1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
5 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
11 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
12 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
13 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
14 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
16 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
17 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
18 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
19 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
20 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
21 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
22 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
23 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
24 Michael Dorrington. Closes: #626408
25 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
26 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
29 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
31 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
32 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
33 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
39 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
40 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
42 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
43 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
44 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
45 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
48 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
50 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
54 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
55 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
56 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
59 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
60 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
61 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
63 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
64 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
70 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
71 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
72 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
75 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
76 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
81 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
82 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
83 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
84 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
87 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
88 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
93 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:27:54 +0100
95 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
97 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
101 Closes: #459868, #581011
102 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
105 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
107 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
108 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
110 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
113 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
115 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
117 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
123 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
126 Closes: #501930, #593909
127 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
128 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
132 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
133 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
134 machine. (Closes: #591857)
135 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
136 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
137 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
138 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
139 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
140 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
141 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
142 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
143 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
144 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
146 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
147 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
148 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
149 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
150 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
151 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
152 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
153 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
154 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
155 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
156 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
157 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
158 than the version in oldstable.
159 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
160 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
161 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
162 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
163 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
164 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
165 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
166 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
167 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
168 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
169 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
170 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
171 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
172 package. (Closes: #609160)
174 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
176 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
178 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
179 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
180 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
184 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
185 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
189 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
190 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
194 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
195 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
199 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
200 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
204 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
205 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
209 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
210 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
214 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
215 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
217 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
219 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
220 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
222 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
224 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
225 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
230 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
231 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
236 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
237 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
241 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
242 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
246 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
247 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
251 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
252 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
256 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
257 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
261 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
262 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
266 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
268 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
269 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
270 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
271 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
272 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
273 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
274 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
275 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
276 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
278 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
279 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
280 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
281 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
282 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
283 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
285 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
287 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
293 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
296 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
297 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
298 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
299 and distribution license' (three times).
300 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
301 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
306 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
308 Proposed by Santiago Vila
309 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
316 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
317 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
321 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
322 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
323 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
326 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
328 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
329 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
333 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
334 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
335 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
337 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
339 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
340 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
343 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
345 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
349 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
351 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
352 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
353 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
356 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
357 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
362 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
363 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
367 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
368 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
372 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
373 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
374 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
378 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
379 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
380 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
383 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
384 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
389 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
390 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
394 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
395 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
396 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
397 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
398 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
399 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
400 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
401 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
402 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
403 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
404 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
405 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
406 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
407 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
408 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
409 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
410 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
411 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
412 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
413 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
414 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
415 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
416 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
417 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
418 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
419 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
420 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
421 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
422 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
423 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
424 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
425 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
427 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
429 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
431 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
434 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
435 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
437 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
438 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
442 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
445 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
446 Wording: Steve Langasek.
447 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
448 Seconded: Julien Cristau
449 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
452 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
453 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
454 Seconded: Russ Allbery
455 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
458 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
459 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
460 Seconded: Russ Allbery
462 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
463 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
464 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
465 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
466 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
467 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
468 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
469 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
472 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
473 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
474 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
475 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
476 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
477 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
478 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
480 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
481 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
482 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
483 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
484 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
485 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
486 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
489 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
490 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
491 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
492 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
493 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
495 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
498 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
499 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
502 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
503 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
506 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
508 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
511 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
515 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
516 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
520 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
521 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
522 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
525 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
526 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
529 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
530 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
532 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
533 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
534 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
538 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
539 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
540 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
543 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
544 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
546 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
548 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
549 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
551 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
553 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
554 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
556 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
558 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
559 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
563 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
564 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
565 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
566 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
567 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
568 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
569 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
570 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
571 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
572 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
573 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
574 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
575 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
576 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
577 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
579 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
580 Source field descriptions.
581 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
582 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
583 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
584 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
585 description says otherwise.
587 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
589 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
592 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
593 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
594 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
596 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
597 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
599 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
600 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
604 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
605 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
606 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
609 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
610 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
614 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
615 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
616 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
617 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
621 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
622 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
623 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
624 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
625 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
627 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
628 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
629 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
632 * Add myself to Uploaders.
