1 debian-policy (3.9.2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
4 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
5 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
8 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:04:37 -0700
10 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
13 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Closes: #459868, #581011
17 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
18 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
20 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
22 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
23 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
25 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
27 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
28 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
30 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
33 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
38 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
41 Closes: #501930, #593909
42 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
47 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
48 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
49 machine. (Closes: #591857)
50 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
51 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
52 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
53 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
54 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
55 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
56 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
57 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
58 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
59 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
61 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
62 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
63 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
64 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
65 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
66 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
67 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
68 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
69 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
70 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
71 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
72 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
73 than the version in oldstable.
74 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
75 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
76 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
77 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
78 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
79 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
80 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
81 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
82 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
83 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
84 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
85 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
86 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
87 package. (Closes: #609160)
89 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
91 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
94 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
99 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
100 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
104 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
105 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
109 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
110 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
114 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
115 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
119 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
120 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
124 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
125 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
129 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
130 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
132 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
134 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
135 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
137 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
139 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
140 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
145 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
146 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
151 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
152 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
156 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
157 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
161 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
162 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
166 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
171 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
172 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
176 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
177 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
181 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
183 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
184 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
185 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
186 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
187 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
188 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
189 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
190 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
191 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
193 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
194 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
195 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
196 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
197 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
198 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
200 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
202 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
208 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
211 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
212 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
213 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
214 and distribution license' (three times).
215 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
216 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
221 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
223 Proposed by Santiago Vila
224 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
231 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
232 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
236 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
237 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
238 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
241 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
243 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
244 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
248 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
249 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
252 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
254 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
255 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
258 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
260 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
261 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
264 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
266 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
268 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
271 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
272 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
277 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
278 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
282 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
283 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
287 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
288 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
293 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
294 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
295 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
298 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
299 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
304 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
305 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
309 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
310 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
311 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
312 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
313 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
314 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
315 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
316 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
317 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
318 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
319 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
320 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
321 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
322 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
323 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
324 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
325 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
326 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
327 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
328 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
329 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
330 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
331 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
332 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
333 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
334 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
335 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
336 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
337 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
338 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
339 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
340 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
342 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
344 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
346 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
349 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
350 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
352 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
353 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
357 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
360 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
361 Wording: Steve Langasek.
362 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
363 Seconded: Julien Cristau
364 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
367 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
368 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
369 Seconded: Russ Allbery
370 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
373 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
374 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
375 Seconded: Russ Allbery
377 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
378 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
379 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
380 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
381 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
382 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
383 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
384 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
387 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
388 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
389 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
390 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
391 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
392 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
393 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
394 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
395 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
396 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
397 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
398 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
399 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
400 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
401 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
404 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
405 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
406 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
407 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
408 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
410 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
413 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
414 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
417 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
418 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
421 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
423 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
425 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
426 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
430 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
431 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
435 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
436 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
440 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
441 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
443 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
444 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
445 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
447 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
448 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
453 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
454 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
458 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
459 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
463 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
464 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
468 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
469 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
473 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
474 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
478 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
479 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
480 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
481 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
482 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
483 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
484 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
485 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
486 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
487 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
488 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
489 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
490 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
491 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
492 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
494 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
495 Source field descriptions.
496 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
497 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
498 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
499 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
500 description says otherwise.
502 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
504 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
507 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
508 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
511 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
512 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
514 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
515 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
519 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
520 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
522 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
524 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
525 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
529 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
530 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
531 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
532 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
536 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
537 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
538 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
539 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
540 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
542 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
543 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
547 * Add myself to Uploaders.
550 * Add myself to Uploaders.
