1 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
4 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
5 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
6 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
9 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
11 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
12 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
17 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
21 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
22 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
23 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
29 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:30:33 -0700
31 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
34 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
35 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
36 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
37 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
39 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
40 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
41 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
42 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
43 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
44 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
45 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
46 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
47 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
48 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
49 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
50 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
51 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
52 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
53 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
54 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
55 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
57 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
58 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
59 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
60 good to know which version one is looking at.
61 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
62 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
63 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
64 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
65 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
66 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
67 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
69 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
70 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
71 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
72 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
73 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
75 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
76 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
77 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
79 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
80 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
81 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
82 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
84 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
86 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
90 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
91 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
92 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
93 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
94 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
95 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
96 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
97 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
98 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
99 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
104 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
105 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
110 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
111 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
112 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
115 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
117 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
126 Closes: #620870, #532120
127 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
128 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
133 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
134 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
135 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
139 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
140 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
141 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
142 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
143 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
145 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
146 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
147 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
148 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
149 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
150 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
151 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
152 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
153 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
154 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
155 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
156 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
157 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
158 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
159 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
160 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
162 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
164 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
165 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
166 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
167 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
168 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
169 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
170 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
171 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
172 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
173 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
176 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
178 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
179 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
180 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
181 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
186 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
187 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
189 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
190 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
191 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
192 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
195 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
197 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
201 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
202 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
203 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
206 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
207 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
208 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
210 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
211 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
217 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
218 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
219 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
222 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
223 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
228 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
229 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
230 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
231 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
234 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
235 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
236 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
239 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
240 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
245 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
247 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
250 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
253 Closes: #459868, #581011
254 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
255 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
257 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
259 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
260 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
262 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
264 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
265 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
267 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
269 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
270 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
274 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
275 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
278 Closes: #501930, #593909
279 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
280 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
284 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
285 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
286 machine. (Closes: #591857)
287 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
288 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
289 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
290 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
291 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
292 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
293 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
294 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
295 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
296 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
298 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
299 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
300 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
301 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
302 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
303 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
304 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
305 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
306 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
307 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
308 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
309 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
310 than the version in oldstable.
311 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
312 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
313 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
314 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
315 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
316 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
317 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
318 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
319 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
320 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
321 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
322 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
323 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
324 package. (Closes: #609160)
326 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
328 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
331 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
332 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
336 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
337 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
341 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
342 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
346 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
347 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
351 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
352 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
356 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
357 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
361 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
362 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
366 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
367 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
369 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
371 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
372 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
374 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
376 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
377 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
382 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
383 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
388 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
389 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
393 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
394 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
398 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
399 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
403 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
404 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
405 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
408 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
409 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
413 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
414 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
418 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
420 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
421 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
422 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
423 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
424 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
425 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
426 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
427 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
428 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
430 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
431 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
432 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
433 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
434 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
435 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
437 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
439 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
445 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
448 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
449 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
450 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
451 and distribution license' (three times).