635 * Add myself to Uploaders.
636 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
638 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
639 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
640 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
642 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
644 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
646 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
647 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
648 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
649 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
651 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
652 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
654 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
656 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
657 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
661 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
662 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
663 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
664 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
666 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
667 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
671 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
672 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
676 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
677 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
679 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
681 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
682 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
684 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
686 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
687 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
688 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
691 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
692 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
696 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
697 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
700 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
702 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
703 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
704 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
705 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
706 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
707 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
708 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
709 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
710 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
711 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
712 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
713 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
714 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
715 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
716 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
717 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
718 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
719 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
720 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
721 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
722 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
723 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
724 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
725 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
726 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
727 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
728 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
729 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
730 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
731 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
733 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
734 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
735 links was completed long ago.
736 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
738 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
740 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
742 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
743 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
745 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
747 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
749 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
750 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
751 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
752 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
753 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
754 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
755 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
756 Millan (Closes: #209008).
757 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
758 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
760 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
762 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
764 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
765 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
766 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
767 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
768 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
769 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
770 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
772 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
773 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
774 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
775 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
777 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
778 Küster (Closes: #403391).
779 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
780 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
781 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
782 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
783 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
784 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
785 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
787 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
788 Closes: #186700, #458910
789 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
790 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
793 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
794 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
795 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
796 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
797 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
798 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
799 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
800 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
802 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
803 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
805 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
806 * Add an md5sums control file.
807 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
808 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
809 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
810 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
811 currently part of policy.
812 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
813 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
814 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
817 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
819 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
821 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
822 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
823 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
824 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
825 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
826 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
827 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
828 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
829 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
830 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
831 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
832 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
833 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
834 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
835 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
836 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
838 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
840 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
841 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
842 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
844 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
845 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
846 list?" (Closes: #412634).
847 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
848 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
849 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
850 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
851 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
852 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
853 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
854 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
855 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
856 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
857 debconf specification.
858 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
859 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
861 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
863 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
865 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
866 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
867 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
868 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
869 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
871 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
873 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
874 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
875 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
876 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
877 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
879 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
880 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
881 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
882 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
883 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
884 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
885 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
886 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
887 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
888 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
889 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
890 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
891 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
892 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
893 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
894 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
896 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
899 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
900 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
901 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
902 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
903 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
904 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
905 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
907 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
909 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
911 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
912 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
913 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
914 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
915 Polo (Closes: #372497).
916 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
917 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
919 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
920 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
921 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
922 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
923 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
924 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
925 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
926 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
927 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
928 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
930 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
931 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
932 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
933 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
934 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
935 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
937 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
939 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
941 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
942 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
943 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
944 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
946 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
947 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
949 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
951 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
954 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
955 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
956 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
957 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
958 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
959 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
960 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
961 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
962 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
964 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
965 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
966 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
967 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
968 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
969 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
970 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
971 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
972 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
973 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
974 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
977 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
979 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
981 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
982 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
983 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
984 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
985 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
986 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
987 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
988 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
989 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
990 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
991 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
992 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
993 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
994 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
995 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
996 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
997 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
998 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
999 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1000 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1001 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1002 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1003 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1004 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1005 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1006 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1007 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1008 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1010 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1011 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1012 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1013 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1014 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1015 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1016 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1017 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1018 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1019 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1020 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1021 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1022 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1023 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1024 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1025 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1027 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1028 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1030 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1031 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1032 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1033 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1034 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1035 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1036 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1037 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1038 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1039 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1040 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1042 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1044 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1048 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1049 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1050 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1051 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1052 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1053 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1054 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1055 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1056 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1057 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1058 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1059 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1061 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1062 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1063 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1064 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1065 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1066 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1067 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1068 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1069 