1 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
7 Closes: #459868, #581011
8 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
14 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
16 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
21 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
29 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
32 Closes: #501930, #593909
33 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
38 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
39 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
40 machine. (Closes: #591857)
41 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
42 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
43 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
44 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
45 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
46 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
47 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
48 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
49 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
50 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
52 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
53 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
54 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
55 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
56 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
57 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
58 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
59 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
60 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
61 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
62 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
63 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
64 than the version in oldstable.
65 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
66 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
67 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
68 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
69 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
70 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
71 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
72 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
73 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
74 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
75 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
76 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
77 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
78 package. (Closes: #609160)
80 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
82 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
85 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
90 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
91 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
101 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
105 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
110 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
111 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
115 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
116 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
120 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
121 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
123 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
125 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
126 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
128 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
130 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
131 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
136 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
142 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
147 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
148 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
152 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
153 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
157 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
158 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
162 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
163 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
167 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
168 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
172 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
174 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
175 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
176 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
177 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
178 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
179 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
180 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
181 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
182 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
184 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
185 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
186 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
187 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
188 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
189 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
191 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
193 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
199 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
202 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
203 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
204 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
205 and distribution license' (three times).
206 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
207 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
212 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
214 Proposed by Santiago Vila
215 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
222 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
223 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
227 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
228 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
229 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
232 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
234 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
235 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
239 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
240 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
243 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
245 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
246 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
249 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
251 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
252 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
255 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
257 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
258 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
259 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
262 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
263 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
268 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
269 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
273 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
274 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
278 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
279 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
280 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
284 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
285 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
286 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
289 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
290 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
295 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
296 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
300 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
301 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
302 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
303 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
304 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
305 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
306 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
307 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
308 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
309 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
310 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
311 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
312 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
313 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
314 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
315 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
316 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
317 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
318 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
319 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
320 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
321 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
322 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
323 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
324 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
325 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
326 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
327 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
328 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
329 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
330 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
331 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
333 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
335 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
337 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
340 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
341 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
343 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
344 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
348 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
351 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
352 Wording: Steve Langasek.
353 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
354 Seconded: Julien Cristau
355 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
358 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
359 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
360 Seconded: Russ Allbery
361 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
364 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
365 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
366 Seconded: Russ Allbery
368 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
369 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
370 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
371 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
372 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
373 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
374 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
375 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
378 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
379 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
380 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
381 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
382 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
383 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
384 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
386 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
387 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
388 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
389 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
390 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
391 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
392 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
395 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
396 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
397 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
398 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
399 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
401 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
404 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
405 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
408 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
409 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
412 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
414 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
416 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
417 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
418 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
421 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
422 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
426 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
427 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
431 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
432 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
435 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
436 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
438 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
439 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
444 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
445 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
449 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
450 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
454 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
455 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
459 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
460 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
464 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
465 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
467 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
469 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
470 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
471 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
472 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
473 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
474 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
475 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
476 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
477 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
478 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
479 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
480 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
481 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
482 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
483 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
485 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
486 Source field descriptions.
487 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
488 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
489 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
490 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
491 description says otherwise.
493 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
495 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
499 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
502 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
503 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
505 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
506 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
510 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
511 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
515 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
516 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
520 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
521 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
522 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
523 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
527 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
528 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
529 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
530 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
531 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
533 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
534 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
538 * Add myself to Uploaders.
541 * Add myself to Uploaders.
542 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
544 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
545 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
546 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
548 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
550 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
552 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
553 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
557 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
558 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
560 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
562 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
563 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
567 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
568 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
570 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
572 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
573 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
577 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
582 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
583 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
585 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
587 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
588 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
589 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
590 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
592 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
593 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
594 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
597 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
598 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
599 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
600 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
602 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
603 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
604 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
605 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
606 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
608 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
609 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
610 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
611 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
612 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
613 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
614 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
615 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
616 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
617 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
618 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
619 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
620 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
621 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
622 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
623 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
624 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
625 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
626 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
627 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
628 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
629 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
630 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
631 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
632 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
633 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
634 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
635 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
636 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
637 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
639 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
640 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
641 links was completed long ago.
642 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
644 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
646 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
648 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
649 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
651 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
653 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
655 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
656 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
657 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
658 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
659 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
660 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
661 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
662 Millan (Closes: #209008).
663 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
664 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
666 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
668 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
670 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
671 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
672 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
673 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
674 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
675 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
676 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
678 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
679 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
680 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
681 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
683 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
684 Küster (Closes: #403391).
685 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
686 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
687 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
688 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
689 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
690 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
691 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
694 Closes: #186700, #458910
695 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
696 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
697 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
699 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
700 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
701 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
702 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
703 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
704 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
705 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
706 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
708 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
709 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
711 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
712 * Add an md5sums control file.