551 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
553 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
554 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
555 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
557 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
559 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
561 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
562 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
566 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
567 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
569 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
571 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
572 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
576 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
577 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
579 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
581 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
582 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
583 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
586 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
587 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
588 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
589 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
591 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
592 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
593 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
594 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
596 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
597 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
598 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
599 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
601 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
602 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
603 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
604 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
606 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
607 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
609 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
611 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
612 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
614 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
615 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
617 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
618 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
619 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
620 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
621 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
622 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
623 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
624 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
625 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
626 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
627 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
628 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
629 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
630 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
631 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
632 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
633 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
634 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
635 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
636 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
637 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
638 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
639 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
640 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
641 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
642 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
643 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
644 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
645 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
646 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
648 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
649 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
650 links was completed long ago.
651 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
653 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
655 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
658 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
660 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
662 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
664 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
665 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
666 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
667 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
668 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
669 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
670 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
671 Millan (Closes: #209008).
672 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
673 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
675 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
677 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
679 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
680 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
681 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
682 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
683 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
684 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
685 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
687 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
688 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
689 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
690 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
692 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
693 Küster (Closes: #403391).
694 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
695 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
696 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
697 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
698 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
699 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
700 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
701 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
702 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
703 Closes: #186700, #458910
704 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
705 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
706 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
708 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
709 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
710 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
711 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
712 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
713 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
714 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
715 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
717 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
718 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
720 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
721 * Add an md5sums control file.
722 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
723 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
724 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
725 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
726 currently part of policy.
727 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
728 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
729 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
732 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
734 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
736 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
737 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
738 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
739 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
740 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
741 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
742 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
743 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
744 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
745 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
746 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
747 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
748 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
749 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
750 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
751 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
753 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
755 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
756 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
757 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
759 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
760 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
761 list?" (Closes: #412634).
762 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
763 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
764 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
765 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
766 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
767 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
768 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
769 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
770 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
771 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
772 debconf specification.
