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.
7 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:04:37 -0700
9 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
11 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
12 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
15 Closes: #459868, #581011
16 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
17 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
19 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
21 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
22 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
27 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
29 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
31 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
36 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
37 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
40 Closes: #501930, #593909
41 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
42 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
46 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
47 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
48 machine. (Closes: #591857)
49 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
50 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
51 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
52 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
53 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
54 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
55 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
56 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
57 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
58 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
60 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
61 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
62 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
63 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
64 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
65 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
66 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
67 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
68 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
69 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
70 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
71 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
72 than the version in oldstable.
73 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
74 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
75 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
76 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
77 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
78 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
79 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
80 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
81 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
82 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
83 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
84 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
85 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
86 package. (Closes: #609160)
88 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
90 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
93 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
98 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
99 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
103 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
104 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
108 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
109 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
113 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
114 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
118 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
119 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
123 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
124 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
128 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
129 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
131 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
133 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
134 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
136 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
138 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
139 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
144 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
145 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
150 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
155 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
156 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
160 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
161 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
165 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
166 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
170 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
171 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
175 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
176 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
180 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
182 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
183 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
184 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
185 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
186 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
187 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
188 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
189 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
190 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
192 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
193 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
194 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
195 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
196 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
197 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
199 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
201 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
207 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
210 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
211 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
212 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
213 and distribution license' (three times).
214 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
215 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
220 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
222 Proposed by Santiago Vila
223 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
230 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
231 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
235 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
236 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
237 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
240 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
242 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
243 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
247 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
248 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
251 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
253 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
254 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
257 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
259 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
260 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
263 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
265 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
266 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
267 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
270 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
271 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
276 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
281 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
282 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
286 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
287 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
288 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
292 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
293 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
294 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
297 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
298 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
303 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
304 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
308 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
309 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
310 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
311 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
312 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
313 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
314 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
315 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
316 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
317 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
318 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
319 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
320 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
321 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
322 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
323 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
324 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
325 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
326 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
327 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
328 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
329 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
330 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
331 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
332 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
333 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
334 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
335 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
336 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
337 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
338 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
339 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
341 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
343 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
345 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
349 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
351 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
352 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
356 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
359 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
360 Wording: Steve Langasek.
361 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
362 Seconded: Julien Cristau
363 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
366 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
367 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
368 Seconded: Russ Allbery
369 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
372 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
373 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
374 Seconded: Russ Allbery
376 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
377 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
378 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
379 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
380 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
381 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
382 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
383 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
386 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
387 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
388 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
389 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
390 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
391 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
392 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
394 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
395 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
396 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
397 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
398 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
399 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
400 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
403 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
404 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
405 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
406 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
407 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
409 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
412 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
413 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
416 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
417 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
420 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
422 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
424 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
425 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
429 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
430 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
434 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
435 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
439 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
440 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
443 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
444 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
446 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
447 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
452 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
453 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
457 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
458 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
462 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
467 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
468 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
472 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
473 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
477 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
478 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
479 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
480 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
481 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
482 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
483 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
484 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
485 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
486 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
487 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
488 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
489 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
490 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
491 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
493 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
494 Source field descriptions.
495 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
496 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
497 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
498 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
499 description says otherwise.
501 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
503 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
506 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
507 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
510 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
511 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
513 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
514 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
518 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
519 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
523 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
524 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
528 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
529 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
530 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
531 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
535 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
536 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
537 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
538 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
539 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
541 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
542 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
546 * Add myself to Uploaders.
549 * Add myself to Uploaders.
