1 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
7 Closes: #459868, #581011
8 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
14 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
16 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
21 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
33 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
34 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
35 machine. (Closes: #591857)
36 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
37 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
38 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
39 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
40 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
41 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
42 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
43 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
44 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
45 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
47 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
48 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
49 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
50 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
51 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
52 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
53 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
54 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
55 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
56 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
57 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
58 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
59 than the version in oldstable.
60 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
61 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
62 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
63 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
64 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
65 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
66 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
67 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
68 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
70 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:47:47 -0700
72 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
75 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
80 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
81 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
90 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
91 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
101 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
105 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
110 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
111 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
113 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
115 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
116 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
118 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
120 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
121 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
126 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
127 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
132 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
133 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
137 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
138 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
142 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
147 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
152 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
153 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
157 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
158 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
162 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
164 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
165 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
166 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
167 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
168 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
169 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
170 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
171 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
172 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
174 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
175 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
176 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
177 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
178 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
179 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
181 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
183 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
186 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
189 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
192 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
193 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
194 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
195 and distribution license' (three times).
196 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
197 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
202 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
204 Proposed by Santiago Vila
205 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
212 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
213 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
217 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
218 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
219 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
222 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
224 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
225 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
229 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
230 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
233 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
235 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
236 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
239 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
241 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
242 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
245 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
247 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
248 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
249 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
252 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
253 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
258 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
259 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
263 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
264 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
268 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
269 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
274 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
275 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
276 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
279 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
280 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
285 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
286 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
290 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
291 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
292 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
293 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
294 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
295 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
296 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
297 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
298 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
299 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
300 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
301 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
302 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
303 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
304 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
305 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
306 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
307 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
308 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
309 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
310 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
311 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
312 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
313 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
314 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
315 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
316 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
317 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
318 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
319 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
320 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
321 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
323 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
325 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
327 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
331 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
333 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
334 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
338 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
341 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
342 Wording: Steve Langasek.
343 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
344 Seconded: Julien Cristau
345 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
348 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
349 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
350 Seconded: Russ Allbery
351 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
354 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
355 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
356 Seconded: Russ Allbery
358 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
359 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
360 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
361 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
362 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
363 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
364 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
365 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
368 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
369 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
370 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
371 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
372 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
373 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
374 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
376 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
377 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
378 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
379 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
380 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
381 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
382 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
385 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
386 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
387 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
388 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
389 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
391 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
394 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
395 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
398 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
399 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
402 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
404 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
406 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
407 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
411 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
412 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
413 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
416 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
417 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
418 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
421 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
422 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
425 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
426 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
428 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
429 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
434 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
435 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
439 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
440 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
444 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
445 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
449 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
450 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
451 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
454 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
455 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
459 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
460 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
461 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
462 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
463 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
464 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
465 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
466 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
467 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
468 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
469 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
470 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
471 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
472 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
473 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
475 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
476 Source field descriptions.
477 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
478 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
479 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
480 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
481 description says otherwise.
483 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
485 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
488 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
489 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
490 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
492 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
493 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
495 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
496 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
500 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
501 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
505 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
506 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
510 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
511 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
512 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
513 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
517 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
518 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
519 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
520 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
521 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
523 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
524 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
528 * Add myself to Uploaders.
531 * Add myself to Uploaders.
532 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
534 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
535 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
536 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
538 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
540 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
542 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
543 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
547 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
548 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
550 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
552 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
553 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
557 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
558 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
560 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
562 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
563 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
567 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
568 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
572 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
573 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
574 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
575 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
577 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
578 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
580 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
582 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
583 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
584 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
587 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
588 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
589 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
590 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
592 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
593 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
594 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
595 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
596 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
598 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
599 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
600 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
601 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
602 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
603 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
604 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
605 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
606 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
607 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
608 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
609 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
610 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
611 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
612 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
613 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
614 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
615 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
616 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
617 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
618 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
619 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
620 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
621 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
622 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
623 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
624 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
625 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
626 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
627 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
629 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
630 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
631 links was completed long ago.