713 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
714 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
715 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
716 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
717 currently part of policy.
718 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
719 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
720 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
723 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
725 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
727 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
728 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
729 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
730 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
731 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
732 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
733 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
734 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
735 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
736 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
737 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
738 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
739 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
740 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
741 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
742 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
744 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
746 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
747 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
748 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
750 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
751 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
752 list?" (Closes: #412634).
753 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
754 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
755 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
756 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
757 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
758 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
759 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
760 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
761 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
762 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
763 debconf specification.
764 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
765 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
767 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
769 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
771 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
772 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
773 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
774 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
775 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
777 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
779 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
780 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
781 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
782 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
783 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
785 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
786 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
787 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
788 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
789 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
790 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
791 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
792 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
793 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
794 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
795 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
796 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
797 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
798 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
799 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
800 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
802 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
804 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
805 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
806 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
807 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
808 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
809 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
810 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
811 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
813 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
815 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
818 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
819 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
820 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
821 Polo (Closes: #372497).
822 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
823 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
825 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
826 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
827 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
828 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
829 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
830 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
831 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
832 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
833 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
834 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
836 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
837 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
838 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
839 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
840 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
841 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
843 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
845 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
847 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
848 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
849 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
850 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
853 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
855 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
857 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
859 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
860 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
861 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
862 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
863 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
864 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
865 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
866 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
867 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
868 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
870 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
871 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
872 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
873 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
874 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
875 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
877 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
878 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
879 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
880 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
883 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
885 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
888 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
889 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
890 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
891 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
892 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
893 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
894 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
895 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
896 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
897 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
898 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
899 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
900 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
901 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
902 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
903 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
904 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
905 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
906 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
907 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
908 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
909 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
910 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
911 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
912 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
913 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
914 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
916 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
917 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
918 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
919 Hess (Closes: #362247).
920 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
921 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
922 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
923 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
924 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
925 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
926 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
927 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
928 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
929 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
930 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
931 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
933 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
934 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
936 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
937 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
938 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
939 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
940 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
941 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
942 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
943 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
944 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
945 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
946 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
948 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
950 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
954 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
955 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
956 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
957 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
958 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
959 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
960 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
961 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
962 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
963 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
964 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
965 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
967 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
968 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
969 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
970 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
971 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
972 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
973 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
974 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
975 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
976 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
977 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
978 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
979 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
980 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
981 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
982 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
983 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
985 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
988 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
990 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
992 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
993 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
994 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
995 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
997 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
998 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
999 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1000 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1002 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1004 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1008 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1009 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1010 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1011 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1012 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1013 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1014 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1015 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1016 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1018 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1019 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1020 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1022 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1023 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1024 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1025 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1026 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1027 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1028 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1030 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1031 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1032 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1033 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1035 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1036 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1037 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1038 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1040 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1041 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1042 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1044 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1045 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1046 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1047 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1048 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1049 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1050 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1051 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1052 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1053 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1054 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1055 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1056 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1057 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1058 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1059 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1060 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1062 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1064 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1068 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1069 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1070 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1071 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1072 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1073 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1074 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1075 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1077 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1078 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1079 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1080 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1081 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1082 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1083 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1084 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1085 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1086 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1087 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1088 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1089 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1090 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1091 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1092 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1093 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1095 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1096 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1097 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1100 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1101 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1102 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1104 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1105 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1106 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1107 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1108 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1109 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1111 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1112 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1114 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1115 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1116 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1117 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1118 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1119 Closes: #185943, #237049
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1123 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1129 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1130 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1131 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1132 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1133 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1134 running. closes: Bug#187250
1135 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1136 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1137 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1138 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1139 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1140 user closes: Bug#176506
1142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1144 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1148 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1149 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1150 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1151 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1152 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1153 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1154 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1155 deb-building toolchain.
1156 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1157 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1158 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1159 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1160 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1161 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1162 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1163 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1164 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1165 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1166 sections about changelog files.
1168 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1169 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1170 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1171 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1172 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1173 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1175 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1176 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1177 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1178 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1179 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1180 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1181 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1182 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1183 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1184 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1185 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1186 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1187 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1188 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1189 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1190 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1191 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1192 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1193 for the restructuring
1195 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1197 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1202 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1203 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1204 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1205 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1206 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1207 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1209 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1210 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1211 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1212 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1213 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1214 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1215 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1217 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1218 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1219 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1220 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1222 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1224 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1228 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1229 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1230 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1231 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1232 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1234 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1235 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1236 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1237 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1239 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1240 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1241 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1242 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1243 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1244 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1245 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1246 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1247 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1248 offtopic stuff, too.