550 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
552 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
553 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
554 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
556 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
558 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
560 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
561 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
562 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
565 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
566 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
567 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
568 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
570 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
571 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
572 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
575 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
576 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
578 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
580 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
581 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
582 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
583 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
585 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
586 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
587 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
588 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
590 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
591 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
592 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
593 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
595 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
596 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
597 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
598 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
600 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
601 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
602 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
605 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
606 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
607 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
608 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
610 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
611 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
614 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
616 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
617 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
618 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
619 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
620 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
621 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
622 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
623 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
624 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
625 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
626 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
627 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
628 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
629 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
630 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
631 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
632 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
633 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
634 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
635 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
636 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
637 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
638 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
639 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
640 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
641 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
642 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
643 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
644 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
645 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
647 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
648 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
649 links was completed long ago.
650 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
652 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
654 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
657 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
659 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
661 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
663 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
664 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
665 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
666 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
667 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
668 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
669 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
670 Millan (Closes: #209008).
671 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
672 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
674 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
676 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
678 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
679 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
680 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
681 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
682 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
683 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
684 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
686 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
687 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
688 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
689 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
691 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
692 Küster (Closes: #403391).
693 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
694 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
695 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
696 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
697 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
698 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
700 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
701 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
702 Closes: #186700, #458910
703 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
704 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
705 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
707 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
708 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
709 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
710 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
711 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
712 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
713 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
714 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
716 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
717 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
719 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
720 * Add an md5sums control file.
721 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
722 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
723 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
724 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
725 currently part of policy.
726 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
727 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
728 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
731 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
733 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
736 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
737 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
738 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
739 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
740 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
741 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
742 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
743 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
744 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
745 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
746 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
747 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
748 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
749 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
750 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
752 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
754 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
755 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
756 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
758 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
759 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
760 list?" (Closes: #412634).
761 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
762 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
763 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
764 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
765 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
766 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
767 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
768 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
769 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
770 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
771 debconf specification.