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1070 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1071 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1072 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1073 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1074 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1075 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1076 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1077 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1078 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1079 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1082 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1084 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1087 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1088 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1089 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1091 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1092 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1093 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1094 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1096 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1098 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1102 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1103 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1104 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1105 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1106 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1107 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1108 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1109 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1110 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1112 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1113 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1114 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1117 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1118 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1119 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1120 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1121 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1122 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1124 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1125 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1126 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1127 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1130 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1131 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1132 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1134 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1135 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1136 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1138 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1139 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1140 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1141 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1142 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1143 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1144 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1145 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1147 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1148 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1149 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1150 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1151 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1152 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1153 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1154 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1156 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1158 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1162 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1163 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1164 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1165 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1166 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1167 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1168 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1169 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1171 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1172 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1173 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1174 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1175 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1176 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1177 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1178 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1179 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1180 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1181 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1182 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1184 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1185 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1186 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1187 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1189 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1190 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1191 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1194 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1195 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1196 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1198 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1199 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1200 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1201 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1202 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1203 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1205 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1206 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1208 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1209 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1210 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1211 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1212 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1213 Closes: #185943, #237049
1215 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1217 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1223 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1224 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1225 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1226 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1227 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1228 running. closes: Bug#187250
1229 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1230 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1231 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1232 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1233 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1234 user closes: Bug#176506
1236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1238 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1242 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1243 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1244 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1245 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1246 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1247 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1248 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1249 deb-building toolchain.
1250 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1251 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1252 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1253 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1254 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1255 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1256 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1257 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1258 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1259 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1260 sections about changelog files.
1262 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1263 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1264 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1265 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1266 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1267 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1269 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1270 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1271 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1272 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1273 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1274 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1275 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1276 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1277 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1278 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1279 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1280 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1281 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1282 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1283 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1284 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1285 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1286 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1287 for the restructuring
1289 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1291 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1296 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1297 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1298 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1299 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1300 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1301 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1303 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1304 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1305 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1306 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1307 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1308 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1309 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1311 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1312 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1313 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1314 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1316 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1318 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1321 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1322 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1323 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1324 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1325 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1326 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1328 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1329 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1330 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1331 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1333 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1334 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1335 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1336 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1337 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1338 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1339 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1340 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1341 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1342 offtopic stuff, too.
1343 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1344 script should start it, closes: #60979
1345 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1346 "should", closes: #170019
1347 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1348 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1349 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1350 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1351 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1352 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1353 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1354 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1359 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1363 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1364 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1365 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1366 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1367 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1368 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1369 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1370 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1372 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1373 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1374 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1375 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1376 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1377 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1378 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1379 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1380 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1382 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1383 file, closes: Bug#65764
1385 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1387 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1390 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1391 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1392 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1393 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1394 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1395 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1396 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1397 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1398 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1399 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1400 details. closes: Bug#133030
1401 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1402 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1403 parts of Bug#161455.
1405 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1407 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1410 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1411 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1412 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1413 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1414 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1415 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1416 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1417 not. closes: Bug#139820
1418 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1419 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1420 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1421 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1422 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1423 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1424 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1425 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1426 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1427 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1429 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1431 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1432 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1433 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1434 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1435 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1436 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1437 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1438 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1439 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1440 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1441 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1442 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1443 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1444 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1445 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1446 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1447 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1448 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1449 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1450 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1452 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1453 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1454 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1455 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1456 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1457 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1458 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1460 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1461 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1462 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1463 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1464 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1465 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1466 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1467 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1468 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1470 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1472 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1475 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1476 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1477 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1478 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1479 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1480 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1481 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1482 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1483 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1484 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1485 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1486 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1487 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1488 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1489 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1490 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1491 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1492 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1493 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1494 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1495 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1496 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1498 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1500 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1502 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1503 medium, high, emergency.