632 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
634 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
636 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
638 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
639 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
641 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
643 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
646 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
647 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
648 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
649 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
650 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
651 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
652 Millan (Closes: #209008).
653 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
654 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
656 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
658 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
660 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
661 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
662 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
663 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
664 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
665 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
666 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
668 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
669 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
670 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
671 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
673 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
674 Küster (Closes: #403391).
675 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
676 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
677 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
678 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
679 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
680 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
681 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
682 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
684 Closes: #186700, #458910
685 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
686 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
687 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
689 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
690 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
691 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
692 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
693 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
694 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
695 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
696 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
698 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
699 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
701 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
702 * Add an md5sums control file.
703 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
704 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
705 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
706 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
707 currently part of policy.
708 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
709 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
710 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
713 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
715 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
717 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
718 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
719 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
720 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
721 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
722 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
723 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
724 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
725 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
726 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
727 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
728 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
729 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
730 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
731 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
732 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
734 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
736 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
737 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
738 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
740 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
741 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
742 list?" (Closes: #412634).
743 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
744 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
745 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
746 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
747 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
748 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
749 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
750 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
751 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
752 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
753 debconf specification.
754 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
755 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
757 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
759 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
761 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
762 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
763 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
764 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
765 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
767 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
769 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
770 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
771 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
772 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
773 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
775 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
776 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
777 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
778 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
779 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
780 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
781 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
782 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
783 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
784 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
785 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
786 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
787 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
788 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
789 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
790 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
792 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
794 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
795 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
796 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
797 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
798 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
799 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
800 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
801 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
803 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
805 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
807 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
808 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
809 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
810 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
811 Polo (Closes: #372497).
812 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
813 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
815 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
816 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
817 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
818 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
819 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
820 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
821 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
822 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
823 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
824 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
826 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
827 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
828 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
829 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
830 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
831 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
833 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
835 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
837 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
838 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
839 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
840 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
842 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
843 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
845 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
847 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
849 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
850 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
851 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
852 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
853 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
854 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
855 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
856 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
857 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
858 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
860 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
861 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
862 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
863 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
864 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
865 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
866 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
867 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
868 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
869 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
870 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
873 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
875 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
877 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
878 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
879 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
880 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
881 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
882 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
883 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
884 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
885 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
886 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
887 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
888 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
889 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
890 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
891 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
892 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
893 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
894 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
895 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
896 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
897 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
898 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
899 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
900 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
901 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
902 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
903 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
904 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
906 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
907 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
908 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
909 Hess (Closes: #362247).
910 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
911 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
912 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
913 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
914 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
915 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
916 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
917 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
918 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
919 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
920 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
921 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
923 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
924 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
926 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
927 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
929 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
930 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
931 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
932 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
933 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
934 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
935 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
936 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
938 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
940 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
943 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
944 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
945 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
946 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
947 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
948 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
949 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
950 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
951 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
952 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
953 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
954 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
955 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
957 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
958 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
959 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
960 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
961 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
962 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
963 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
965 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
966 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
967 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
968 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
969 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
970 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
971 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
972 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
973 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
974 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
975 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
978 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
980 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
983 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
984 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
985 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
987 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
988 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
989 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
990 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
992 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
994 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
997 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
998 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
999 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1000 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1001 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1002 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1003 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1004 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1005 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1006 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1009 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1010 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1012 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1013 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1014 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1015 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1016 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1017 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1018 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1020 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1021 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1022 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1023 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1025 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1026 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1027 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1028 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1029 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1030 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1031 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1032 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1034 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1035 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1036 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1037 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1038 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1039 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1040 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1041 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1042 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1043 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1044 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1045 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1046 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1047 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1048 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1049 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1050 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1052 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1054 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1058 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1059 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1060 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1061 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1062 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1063 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1064 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1065 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1067 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1068 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1069 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1070 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1071 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1072 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1073 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1074 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1075 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1076 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1077 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1078 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1079 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1080 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1081 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1082 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1083 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1085 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1086 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1087 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1090 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1091 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1092 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1094 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1095 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1096 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1097 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1098 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1099 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1101 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1102 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1104 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1105 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1106 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1107 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1108 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1109 Closes: #185943, #237049
1111 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1113 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1119 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1120 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1121 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1122 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1123 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1124 running. closes: Bug#187250
1125 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1126 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1127 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1128 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1129 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1130 user closes: Bug#176506
1132 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1134 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1138 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1139 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1140 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1141 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1142 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1143 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1144 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1145 deb-building toolchain.
1146 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1147 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1148 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1149 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1150 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1151 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1152 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1153 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1154 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1155 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1156 sections about changelog files.