452 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
453 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
458 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
460 Proposed by Santiago Vila
461 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
463 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
468 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
469 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
473 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
474 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
475 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
478 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
480 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
481 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
485 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
486 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
489 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
491 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
492 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
495 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
497 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
498 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
500 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
501 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
503 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
504 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
505 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
508 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
509 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
510 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
511 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
514 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
515 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
519 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
520 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
522 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
524 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
525 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
530 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
531 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
532 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
533 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
535 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
536 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
539 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
541 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
542 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
546 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
547 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
548 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
549 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
550 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
551 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
552 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
553 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
554 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
555 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
556 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
557 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
558 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
559 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
560 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
561 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
562 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
563 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
564 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
565 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
566 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
567 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
568 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
569 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
570 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
571 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
572 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
573 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
574 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
575 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
576 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
577 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
579 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
581 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
583 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
586 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
587 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
589 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
590 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
594 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
597 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
598 Wording: Steve Langasek.
599 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
600 Seconded: Julien Cristau
601 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
604 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
605 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
606 Seconded: Russ Allbery
607 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
610 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
611 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
612 Seconded: Russ Allbery
614 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
615 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
616 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
617 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
618 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
619 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
620 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
621 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
624 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
625 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
626 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
627 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
628 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
629 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
630 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
632 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
633 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
634 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
635 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
636 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
637 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
638 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
639 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
641 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
642 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
643 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
644 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
645 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
647 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
650 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
651 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
654 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
655 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
658 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
660 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
662 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
663 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
664 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
665 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
667 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
668 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
670 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
672 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
673 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
675 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
677 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
678 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
679 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
680 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
681 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
682 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
684 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
685 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
686 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
687 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
690 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
691 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
695 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
696 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
697 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
700 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
701 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
702 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
703 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
705 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
706 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
707 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
710 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
711 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
712 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
715 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
716 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
717 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
718 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
719 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
720 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
721 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
722 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
723 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
724 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
725 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
726 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
727 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
728 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
729 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
731 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
732 Source field descriptions.
733 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
734 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
735 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
736 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
737 description says otherwise.
739 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
741 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
744 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
745 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
746 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
747 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
748 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
749 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
751 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
752 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
753 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
754 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
756 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
757 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
758 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
759 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
761 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
762 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
763 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
764 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
766 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
767 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
768 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
769 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
773 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
774 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
775 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
776 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
777 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
779 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
780 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
781 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
782 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
784 * Add myself to Uploaders.
787 * Add myself to Uploaders.
788 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
790 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
791 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
792 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
794 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
796 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
799 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
800 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
803 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
804 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
805 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
806 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
808 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
809 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
810 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
813 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
814 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
815 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
816 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
818 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
819 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
820 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
821 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
823 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
824 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
825 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
826 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
828 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
829 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
830 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
831 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
833 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
834 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
835 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
836 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
838 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
839 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
840 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
841 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
843 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
844 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
845 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
846 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
848 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
849 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
851 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
852 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
854 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
855 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
856 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
857 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
858 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
859 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
860 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
861 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
862 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
863 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
864 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
865 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
866 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
867 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
868 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
869 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
870 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
871 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
872 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
873 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
874 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
875 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
876 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
877 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
878 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
879 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
880 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
881 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
882 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
883 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
885 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
886 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
887 links was completed long ago.
888 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
890 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
892 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
894 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
895 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
897 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
899 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
901 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
902 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
903 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
904 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
905 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
906 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
907 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
908 Millan (Closes: #209008).
909 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
910 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
912 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
914 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
916 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
917 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
918 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
919 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
920 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
921 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
922 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
924 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
925 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
926 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
927 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
929 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
930 Küster (Closes: #403391).
931 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
932 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
933 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
934 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
935 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
936 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
937 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
938 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
939 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
940 Closes: #186700, #458910
941 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
942 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
943 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
945 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
946 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
947 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
948 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
949 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
950 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
951 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
952 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
954 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
955 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
957 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
958 * Add an md5sums control file.
959 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
960 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
961 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
962 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
963 currently part of policy.
964 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
965 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
966 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
969 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
971 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
974 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
975 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
976 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
977 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
978 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
979 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
980 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
981 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
982 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
983 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
984 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
985 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
986 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
987 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
988 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
990 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
992 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
993 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
994 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
996 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
997 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
998 list?" (Closes: #412634).
999 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1000 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1001 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1002 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1003 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1004 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1005 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1006 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1007 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1008 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1009 debconf specification.