773 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
774 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
776 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
778 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
780 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
781 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
783 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
784 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
786 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
788 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
789 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
790 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
791 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
792 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
794 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
795 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
796 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
797 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
798 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
799 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
800 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
801 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
802 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
803 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
804 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
805 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
806 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
807 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
808 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
809 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
811 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
813 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
814 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
815 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
816 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
818 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
819 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
820 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
822 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
824 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
826 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
827 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
828 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
829 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
830 Polo (Closes: #372497).
831 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
832 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
834 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
835 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
836 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
837 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
838 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
839 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
840 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
841 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
842 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
843 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
845 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
846 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
847 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
848 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
849 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
850 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
852 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
854 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
856 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
857 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
858 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
859 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
861 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
862 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
864 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
866 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
868 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
869 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
870 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
871 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
872 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
873 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
874 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
875 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
876 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
877 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
879 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
880 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
881 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
882 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
883 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
884 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
885 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
886 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
887 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
888 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
889 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
892 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
894 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
896 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
897 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
899 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
900 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
901 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
902 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
903 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
904 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
905 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
906 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
907 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
908 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
909 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
910 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
911 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
912 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
913 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
914 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
915 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
916 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
917 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
918 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
919 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
920 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
921 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
922 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
923 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
925 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
926 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
927 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
928 Hess (Closes: #362247).
929 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
930 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
931 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
932 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
933 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
934 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
935 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
936 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
937 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
938 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
939 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
940 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
942 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
943 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
945 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
946 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
947 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
948 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
949 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
950 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
951 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
952 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
953 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
954 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
955 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
957 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
959 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
962 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
963 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
965 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
966 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
967 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
968 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
969 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
970 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
971 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
972 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
973 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
974 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
976 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
977 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
978 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
979 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
980 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
981 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
982 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
983 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
984 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
985 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
986 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
987 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
988 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
989 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
990 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
991 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
992 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
993 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
994 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
999 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1002 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1003 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1004 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1006 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1007 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1009 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1011 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1013 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1017 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1018 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1019 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1020 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1021 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1022 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1023 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1024 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1025 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1027 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1028 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1029 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1031 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1032 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1033 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1034 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1035 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1036 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1037 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1039 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1040 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1041 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1042 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1044 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1045 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1046 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1047 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1048 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1049 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1050 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1051 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1053 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1054 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1055 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1056 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1057 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1058 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1059 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1060 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1061 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1062 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1063 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1064 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1065 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1066 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1067 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1068 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1069 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1071 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1073 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1077 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1078 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1079 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1080 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1081 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1082 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1083 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1084 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1086 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1087 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1088 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1089 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1090 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1091 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1092 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1093 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1094 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1095 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1096 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1097 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1098 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1099 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1100 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1101 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1105 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1106 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1109 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1110 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1111 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1113 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1114 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1115 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1116 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1117 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1118 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1120 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1121 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1123 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1124 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1125 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1126 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1127 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1128 Closes: #185943, #237049
1130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1132 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1138 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1139 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1140 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1141 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1142 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1143 running. closes: Bug#187250
1144 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1145 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1146 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1147 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1148 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1149 user closes: Bug#176506
1151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1153 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1157 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1158 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1159 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1160 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1161 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1162 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1163 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1164 deb-building toolchain.
1165 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1166 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1167 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1168 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1169 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1170 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1171 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1172 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1173 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1174 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1175 sections about changelog files.
1177 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1178 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1179 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1180 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1181 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1182 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1184 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1185 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1186 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1187 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1188 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1189 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1190 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1191 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1192 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1193 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1194 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1195 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1196 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1197 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1198 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1199 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1200 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1201 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1202 for the restructuring
1204 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1206 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1211 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1212 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1213 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1214 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1215 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1216 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1218 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1219 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1220 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1221 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1222 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1223 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1224 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1226 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1227 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1228 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1229 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1231 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1233 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1237 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1238 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1239 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1240 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1241 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1243 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1244 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1245 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1246 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1248 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1249 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1250 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1251 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1252 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1253 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1254 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1255 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1256 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1257 offtopic stuff, too.
1258 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1259 script should start it, closes: #60979
1260 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1261 "should", closes: #170019
1262 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1263 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1264 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1265 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1266 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1267 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1268 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1269 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1272 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1274 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1278 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1279 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1280 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1281 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1282 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1283 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1284 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1285 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1287 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1288 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1289 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1290 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1291 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1292 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1293 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1294 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1295 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1297 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1298 file, closes: Bug#65764
1300 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1302 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1305 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1306 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1307 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1308 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1309 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1310 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1311 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1312 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1313 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1314 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1315 details. closes: Bug#133030
1316 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1317 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1318 parts of Bug#161455.
1320 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1322 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1324 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1325 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1326 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1327 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1328 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1329 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1330 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1331 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1332 not. closes: Bug#139820
1333 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1334 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1335 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1336 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1337 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1338 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1339 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1340 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1341 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1342 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1344 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1346 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1347 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1348 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1349 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1350 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1351 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1352 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1353 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1354 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1355 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1356 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1357 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1358 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1359 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1360 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1361 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1362 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1363 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1364 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1365 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1367 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1368 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1369 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1370 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1371 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1372 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1373 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1375 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1376 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1377 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1378 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1379 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1380 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1381 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1382 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1383 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1385 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1387 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1390 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1391 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1392 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1393 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1394 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1395 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1396 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1397 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1398 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1399 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1400 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1401 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1402 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1403 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1404 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1405 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1406 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1407 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1408 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1409 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1410 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1411 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1413 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1415 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1417 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1418 medium, high, emergency.
1419 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1420 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1421 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1422 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1423 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1426 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1427 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1428 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1430 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1431 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1432 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1433 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1434 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1435 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1436 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1439 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1441 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1444 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1445 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1446 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1448 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1449 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1450 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1451 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1452 debian/rules to do this
1453 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1454 patches are incorporated upstream
1455 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1456 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1457 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1458 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1459 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1460 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1462 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1463 system closes: Bug#91249
1464 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1465 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1466 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1467 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1468 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1469 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1470 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1471 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1472 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1473 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1474 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1475 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1476 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1478 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1480 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1482 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1483 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1484 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1485 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1487 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1488 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1489 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1491 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1494 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1496 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1499 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1500 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1501 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1502 package for the time being
1503 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1504 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1505 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1506 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1507 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1508 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1509 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1510 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1511 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1512 Build-Depends arch syntax
1513 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1515 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1516 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1518 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1519 from policy maintenance duties.