1249 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1250 script should start it, closes: #60979
1251 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1252 "should", closes: #170019
1253 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1254 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1255 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1256 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1257 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1258 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1259 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1260 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1263 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1265 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1269 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1270 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1271 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1272 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1273 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1274 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1275 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1276 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1278 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1279 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1280 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1281 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1282 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1283 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1284 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1285 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1286 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1288 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1289 file, closes: Bug#65764
1291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1293 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1296 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1297 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1298 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1299 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1300 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1301 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1302 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1303 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1304 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1305 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1306 details. closes: Bug#133030
1307 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1308 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1309 parts of Bug#161455.
1311 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1313 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1316 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1317 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1318 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1319 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1320 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1321 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1322 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1323 not. closes: Bug#139820
1324 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1325 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1326 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1327 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1328 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1329 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1330 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1331 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1332 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1333 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1335 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1337 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1338 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1339 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1340 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1341 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1342 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1343 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1344 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1345 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1346 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1347 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1348 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1349 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1350 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1351 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1352 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1353 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1354 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1355 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1356 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1358 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1359 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1360 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1361 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1362 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1363 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1364 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1366 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1367 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1368 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1369 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1370 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1371 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1372 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1373 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1374 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1376 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1378 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1381 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1382 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1383 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1384 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1385 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1386 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1387 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1388 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1389 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1390 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1391 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1392 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1393 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1394 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1395 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1396 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1397 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1398 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1399 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1400 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1401 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1402 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1404 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1406 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1409 medium, high, emergency.
1410 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1411 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1412 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1413 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1414 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1417 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1418 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1419 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1421 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1422 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1423 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1424 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1425 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1426 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1427 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1430 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1432 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1435 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1436 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1437 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1439 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1440 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1441 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1442 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1443 debian/rules to do this
1444 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1445 patches are incorporated upstream
1446 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1447 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1448 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1449 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1450 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1451 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1453 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1454 system closes: Bug#91249
1455 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1456 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1457 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1458 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1459 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1460 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1461 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1462 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1463 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1464 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1465 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1466 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1467 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1469 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1471 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1474 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1475 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1476 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1478 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1479 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1480 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1482 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1485 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1487 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1489 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1490 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1491 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1492 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1493 package for the time being
1494 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1495 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1496 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1497 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1498 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1499 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1500 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1501 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1502 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1503 Build-Depends arch syntax
1504 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1506 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1507 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1509 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1510 from policy maintenance duties.
1511 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1512 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1514 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1516 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1518 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1520 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1522 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1524 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1525 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1526 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1527 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1528 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1529 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1530 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1531 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1532 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1533 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1534 minor version number for this
1535 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1536 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1537 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1538 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1539 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1540 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1541 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1542 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1543 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1545 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1547 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1550 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1551 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1552 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1553 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1555 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1557 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1558 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1559 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1560 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1561 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1562 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1563 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1564 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1565 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1566 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1567 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1568 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1569 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1570 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1571 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1572 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1575 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1577 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1579 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1580 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1582 * Document the Enhances relationship
1583 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1584 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1585 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1586 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1587 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1588 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1590 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1592 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1593 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1594 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1595 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1597 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1598 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1599 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1600 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1601 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1603 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1605 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1607 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1608 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1609 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1611 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1612 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1613 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1614 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1615 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1616 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1617 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1618 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1619 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1621 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1623 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1625 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1628 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1629 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1630 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1631 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1632 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1633 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1634 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1635 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1636 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1637 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1638 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1639 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1640 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1641 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1642 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1643 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1644 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1645 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1646 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1647 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1648 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1650 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1651 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1655 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1657 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1658 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1659 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1660 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1661 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1662 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1663 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1664 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1665 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1666 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1667 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1668 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1669 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1670 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1671 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1672 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1673 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1674 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1675 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1676 list closes: Bug#53756
1677 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1678 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1679 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1680 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1681 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1682 policy closes: Bug#53760
1683 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1684 policy closes: Bug#53761
1685 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1686 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1687 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1688 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1689 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1690 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1691 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1692 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1693 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1694 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1695 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1697 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1698 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1699 to install with older fileutils.
1700 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1701 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1702 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1703 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1705 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1706 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1708 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1710 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1712 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1713 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1715 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1717 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1719 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1720 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1722 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1725 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1727 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1728 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1730 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1732 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1734 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1736 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1737 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1739 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1741 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1743 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1744 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1745 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1746 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1747 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1748 directoried (closes: #41547)
1749 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1750 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1751 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1752 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1753 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1754 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1755 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1756 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1757 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1758 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1759 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1761 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1762 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1763 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1764 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1765 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1766 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1767 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1769 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1770 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1771 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1772 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1774 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1776 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1778 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1779 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1781 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1783 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1785 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1786 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1788 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1790 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1792 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1793 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1795 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1796 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1797 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1798 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1799 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1800 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1801 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1802 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1803 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1804 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1805 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1806 this closes: Bug#38612
1807 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1808 before. closes: Bug#40864
1810 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1812 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1814 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1815 officially uploaded.
