 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2096 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2097 directoried (closes: #41547)
2098 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2099 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2100 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2101 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2102 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2103 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2104 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2105 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2106 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2107 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2108 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2110 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2111 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2112 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2113 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2114 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2115 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2116 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2118 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2119 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2120 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2121 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2123 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2125 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2127 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2128 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2130 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2132 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2134 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2135 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2137 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2139 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2141 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2142 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2144 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2145 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2146 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2147 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2148 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2149 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2150 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2151 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2152 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2153 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2154 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2155 this closes: Bug#38612
2156 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2157 before. closes: Bug#40864
2159 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2161 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2163 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2164 officially uploaded.
2165 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2167 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2168 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2169 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2171 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2172 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2173 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2174 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2175 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2176 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2178 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2179 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2180 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2182 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2184 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2185 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2186 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2187 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2188 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2190 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2192 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2194 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2195 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2196 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2197 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2198 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2199 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2200 there). closes: Bug#34233
2201 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2202 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2203 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2204 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2205 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2207 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2209 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2211 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2212 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2213 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2214 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2217 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2218 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2219 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2220 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2221 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2224 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2225 number. closes: BUG#25911
2227 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2228 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2229 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2230 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2231 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2232 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2234 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2235 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2236 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2239 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2240 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2241 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2243 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2244 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2245 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2246 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2248 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2249 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2250 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2252 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2254 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2255 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2256 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2257 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2258 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2259 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2260 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2261 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2264 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2266 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2267 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2270 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2272 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2274 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2276 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2278 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2280 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2281 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2282 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2283 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2284 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2285 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2286 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2287 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2289 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2290 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2292 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2294 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2296 * non-maintainer release
2297 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2298 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2300 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2301 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2302 * no content changes
2303 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2305 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2307 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2311 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2313 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2315 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2317 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2318 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2319 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2321 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2322 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2324 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2325 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2326 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2327 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2329 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2330 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2331 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2332 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2333 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2334 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2335 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2337 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2338 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2339 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2342 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2343 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2344 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2346 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2347 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2348 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2350 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2351 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2353 * New version numbering scheme:
2355 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2356 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2357 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2360 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2361 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2362 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2363 differ between the manuals.
2365 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2366 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2367 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2368 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2370 * Packaging changes:
2372 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2373 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2375 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2377 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2379 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2381 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2383 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2384 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2385 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2387 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2388 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2391 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2392 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2393 file extension as the referenced file
2395 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2396 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2398 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2399 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2400 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2401 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2404 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2405 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2406 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2408 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2409 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2410 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2411 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2414 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2415 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2418 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2419 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2420 reasonable default configuration
2422 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2423 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2424 by all news servers and clients
2426 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2427 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2428 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2429 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2430 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2432 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2433 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2436 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2438 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2439 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2441 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2444 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2445 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2447 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2448 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2450 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2452 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2454 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2456 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2457 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2458 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2459 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2461 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2463 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2464 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2465 * Don't use debstd anymore
2467 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2469 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2471 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2472 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2473 contrib/non-free policy
2474 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2475 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2476 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2477 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2478 - new section about `Daemons'
2479 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2480 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2481 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2482 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2483 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2484 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2485 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2486 * SGML source code included in package
2487 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2489 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2491 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2493 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2494 - completely reworked structure
2495 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2496 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2497 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2498 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2499 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2500 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2501 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2502 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2503 - mention "orphaned packages"
2504 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2505 distributions' policy
2506 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2507 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2508 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2509 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2510 - added section about arch spec strings
2511 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2512 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2513 - added section about "menus"
2514 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2515 the new documentation policy soon
2516 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2517 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2519 - added section about editors and pagers
2520 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2521 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2522 - added section about device files
2523 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2524 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2525 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2527 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2528 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2529 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2530 - Added new section about obsolete names
2531 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2532 * Fixed package's description
2534 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2536 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2538 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2540 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2542 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2544 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2545 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2546 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2547 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2549 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2551 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2553 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2554 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2555 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2557 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2558 and upload it "byhand" too.
2560 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2562 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2565 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2566 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2567 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2568 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2569 functionality must not have the same name.
2570 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2571 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2572 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2573 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2574 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2575 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2576 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2578 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2579 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2580 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2581 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2582 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2583 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2584 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2585 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2588 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2590 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2592 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2594 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2595 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2596 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2597 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2598 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2601 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2603 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2605 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2607 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2608 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2609 description of deb file format.
2610 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2611 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2613 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2615 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2616 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2618 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2620 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2622 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2623 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2624 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2625 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2626 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2627 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2628 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2629 packages in section on Procedure
2630 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2631 a package maintainer
2632 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2633 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2634 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2636 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2637 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2638 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2639 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2640 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2641 on various shlib files
2642 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2643 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2644 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2646 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2648 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2650 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2651 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2652 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2654 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2655 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2656 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2657 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2658 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2660 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2662 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2664 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2666 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2668 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2669 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2670 compatibility go in contrib.
2672 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2673 instructions in policy manual.
2674 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2677 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2679 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2681 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2682 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2683 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2684 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2686 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2687 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2690 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2692 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2694 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2695 * More detail about changelog format names.
2697 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2698 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2702 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2704 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2706 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2708 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2710 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2712 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2714 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2716 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2717 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2718 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2720 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2722 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2724 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2726 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2728 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2732 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100