1010 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1011 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1013 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1015 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1018 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1019 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1020 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1021 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1023 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1025 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1026 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1027 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1028 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1029 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1031 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1032 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1033 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1034 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1035 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1036 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1037 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1038 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1039 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1040 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1041 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1042 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1043 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1044 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1045 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1046 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1048 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1050 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1051 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1052 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1053 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1054 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1055 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1056 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1057 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1059 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1061 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1064 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1065 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1066 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1067 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1068 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1069 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1071 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1072 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1073 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1074 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1075 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1076 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1077 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1078 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1079 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1080 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1082 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1083 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1084 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1085 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1086 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1087 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1089 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1091 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1094 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1095 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1096 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1098 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1099 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1103 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1106 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1107 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1108 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1109 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1110 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1111 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1112 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1113 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1114 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1116 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1117 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1119 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1120 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1121 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1123 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1125 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1126 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1129 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1131 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1134 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1136 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1137 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1138 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1139 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1140 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1141 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1142 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1143 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1144 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1145 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1146 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1147 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1148 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1149 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1150 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1151 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1152 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1154 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1155 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1156 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1157 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1158 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1159 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1160 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1162 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1163 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1164 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1165 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1166 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1167 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1168 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1169 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1170 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1171 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1172 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1173 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1174 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1175 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1176 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1177 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1179 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1180 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1183 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1185 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1186 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1187 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1188 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1189 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1190 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1191 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1192 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1194 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1196 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1200 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1202 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1204 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1205 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1206 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1208 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1209 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1210 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1214 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1216 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1217 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1219 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1221 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1223 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1225 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1227 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1228 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1229 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1231 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1236 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1239 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1240 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1241 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1243 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1244 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1246 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1250 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1254 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1255 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1256 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1257 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1259 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1260 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1261 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1262 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1265 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1266 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1269 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1270 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1272 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1273 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1274 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1276 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1277 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1278 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1279 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1282 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1283 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1284 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1286 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1287 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1288 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1291 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1292 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1293 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1295 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1296 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1297 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1299 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1300 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1301 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1302 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1303 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1304 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1305 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1306 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1310 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1313 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1314 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1315 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1316 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1317 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1318 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1319 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1320 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1321 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1323 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1324 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1325 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1326 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1327 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1328 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1329 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1330 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1331 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1332 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1333 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1334 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1336 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1337 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1338 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1342 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1343 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1346 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1347 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1348 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1350 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1351 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1352 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1353 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1354 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1355 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1357 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1358 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1360 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1361 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1362 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1363 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1364 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1365 Closes: #185943, #237049
1367 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1369 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1375 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1376 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1377 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1378 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1379 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1380 running. closes: Bug#187250
1381 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1382 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1383 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1384 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1385 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1386 user closes: Bug#176506
1388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1390 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1394 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1395 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1396 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1397 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1398 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1399 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1400 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1401 deb-building toolchain.
1402 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1403 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1404 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1405 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1406 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1407 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1408 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1409 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1410 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1411 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1412 sections about changelog files.
1414 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1415 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1416 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1417 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1418 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1419 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1421 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1422 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1423 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1424 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1425 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1426 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1427 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1428 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1429 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1430 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1431 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1432 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1433 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1434 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1435 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1436 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1437 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1438 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1439 for the restructuring
1441 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1443 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1448 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1449 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1450 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1451 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1452 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1453 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1455 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1456 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1457 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1458 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1459 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1460 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1461 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1463 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1464 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1465 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1466 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1468 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1470 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1474 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1475 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1476 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1477 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1478 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1480 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1481 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1482 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1483 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1485 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1486 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1487 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1488 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1489 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1490 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1491 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1492 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1493 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1494 offtopic stuff, too.
1495 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1496 script should start it, closes: #60979
1497 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1498 "should", closes: #170019
1499 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1500 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1501 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1502 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1503 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1504 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1505 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1506 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1511 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1515 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1516 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1517 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1518 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1519 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1520 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1521 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1522 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1524 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1525 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1526 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1527 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1528 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1529 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1530 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1531 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1532 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1534 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1535 file, closes: Bug#65764
1537 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1539 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1542 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1543 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1544 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1545 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1546 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1547 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1548 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1549 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1550 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1551 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1552 details. closes: Bug#133030
1553 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1554 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1555 parts of Bug#161455.
1557 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1559 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1562 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1563 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1564 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1565 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1566 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1567 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1568 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1569 not. closes: Bug#139820
1570 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1571 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1572 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1573 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1574 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1575 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1576 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1577 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1578 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1579 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1581 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1583 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1584 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1585 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1586 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1587 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1588 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1589 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1590 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1591 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1592 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1593 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1594 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1595 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1596 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1597 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1598 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1599 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1600 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1601 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1602 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1604 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1605 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1606 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1607 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1608 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1609 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1610 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1612 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1613 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1614 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1615 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1616 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1617 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1618 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1619 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1620 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1622 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1624 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1626 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1627 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1628 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1629 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1630 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1631 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1632 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1633 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1634 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1635 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1636 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1637 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1638 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1639 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1640 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1641 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1642 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1643 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1644 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1645 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1646 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1647 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1648 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1650 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1652 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1654 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1655 medium, high, emergency.