1504 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1505 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1506 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1507 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1508 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1511 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1512 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1513 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1515 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1516 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1517 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1518 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1519 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1520 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1521 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1524 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1526 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1528 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1529 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1530 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1531 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1533 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1534 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1535 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1536 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1537 debian/rules to do this
1538 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1539 patches are incorporated upstream
1540 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1541 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1542 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1543 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1544 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1545 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1547 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1548 system closes: Bug#91249
1549 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1550 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1551 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1552 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1553 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1554 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1555 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1556 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1557 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1558 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1559 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1560 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1561 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1563 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1565 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1567 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1568 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1569 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1570 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1572 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1573 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1574 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1576 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1579 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1581 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1584 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1585 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1586 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1587 package for the time being
1588 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1589 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1590 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1591 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1592 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1593 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1594 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1595 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1596 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1597 Build-Depends arch syntax
1598 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1600 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1601 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1603 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1604 from policy maintenance duties.
1605 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1606 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1608 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1610 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1612 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1614 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1616 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1618 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1619 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1620 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1621 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1622 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1623 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1624 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1625 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1626 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1627 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1628 minor version number for this
1629 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1630 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1631 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1632 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1633 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1634 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1635 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1636 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1637 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1639 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1641 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1643 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1644 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1645 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1646 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1647 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1649 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1651 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1652 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1653 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1654 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1655 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1656 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1657 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1658 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1659 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1660 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1661 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1662 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1663 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1664 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1665 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1666 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1671 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1673 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1674 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1676 * Document the Enhances relationship
1677 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1678 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1679 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1680 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1681 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1682 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1684 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1686 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1687 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1688 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1689 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1691 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1692 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1693 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1694 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1695 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1697 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1699 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1701 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1702 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1703 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1705 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1706 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1707 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1708 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1709 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1710 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1711 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1712 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1713 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1715 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1719 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1721 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1722 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1723 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1724 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1725 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1726 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1727 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1728 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1729 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1730 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1731 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1732 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1733 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1734 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1735 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1736 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1737 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1738 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1739 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1740 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1741 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1742 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1744 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1745 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1747 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1749 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1751 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1752 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1753 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1754 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1755 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1756 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1757 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1758 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1759 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1760 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1761 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1762 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1763 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1764 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1765 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1766 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1767 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1768 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1769 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1770 list closes: Bug#53756
1771 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1772 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1773 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1774 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1775 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1776 policy closes: Bug#53760
1777 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1778 policy closes: Bug#53761
1779 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1780 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1781 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1782 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1783 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1784 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1785 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1786 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1787 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1788 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1789 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1791 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1792 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1793 to install with older fileutils.
1794 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1795 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1796 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1797 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1799 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1800 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1802 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1804 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1806 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1807 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1809 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1811 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1813 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1814 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1816 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1819 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1821 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1822 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1824 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1826 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1828 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1830 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1831 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1833 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1835 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1837 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1838 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1839 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1840 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1841 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1842 directoried (closes: #41547)
1843 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1844 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1845 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1846 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1847 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1848 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1849 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1850 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1851 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1852 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1853 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1855 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1856 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1857 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1858 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1859 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1860 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1861 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1863 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1864 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1865 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1866 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1868 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1870 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1872 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1873 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1875 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1877 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1879 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1880 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1882 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1884 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1886 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1887 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1889 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1890 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1891 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1892 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1893 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1894 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1895 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1896 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1897 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1898 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1899 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1900 this closes: Bug#38612
1901 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1902 before. closes: Bug#40864
1904 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1906 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1908 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1909 officially uploaded.