772 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
773 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
775 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
777 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
779 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
780 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
781 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
782 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
783 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
785 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
787 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
788 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
789 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
790 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
791 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
793 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
794 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
795 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
796 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
797 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
798 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
799 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
800 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
801 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
802 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
803 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
804 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
805 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
806 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
807 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
808 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
810 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
812 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
813 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
814 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
815 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
816 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
817 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
818 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
819 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
823 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
826 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
827 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
828 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
829 Polo (Closes: #372497).
830 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
831 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
833 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
834 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
835 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
836 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
837 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
838 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
840 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
841 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
842 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
844 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
845 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
846 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
847 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
848 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
849 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
851 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
853 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
855 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
856 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
857 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
858 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
860 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
861 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
863 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
865 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
867 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
868 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
869 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
870 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
871 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
872 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
873 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
874 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
875 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
876 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
878 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
879 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
880 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
881 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
882 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
883 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
885 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
886 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
887 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
888 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
891 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
893 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
895 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
896 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
897 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
898 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
899 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
900 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
901 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
902 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
903 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
904 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
905 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
906 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
907 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
908 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
909 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
910 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
911 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
912 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
913 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
914 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
915 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
916 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
917 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
918 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
919 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
920 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
921 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
922 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
924 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
925 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
926 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
927 Hess (Closes: #362247).
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
929 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
930 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
931 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
932 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
933 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
934 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
935 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
936 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
937 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
938 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
939 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
941 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
942 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
944 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
945 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
946 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
947 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
948 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
949 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
950 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
951 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
952 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
953 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
954 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
956 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
958 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
962 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
963 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
964 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
965 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
966 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
967 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
968 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
969 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
970 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
971 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
972 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
973 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
975 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
976 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
977 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
978 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
979 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
980 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
981 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
982 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
983 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
985 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
986 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
987 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
988 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
989 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
990 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
991 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
992 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
993 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
996 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
998 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1001 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1002 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1003 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1005 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1006 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1007 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1008 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1010 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1012 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1016 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1017 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1018 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1019 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1020 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1021 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1022 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1023 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1024 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1026 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1027 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1028 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1030 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1031 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1032 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1033 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1034 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1035 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1036 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1038 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1039 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1040 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1041 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1043 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1044 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1045 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1046 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1047 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1048 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1049 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1050 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1052 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1053 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1054 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1055 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1056 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1057 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1058 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1059 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1060 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1061 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1062 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1063 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1064 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1065 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1066 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1067 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1068 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1070 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1072 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1076 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1077 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1078 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1079 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1080 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1081 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1082 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1083 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1085 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1086 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1087 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1088 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1089 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1090 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1091 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1092 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1093 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1094 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1095 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1096 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1097 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1098 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1099 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1100 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1104 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1105 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1108 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1109 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1110 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1112 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1113 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1114 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1115 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1116 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1117 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1119 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1120 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1122 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1123 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1124 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1125 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1126 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1127 Closes: #185943, #237049
1129 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1131 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1134 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1137 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1138 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1139 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1140 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1141 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1142 running. closes: Bug#187250
1143 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1144 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1145 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1146 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1147 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1148 user closes: Bug#176506
1150 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1152 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1156 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1157 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1158 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1159 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1160 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1161 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1162 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1163 deb-building toolchain.
1164 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1165 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1166 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1167 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1168 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1169 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1170 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1171 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1172 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1173 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1174 sections about changelog files.
1176 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1177 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1178 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1179 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1180 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1181 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1183 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1184 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1185 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1186 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1187 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1188 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1189 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1190 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1191 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1192 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1193 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1194 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1195 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1196 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1197 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1198 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1199 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1200 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1201 for the restructuring
1203 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1205 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1210 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1211 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1212 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1213 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1214 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1215 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1217 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1218 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1219 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1220 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1221 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1222 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1223 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1225 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1226 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1227 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1228 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1230 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1232 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1236 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1237 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1238 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1239 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1240 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1242 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1243 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1244 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1245 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1247 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1248 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1249 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1250 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1251 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1252 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1253 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1254 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1255 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1256 offtopic stuff, too.
1257 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1258 script should start it, closes: #60979
1259 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1260 "should", closes: #170019
1261 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1262 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1263 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1264 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1265 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1266 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1267 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1268 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1273 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1277 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1278 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1279 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1280 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1281 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1282 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1283 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1284 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1286 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1287 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1288 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1289 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1290 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1291 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1292 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1293 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1294 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1296 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1297 file, closes: Bug#65764
1299 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1301 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1303 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1304 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1305 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1306 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1307 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1308 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1309 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1310 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1311 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1312 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1313 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1314 details. closes: Bug#133030
1315 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1316 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1317 parts of Bug#161455.
1319 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1321 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1324 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1325 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1326 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1327 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1328 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1329 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1330 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1331 not. closes: Bug#139820
1332 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1333 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1334 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1335 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1336 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1337 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1338 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1339 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1340 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1341 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1343 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1345 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1346 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1347 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1348 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1349 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1350 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1351 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1352 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1353 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1354 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1355 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1356 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1357 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1358 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1359 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1360 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1361 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1362 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1363 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1364 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1366 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1367 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1368 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1369 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1370 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1371 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1372 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1374 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1375 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1376 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1377 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1378 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1379 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1380 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1381 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1382 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1384 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1386 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1389 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1390 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1391 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1392 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1393 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1394 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1395 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1396 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1397 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1398 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1399 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1400 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1401 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1402 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1403 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1404 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1405 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1406 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1407 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1408 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1409 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1410 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1412 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1414 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1416 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1417 medium, high, emergency.
1418 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1419 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1420 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1421 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1422 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1425 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1426 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1427 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1429 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1430 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1431 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1432 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1433 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1434 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1435 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1438 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1440 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1442 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1443 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1444 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1445 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1447 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1448 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1449 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1450 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1451 debian/rules to do this
1452 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1453 patches are incorporated upstream
1454 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1455 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1456 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1457 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1458 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1459 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1461 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1462 system closes: Bug#91249
1463 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1464 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1465 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1466 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1467 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1468 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1469 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1470 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1471 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1472 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1473 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1474 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1475 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1477 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1479 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1482 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1483 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1484 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1486 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1487 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1488 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1490 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1493 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1495 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1497 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1498 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1499 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1500 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1501 package for the time being
1502 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1503 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1504 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1505 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1506 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1507 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1508 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1509 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1510 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1511 Build-Depends arch syntax
1512 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1514 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1515 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1517 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1518 from policy maintenance duties.