1656 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1657 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1658 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1659 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1660 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1663 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1664 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1665 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1667 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1668 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1669 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1670 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1671 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1672 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1673 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1676 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1678 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1680 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1681 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1682 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1683 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1685 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1686 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1687 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1688 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1689 debian/rules to do this
1690 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1691 patches are incorporated upstream
1692 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1693 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1694 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1695 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1696 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1697 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1699 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1700 system closes: Bug#91249
1701 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1702 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1703 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1704 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1705 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1706 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1707 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1708 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1709 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1710 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1711 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1712 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1713 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1715 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1717 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1719 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1720 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1721 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1722 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1724 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1725 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1726 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1728 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1731 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1733 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1735 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1736 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1737 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1738 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1739 package for the time being
1740 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1741 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1742 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1743 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1744 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1745 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1746 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1747 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1748 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1749 Build-Depends arch syntax
1750 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1752 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1753 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1755 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1756 from policy maintenance duties.
1757 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1758 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1760 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1762 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1764 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1766 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1768 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1770 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1771 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1772 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1773 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1774 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1775 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1776 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1777 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1778 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1779 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1780 minor version number for this
1781 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1782 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1783 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1784 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1785 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1786 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1787 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1788 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1789 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1791 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1793 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1795 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1796 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1797 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1798 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1799 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1801 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1803 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1804 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1805 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1806 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1807 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1808 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1809 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1810 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1811 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1812 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1813 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1814 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1815 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1816 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1817 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1818 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1823 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1825 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1826 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1828 * Document the Enhances relationship
1829 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1830 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1831 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1832 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1833 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1834 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1836 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1838 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1839 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1840 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1841 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1843 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1844 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1845 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1846 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1847 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1849 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1851 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1853 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1854 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1855 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1857 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1858 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1859 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1860 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1861 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1862 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1863 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1864 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1865 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1867 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1869 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1871 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1873 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1874 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1875 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1876 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1877 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1878 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1879 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1880 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1881 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1882 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1883 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1884 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1885 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1886 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1887 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1888 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1889 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1890 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1891 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1892 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1893 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1894 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1896 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1897 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1901 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1903 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1904 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1905 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1906 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1907 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1908 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1909 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1910 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1911 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1912 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1913 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1914 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1915 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1916 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1917 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1918 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1919 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1920 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1921 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1922 list closes: Bug#53756
1923 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1924 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1925 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1926 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1927 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1928 policy closes: Bug#53760
1929 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1930 policy closes: Bug#53761
1931 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1932 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1933 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1934 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1935 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1936 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1937 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1938 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1939 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1940 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1941 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1943 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1944 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1945 to install with older fileutils.
1946 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1947 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1948 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1949 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1951 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1952 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1954 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1956 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1958 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1959 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1961 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1963 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1965 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1966 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1968 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1971 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1973 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1974 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1976 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1978 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1980 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1982 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1983 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1985 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1987 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1989 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1990 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1991 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1992 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1993 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1994 directoried (closes: #41547)
1995 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1996 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1997 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1998 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1999 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2000 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2001 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2002 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2003 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2004 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2005 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2007 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2008 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2009 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2010 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2011 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2012 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2013 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2015 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2016 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2017 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2018 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2020 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2022 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2024 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2025 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2027 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2029 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2031 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2032 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2034 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2036 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2038 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2039 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2041 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2042 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2043 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2044 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2045 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2046 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2047 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2048 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2049 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2050 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2051 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2052 this closes: Bug#38612
2053 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2054 before. closes: Bug#40864
2056 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2058 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2060 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2061 officially uploaded.