1816 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1818 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1819 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1820 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1822 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1823 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1824 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1825 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1826 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1827 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1829 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1830 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1831 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1833 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1835 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1836 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1837 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1838 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1839 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1841 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1843 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1845 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1846 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1847 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1848 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1849 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1850 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1851 there). closes: Bug#34233
1852 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1853 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1854 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1855 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1856 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1858 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1860 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1862 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1863 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1864 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1865 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1868 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1869 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1870 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1871 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1872 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1875 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1876 number. closes: BUG#25911
1878 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1879 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1880 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1881 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1882 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1883 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1885 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1886 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1887 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1890 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1891 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1892 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1894 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1895 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1896 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1897 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1899 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1900 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1901 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1903 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1905 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1906 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1907 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1908 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1909 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1910 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1911 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1912 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1915 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1917 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1918 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1921 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1923 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1925 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1927 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1929 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1931 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1932 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1933 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1934 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1935 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1936 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1937 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1938 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1940 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1941 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1943 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1945 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1947 * non-maintainer release
1948 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1949 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1951 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1952 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1953 * no content changes
1954 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1956 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1958 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1962 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1964 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1966 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1968 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1969 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1970 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1972 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1973 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1975 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1976 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1977 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1978 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1980 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1981 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1982 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1983 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1984 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1985 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1986 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1988 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1989 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1990 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1993 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1994 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1995 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1997 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1998 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1999 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2001 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2002 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2004 * New version numbering scheme:
2006 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2007 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2008 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2011 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2012 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2013 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2014 differ between the manuals.
2016 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2017 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2018 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2019 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2021 * Packaging changes:
2023 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2024 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2026 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2028 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2030 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2032 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2034 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2035 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2036 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2038 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2039 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2042 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2043 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2044 file extension as the referenced file
2046 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2047 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2049 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2050 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2051 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2052 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2055 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2056 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2057 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2059 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2060 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2061 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2062 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2065 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2066 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2069 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2070 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2071 reasonable default configuration
2073 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2074 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2075 by all news servers and clients
2077 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2078 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2079 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2080 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2081 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2083 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2084 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2087 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2089 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2090 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2092 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2095 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2096 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2098 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2099 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2101 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2103 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2105 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2107 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2108 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2109 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2110 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2112 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2114 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2115 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2116 * Don't use debstd anymore
2118 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2120 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2122 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2123 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2124 contrib/non-free policy
2125 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2126 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2127 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2128 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2129 - new section about `Daemons'
2130 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2131 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2132 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2133 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2134 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2135 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2136 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2137 * SGML source code included in package
2138 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2140 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2142 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2144 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2145 - completely reworked structure
2146 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2147 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2148 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2149 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2150 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2151 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2152 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2153 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2154 - mention "orphaned packages"
2155 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2156 distributions' policy
2157 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2158 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2159 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2160 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2161 - added section about arch spec strings
2162 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2163 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2164 - added section about "menus"
2165 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2166 the new documentation policy soon
2167 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2168 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2170 - added section about editors and pagers
2171 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2172 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2173 - added section about device files
2174 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2175 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2176 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2178 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2179 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2180 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2181 - Added new section about obsolete names
2182 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2183 * Fixed package's description
2185 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2187 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2189 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2191 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2193 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2195 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2196 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2197 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2198 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2200 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2202 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2204 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2205 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2206 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2208 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2209 and upload it "byhand" too.
2211 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2213 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2216 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2217 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2218 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2219 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2220 functionality must not have the same name.
2221 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2222 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2223 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2224 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2225 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2226 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2227 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2229 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2230 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2231 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2232 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2233 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2234 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2235 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2236 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2239 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2241 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2243 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2245 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2246 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2247 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2248 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2249 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2252 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2254 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2256 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2258 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2259 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2260 description of deb file format.
2261 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2262 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2264 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2266 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2267 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2269 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2271 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2273 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2274 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2275 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2276 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2277 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2278 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2279 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2280 packages in section on Procedure
2281 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2282 a package maintainer
2283 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2284 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2285 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2287 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2288 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2289 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2290 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2291 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2292 on various shlib files
2293 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2294 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2295 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2297 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2299 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2301 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2302 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2303 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2305 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2306 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2307 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2308 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2309 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2311 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2313 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2315 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2317 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2319 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2320 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2321 compatibility go in contrib.
2323 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2324 instructions in policy manual.
2325 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2328 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2330 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2332 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2333 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2334 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2335 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2337 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2338 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2341 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2343 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2345 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2346 * More detail about changelog format names.
2348 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2349 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2353 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2355 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2357 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2359 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2361 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2363 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2365 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2367 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2368 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2369 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2371 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2373 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2375 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2377 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2379 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2383 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100