1519 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1520 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1522 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1524 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1528 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1530 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1533 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1534 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1535 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1536 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1537 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1538 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1539 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1540 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1541 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1542 minor version number for this
1543 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1544 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1545 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1546 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1547 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1548 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1549 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1550 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1551 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1553 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1555 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1557 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1558 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1559 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1560 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1561 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1563 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1565 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1566 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1567 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1568 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1569 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1570 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1571 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1572 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1573 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1574 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1575 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1576 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1577 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1578 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1579 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1580 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1583 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1585 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1587 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1588 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1590 * Document the Enhances relationship
1591 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1592 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1593 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1594 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1595 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1596 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1598 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1600 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1601 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1602 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1603 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1605 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1606 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1607 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1608 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1609 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1611 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1613 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1615 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1616 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1617 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1619 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1620 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1621 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1622 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1623 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1624 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1625 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1626 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1627 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1629 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1631 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1633 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1635 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1636 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1637 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1638 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1639 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1640 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1641 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1642 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1643 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1644 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1645 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1646 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1647 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1648 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1649 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1650 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1651 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1652 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1653 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1654 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1655 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1656 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1658 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1659 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1661 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1663 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1665 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1666 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1667 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1668 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1669 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1670 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1671 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1672 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1673 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1674 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1675 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1676 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1677 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1678 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1679 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1680 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1681 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1682 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1683 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1684 list closes: Bug#53756
1685 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1686 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1687 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1688 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1689 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1690 policy closes: Bug#53760
1691 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1692 policy closes: Bug#53761
1693 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1694 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1695 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1696 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1697 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1698 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1699 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1700 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1701 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1702 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1703 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1705 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1706 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1707 to install with older fileutils.
1708 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1709 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1710 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1711 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1713 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1714 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1716 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1718 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1720 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1721 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1723 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1725 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1727 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1728 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1730 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1733 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1735 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1736 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1738 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1740 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1742 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1744 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1745 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1747 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1749 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1751 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1752 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1753 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1754 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1755 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1756 directoried (closes: #41547)
1757 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1758 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1759 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1760 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1761 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1762 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1763 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1764 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1765 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1766 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1767 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1769 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1770 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1771 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1772 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1773 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1774 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1775 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1777 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1778 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1779 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1780 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1782 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1784 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1786 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1787 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1789 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1791 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1793 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1794 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1796 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1798 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1800 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1801 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1803 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1804 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1805 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1806 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1807 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1808 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1809 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1810 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1811 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1812 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1813 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1814 this closes: Bug#38612
1815 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1816 before. closes: Bug#40864
1818 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1820 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1822 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1823 officially uploaded.
1824 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1826 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1827 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1828 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1830 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1831 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1832 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1833 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1834 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1835 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1837 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1838 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1839 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1841 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1843 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1844 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1845 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1846 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1847 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1849 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1851 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1853 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1854 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1855 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1856 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1857 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1858 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1859 there). closes: Bug#34233
1860 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1861 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1862 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1863 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1864 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1866 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1868 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1870 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1871 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1872 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1873 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1876 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1877 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1878 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1879 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1880 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1883 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1884 number. closes: BUG#25911
1886 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1887 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1888 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1889 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1890 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1891 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1893 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1894 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1895 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1898 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1899 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1900 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1902 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1903 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1904 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1905 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1907 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1908 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1909 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1911 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1913 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1914 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1915 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1916 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1917 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1918 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1919 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1920 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1923 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1925 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1926 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1929 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1931 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1933 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1935 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1937 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1939 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1940 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1941 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1942 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1943 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1944 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1945 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1946 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1948 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1949 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1951 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1953 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1955 * non-maintainer release
1956 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1957 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1959 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1960 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1961 * no content changes
1962 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1964 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1966 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1970 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1972 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1974 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1976 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1977 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1978 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1980 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1981 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1983 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1984 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1985 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1986 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1988 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1989 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1990 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1991 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1992 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1993 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1994 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1996 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1997 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1998 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2001 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2002 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2003 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2005 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2006 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2007 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2009 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2010 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2012 * New version numbering scheme:
2014 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2015 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2016 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2019 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2020 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2021 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2022 differ between the manuals.