1520 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1521 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1525 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1529 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1531 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1533 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1534 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1535 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1536 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1537 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1538 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1539 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1540 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1541 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1542 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1543 minor version number for this
1544 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1545 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1546 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1547 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1548 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1549 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1550 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1551 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1552 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1554 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1556 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1558 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1559 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1560 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1561 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1562 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1564 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1566 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1567 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1568 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1569 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1570 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1571 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1572 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1573 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1574 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1575 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1576 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1577 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1578 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1579 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1580 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1581 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1584 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1586 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1589 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1591 * Document the Enhances relationship
1592 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1593 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1594 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1595 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1596 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1597 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1599 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1601 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1602 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1603 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1604 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1606 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1607 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1608 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1609 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1610 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1614 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1616 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1617 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1618 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1620 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1621 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1622 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1623 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1624 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1625 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1626 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1627 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1628 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1630 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1632 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1634 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1636 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1637 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1638 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1639 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1640 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1641 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1642 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1643 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1644 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1645 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1646 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1647 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1648 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1649 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1650 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1651 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1652 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1653 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1654 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1655 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1656 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1657 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1659 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1660 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1662 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1664 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1667 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1668 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1669 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1670 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1671 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1672 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1673 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1674 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1675 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1676 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1677 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1678 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1679 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1680 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1681 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1682 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1683 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1684 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1685 list closes: Bug#53756
1686 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1687 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1688 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1689 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1690 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1691 policy closes: Bug#53760
1692 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1693 policy closes: Bug#53761
1694 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1695 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1696 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1697 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1698 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1699 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1700 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1701 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1702 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1703 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1704 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1706 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1707 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1708 to install with older fileutils.
1709 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1710 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1711 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1712 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1714 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1715 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1719 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1721 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1722 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1724 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1726 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1728 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1729 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1731 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1734 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1736 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1737 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1739 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1741 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1743 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1745 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1746 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1748 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1750 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1752 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1753 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1754 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1755 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1756 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1757 directoried (closes: #41547)
1758 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1759 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1760 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1761 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1762 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1763 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1764 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1765 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1766 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1767 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1768 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1770 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1771 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1772 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1773 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1774 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1775 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1776 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1778 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1779 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1780 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1781 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1783 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1785 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1787 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1788 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1790 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1792 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1794 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1795 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1797 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1799 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1801 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1802 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1804 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1805 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1806 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1807 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1808 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1809 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1810 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1811 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1812 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1813 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1814 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1815 this closes: Bug#38612
1816 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1817 before. closes: Bug#40864
1819 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1821 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1823 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1824 officially uploaded.
1825 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1827 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1828 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1829 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1831 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1832 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1833 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1834 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1835 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1836 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1838 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1839 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1840 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1842 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1844 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1845 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1846 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1847 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1848 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1850 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1852 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1854 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1855 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1856 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1857 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1858 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1859 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1860 there). closes: Bug#34233
1861 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1862 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1863 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1864 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1865 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1867 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1869 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1871 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1872 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1873 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1874 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1877 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1878 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1879 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1880 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1881 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1884 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1885 number. closes: BUG#25911
1887 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1888 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1889 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1890 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1891 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1892 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1894 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1895 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1896 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1899 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1900 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1901 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1903 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1904 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1905 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1906 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1908 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1909 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1910 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1912 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1914 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1915 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1916 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1917 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1918 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1919 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1920 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1921 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1924 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1926 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1927 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1930 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1932 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1934 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1936 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1938 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1940 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1941 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1942 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1943 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1944 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1945 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1946 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1947 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1949 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1950 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1952 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1954 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1956 * non-maintainer release
1957 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1958 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1960 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1961 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1962 * no content changes
1963 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1965 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1967 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1971 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1973 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1975 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1977 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1978 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1979 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1981 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1982 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1984 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1985 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1986 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1987 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1989 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1990 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1991 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1992 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1993 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1994 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1995 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1997 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1998 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1999 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2002 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2003 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2004 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2006 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2007 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2008 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2010 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2011 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2013 * New version numbering scheme:
2015 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2016 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2017 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2020 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2021 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2022 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2023 differ between the manuals.