2062 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2064 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2065 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2066 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2068 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2069 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2070 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2071 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2072 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2073 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2075 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2076 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2077 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2079 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2081 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2082 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2083 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2084 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2085 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2087 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2089 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2091 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2092 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2093 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2094 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2095 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2096 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2097 there). closes: Bug#34233
2098 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2099 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2100 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2101 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2102 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2104 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2106 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2108 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2109 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2110 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2111 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2114 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2115 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2116 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2117 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2118 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2121 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2122 number. closes: BUG#25911
2124 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2125 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2126 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2127 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2128 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2129 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2131 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2132 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2133 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2136 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2137 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2138 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2140 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2141 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2142 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2143 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2145 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2146 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2147 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2149 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2151 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2152 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2153 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2154 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2155 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2156 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2157 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2158 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2161 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2163 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2164 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2167 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2169 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2171 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2173 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2175 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2177 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2178 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2179 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2180 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2181 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2182 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2183 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2184 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2186 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2187 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2189 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2191 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2193 * non-maintainer release
2194 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2195 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2197 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2198 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2199 * no content changes
2200 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2202 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2204 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2208 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2210 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2212 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2214 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2215 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2216 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2218 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2219 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2221 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2222 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2223 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2224 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2226 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2227 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2228 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2229 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2230 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2231 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2232 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2234 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2235 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2236 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2239 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2240 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2241 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2243 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2244 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2245 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2247 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2248 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2250 * New version numbering scheme:
2252 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2253 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2254 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2257 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2258 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2259 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2260 differ between the manuals.
2262 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2263 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2264 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2265 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2267 * Packaging changes:
2269 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2270 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2272 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2274 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2276 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2278 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2280 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2281 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2282 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2284 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2285 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2288 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2289 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2290 file extension as the referenced file
2292 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2293 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2295 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2296 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2297 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2298 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2301 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2302 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2303 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2305 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2306 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2307 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2308 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2311 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2312 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2315 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2316 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2317 reasonable default configuration
2319 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2320 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2321 by all news servers and clients
2323 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2324 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2325 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2326 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2327 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2329 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2330 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2333 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2335 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2336 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2338 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2341 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2342 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2344 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2345 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2347 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2349 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2351 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2353 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2354 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2355 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2356 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2358 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2360 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2361 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2362 * Don't use debstd anymore
2364 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2366 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2368 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2369 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2370 contrib/non-free policy
2371 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2372 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2373 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2374 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2375 - new section about `Daemons'
2376 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2377 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2378 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2379 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2380 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2381 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2382 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2383 * SGML source code included in package
2384 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2386 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2388 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2390 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2391 - completely reworked structure
2392 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2393 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2394 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2395 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2396 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2397 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2398 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2399 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2400 - mention "orphaned packages"
2401 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2402 distributions' policy
2403 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2404 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2405 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2406 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2407 - added section about arch spec strings
2408 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2409 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2410 - added section about "menus"
2411 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2412 the new documentation policy soon
2413 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2414 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2416 - added section about editors and pagers
2417 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2418 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2419 - added section about device files
2420 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2421 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2422 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2424 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2425 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2426 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2427 - Added new section about obsolete names
2428 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2429 * Fixed package's description
2431 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2433 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2435 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2439 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2441 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2442 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2443 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2444 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2446 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2448 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2450 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2451 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2452 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2454 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2455 and upload it "byhand" too.
2457 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2459 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2462 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2463 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2464 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2465 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2466 functionality must not have the same name.
2467 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2468 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2469 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2470 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2471 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2472 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2473 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2475 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2476 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2477 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2478 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2479 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2480 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2481 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2482 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2485 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2487 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2489 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2491 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2492 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2493 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2494 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2495 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2498 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2500 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2502 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2504 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2505 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2506 description of deb file format.
2507 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2508 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2510 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2512 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2513 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2515 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2517 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2519 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2520 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2521 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2522 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2523 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2524 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2525 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2526 packages in section on Procedure
2527 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2528 a package maintainer
2529 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2530 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2531 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2533 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2534 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2535 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2536 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2537 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2538 on various shlib files
2539 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2540 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2541 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2543 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2545 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2547 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2548 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2549 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2551 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2552 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2553 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2554 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2555 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2557 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2559 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2561 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2563 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2565 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2566 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2567 compatibility go in contrib.
2569 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2570 instructions in policy manual.
2571 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2574 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2576 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2578 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2579 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2580 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2581 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2583 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2584 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2587 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2589 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2591 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2592 * More detail about changelog format names.
2594 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2595 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2599 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2601 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2603 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2605 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2607 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2609 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2611 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2613 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2614 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2615 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2617 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2619 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2621 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2623 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2625 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2629 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100