2024 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2025 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2026 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2027 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2029 * Packaging changes:
2031 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2032 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2034 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2036 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2038 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2040 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2042 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2043 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2044 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2046 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2047 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2050 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2051 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2052 file extension as the referenced file
2054 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2055 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2057 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2058 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2059 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2060 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2063 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2064 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2065 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2067 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2068 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2069 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2070 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2073 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2074 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2077 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2078 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2079 reasonable default configuration
2081 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2082 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2083 by all news servers and clients
2085 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2086 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2087 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2088 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2089 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2091 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2092 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2095 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2097 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2098 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2100 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2103 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2104 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2106 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2107 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2109 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2111 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2113 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2115 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2116 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2117 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2118 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2120 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2122 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2123 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2124 * Don't use debstd anymore
2126 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2128 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2130 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2131 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2132 contrib/non-free policy
2133 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2134 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2135 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2136 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2137 - new section about `Daemons'
2138 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2139 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2140 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2141 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2142 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2143 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2144 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2145 * SGML source code included in package
2146 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2148 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2150 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2152 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2153 - completely reworked structure
2154 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2155 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2156 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2157 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2158 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2159 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2160 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2161 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2162 - mention "orphaned packages"
2163 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2164 distributions' policy
2165 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2166 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2167 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2168 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2169 - added section about arch spec strings
2170 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2171 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2172 - added section about "menus"
2173 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2174 the new documentation policy soon
2175 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2176 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2178 - added section about editors and pagers
2179 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2180 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2181 - added section about device files
2182 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2183 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2184 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2186 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2187 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2188 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2189 - Added new section about obsolete names
2190 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2191 * Fixed package's description
2193 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2195 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2197 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2199 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2201 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2203 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2204 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2205 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2206 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2208 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2210 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2212 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2213 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2214 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2216 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2217 and upload it "byhand" too.
2219 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2221 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2224 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2225 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2226 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2227 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2228 functionality must not have the same name.
2229 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2230 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2231 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2232 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2233 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2234 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2235 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2237 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2238 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2239 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2240 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2241 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2242 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2243 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2244 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2247 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2249 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2251 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2253 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2254 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2255 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2256 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2257 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2260 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2262 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2264 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2266 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2267 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2268 description of deb file format.
2269 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2270 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2272 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2274 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2275 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2277 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2279 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2281 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2282 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2283 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2284 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2285 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2286 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2287 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2288 packages in section on Procedure
2289 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2290 a package maintainer
2291 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2292 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2293 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2295 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2296 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2297 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2298 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2299 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2300 on various shlib files
2301 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2302 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2303 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2305 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2307 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2309 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2310 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2311 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2313 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2314 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2315 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2316 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2317 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2319 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2321 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2323 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2325 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2327 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2328 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2329 compatibility go in contrib.
2331 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2332 instructions in policy manual.
2333 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2336 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2338 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2340 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2341 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2342 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2343 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2345 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2346 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2349 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2351 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2353 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2354 * More detail about changelog format names.
2356 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2357 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2361 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2363 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2365 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2367 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2369 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2371 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2373 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2375 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2376 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2377 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2379 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2381 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2383 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2385 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2387 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2391 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100