2025 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2026 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2027 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2028 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2030 * Packaging changes:
2032 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2033 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2035 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2037 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2039 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2041 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2043 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2044 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2045 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2047 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2048 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2051 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2052 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2053 file extension as the referenced file
2055 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2056 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2058 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2059 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2060 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2061 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2064 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2065 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2066 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2068 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2069 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2070 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2071 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2074 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2075 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2078 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2079 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2080 reasonable default configuration
2082 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2083 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2084 by all news servers and clients
2086 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2087 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2088 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2089 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2090 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2092 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2093 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2096 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2098 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2099 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2101 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2104 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2105 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2107 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2108 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2110 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2112 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2114 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2116 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2117 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2118 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2119 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2121 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2123 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2124 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2125 * Don't use debstd anymore
2127 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2129 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2131 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2132 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2133 contrib/non-free policy
2134 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2135 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2136 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2137 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2138 - new section about `Daemons'
2139 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2140 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2141 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2142 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2143 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2144 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2145 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2146 * SGML source code included in package
2147 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2149 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2151 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2153 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2154 - completely reworked structure
2155 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2156 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2157 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2158 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2159 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2160 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2161 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2162 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2163 - mention "orphaned packages"
2164 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2165 distributions' policy
2166 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2167 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2168 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2169 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2170 - added section about arch spec strings
2171 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2172 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2173 - added section about "menus"
2174 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2175 the new documentation policy soon
2176 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2177 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2179 - added section about editors and pagers
2180 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2181 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2182 - added section about device files
2183 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2184 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2185 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2187 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2188 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2189 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2190 - Added new section about obsolete names
2191 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2192 * Fixed package's description
2194 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2196 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2198 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2200 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2202 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2204 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2205 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2206 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2207 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2209 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2211 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2213 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2214 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2215 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2217 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2218 and upload it "byhand" too.
2220 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2222 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2225 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2226 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2227 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2228 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2229 functionality must not have the same name.
2230 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2231 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2232 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2233 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2234 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2235 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2236 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2238 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2239 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2240 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2241 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2242 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2243 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2244 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2245 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2248 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2250 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2252 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2254 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2255 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2256 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2257 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2258 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2261 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2263 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2265 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2267 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2268 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2269 description of deb file format.
2270 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2271 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2273 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2275 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2276 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2278 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2280 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2282 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2283 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2284 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2285 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2286 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2287 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2288 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2289 packages in section on Procedure
2290 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2291 a package maintainer
2292 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2293 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2294 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2296 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2297 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2298 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2299 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2300 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2301 on various shlib files
2302 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2303 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2304 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2306 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2308 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2310 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2311 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2312 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2314 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2315 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2316 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2317 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2318 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2320 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2322 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2324 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2326 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2328 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2329 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2330 compatibility go in contrib.
2332 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2333 instructions in policy manual.
2334 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2337 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2339 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2341 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2342 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2343 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2344 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2346 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2347 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2350 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2352 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2354 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2355 * More detail about changelog format names.
2357 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2358 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2362 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2364 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2366 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2368 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2370 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2372 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2374 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2376 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2377 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2378 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2380 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2382 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2384 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2386 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2388 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2392 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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