1910 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1912 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1913 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1914 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1916 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1917 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1918 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1919 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1920 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1921 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1923 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1924 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1925 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1927 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1929 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1930 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1931 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1932 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1933 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1935 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1937 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1939 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1940 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1941 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1942 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1943 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1944 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1945 there). closes: Bug#34233
1946 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1947 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1948 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1949 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1950 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1952 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1954 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1956 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1957 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1958 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1959 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1962 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1963 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1964 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1965 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1966 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1969 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1970 number. closes: BUG#25911
1972 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1973 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1974 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1975 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1976 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1977 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1979 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1980 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1981 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1984 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1985 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1986 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1988 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1989 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1990 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1991 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1993 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1994 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1995 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1997 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1999 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2000 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2001 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2002 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2003 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2004 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2005 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2006 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2009 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2011 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2012 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2015 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2017 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2019 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2021 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2023 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2025 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2026 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2027 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2028 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2029 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2030 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2031 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2032 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2034 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2035 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2037 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2039 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2041 * non-maintainer release
2042 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2043 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2045 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2046 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2047 * no content changes
2048 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2050 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2052 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2056 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2058 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2060 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2062 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2063 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2064 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2066 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2067 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2069 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2070 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2071 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2072 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2074 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2075 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2076 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2077 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2078 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2079 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2080 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2082 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2083 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2084 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2087 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2088 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2089 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2091 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2092 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2093 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2095 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2096 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2098 * New version numbering scheme:
2100 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2101 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2102 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2105 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2106 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2107 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2108 differ between the manuals.
2110 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2111 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2112 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2113 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2115 * Packaging changes:
2117 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2118 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2120 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2122 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2124 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2126 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2128 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2129 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2130 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2132 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2133 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2136 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2137 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2138 file extension as the referenced file
2140 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2141 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2143 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2144 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2145 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2146 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2149 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2150 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2151 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2153 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2154 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2155 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2156 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2159 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2160 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2163 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2164 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2165 reasonable default configuration
2167 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2168 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2169 by all news servers and clients
2171 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2172 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2173 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2174 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2175 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2177 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2178 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2181 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2183 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2184 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2186 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2189 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2190 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2192 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2193 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2195 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2197 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2199 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2201 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2202 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2203 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2204 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2206 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2208 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2209 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2210 * Don't use debstd anymore
2212 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2214 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2216 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2217 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2218 contrib/non-free policy
2219 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2220 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2221 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2222 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2223 - new section about `Daemons'
2224 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2225 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2226 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2227 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2228 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2229 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2230 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2231 * SGML source code included in package
2232 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2234 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2236 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2238 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2239 - completely reworked structure
2240 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2241 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2242 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2243 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2244 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2245 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2246 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2247 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2248 - mention "orphaned packages"
2249 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2250 distributions' policy
2251 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2252 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2253 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2254 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2255 - added section about arch spec strings
2256 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2257 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2258 - added section about "menus"
2259 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2260 the new documentation policy soon
2261 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2262 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2264 - added section about editors and pagers
2265 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2266 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2267 - added section about device files
2268 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2269 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2270 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2272 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2273 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2274 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2275 - Added new section about obsolete names
2276 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2277 * Fixed package's description
2279 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2281 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2283 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2285 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2287 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2289 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2290 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2291 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2292 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2296 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2298 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2299 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2300 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2302 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2303 and upload it "byhand" too.
2305 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2307 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2310 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2311 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2312 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2313 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2314 functionality must not have the same name.
2315 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2316 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2317 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2318 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2319 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2320 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2321 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2323 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2324 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2325 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2326 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2327 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2328 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2329 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2330 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2333 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2335 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2337 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2339 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2340 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2341 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2342 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2343 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2346 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2348 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2350 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2352 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2353 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2354 description of deb file format.
2355 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2356 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2358 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2360 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2361 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2363 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2365 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2367 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2368 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2369 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2370 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2371 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2372 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2373 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2374 packages in section on Procedure
2375 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2376 a package maintainer
2377 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2378 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2379 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2381 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2382 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2383 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2384 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2385 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2386 on various shlib files
2387 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2388 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2389 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2391 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2393 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2395 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2396 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2397 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2399 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2400 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2401 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2402 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2403 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2405 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2407 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2409 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2411 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2413 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2414 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2415 compatibility go in contrib.
2417 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2418 instructions in policy manual.
2419 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2422 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2424 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2426 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2427 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2428 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2429 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2431 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2432 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2435 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2437 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2439 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2440 * More detail about changelog format names.
2442 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2443 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2447 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2449 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2451 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2453 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2455 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2457 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2459 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2461 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2462 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2463 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2465 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2467 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2469 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2471 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2473 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2477 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100