1158 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1159 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1160 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1161 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1162 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1163 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1165 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1166 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1167 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1168 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1169 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1170 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1171 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1172 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1173 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1174 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1175 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1176 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1177 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1178 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1179 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1180 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1181 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1182 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1183 for the restructuring
1185 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1187 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1192 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1193 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1194 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1195 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1196 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1197 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1199 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1200 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1201 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1202 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1203 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1204 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1205 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1207 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1208 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1209 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1210 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1212 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1214 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1218 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1219 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1220 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1221 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1222 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1224 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1225 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1226 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1227 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1229 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1230 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1231 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1232 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1233 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1234 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1235 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1236 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1237 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1238 offtopic stuff, too.
1239 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1240 script should start it, closes: #60979
1241 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1242 "should", closes: #170019
1243 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1244 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1245 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1246 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1247 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1248 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1249 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1250 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1255 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1259 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1260 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1261 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1262 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1263 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1264 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1265 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1266 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1268 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1269 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1270 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1271 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1272 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1273 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1274 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1275 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1276 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1278 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1279 file, closes: Bug#65764
1281 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1283 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1286 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1287 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1288 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1289 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1290 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1291 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1292 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1293 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1294 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1295 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1296 details. closes: Bug#133030
1297 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1298 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1299 parts of Bug#161455.
1301 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1303 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1306 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1307 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1308 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1309 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1310 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1311 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1312 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1313 not. closes: Bug#139820
1314 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1315 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1316 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1317 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1318 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1319 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1320 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1321 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1322 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1323 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1325 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1327 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1328 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1329 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1330 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1331 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1332 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1333 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1334 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1335 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1336 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1337 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1338 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1339 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1340 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1341 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1342 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1343 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1344 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1345 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1346 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1348 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1349 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1350 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1351 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1352 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1353 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1354 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1356 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1357 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1358 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1359 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1360 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1361 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1362 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1363 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1364 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1366 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1368 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1371 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1372 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1373 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1374 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1375 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1376 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1377 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1378 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1379 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1380 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1381 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1382 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1383 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1384 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1385 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1386 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1387 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1388 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1389 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1390 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1391 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1392 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1394 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1396 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1399 medium, high, emergency.
1400 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1401 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1402 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1403 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1404 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1407 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1408 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1409 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1411 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1412 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1413 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1414 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1415 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1416 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1417 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1420 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1422 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1425 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1426 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1427 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1429 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1430 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1431 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1432 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1433 debian/rules to do this
1434 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1435 patches are incorporated upstream
1436 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1437 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1438 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1439 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1440 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1441 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1443 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1444 system closes: Bug#91249
1445 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1446 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1447 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1448 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1449 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1450 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1451 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1452 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1453 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1454 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1455 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1456 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1457 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1459 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1461 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1463 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1464 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1465 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1466 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1468 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1469 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1470 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1472 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1475 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1477 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1480 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1481 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1482 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1483 package for the time being
1484 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1485 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1486 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1487 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1488 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1489 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1490 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1491 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1492 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1493 Build-Depends arch syntax
1494 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1496 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1497 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1499 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1500 from policy maintenance duties.
1501 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1502 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1504 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1506 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1508 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1510 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1512 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1515 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1516 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1517 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1518 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1519 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1520 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1521 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1522 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1523 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1524 minor version number for this
1525 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1526 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1527 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1528 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1529 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1530 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1531 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1532 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1533 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1535 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1537 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1539 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1540 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1541 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1542 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1543 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1545 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1547 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1548 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1549 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1550 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1551 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1552 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1553 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1554 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1555 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1556 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1557 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1558 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1559 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1560 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1561 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1562 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1567 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1569 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1570 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1572 * Document the Enhances relationship
1573 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1574 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1575 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1576 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1577 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1578 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1580 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1582 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1583 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1584 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1585 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1587 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1588 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1589 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1590 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1591 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1593 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1595 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1597 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1598 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1599 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1601 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1602 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1603 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1604 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1605 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1606 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1607 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1608 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1609 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1611 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1613 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1615 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1617 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1618 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1619 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1620 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1621 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1622 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1623 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1624 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1625 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1626 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1627 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1628 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1629 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1630 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1631 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1632 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1633 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1634 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1635 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1636 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1637 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1638 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1640 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1641 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1643 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1645 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1647 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1648 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1649 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1650 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1651 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1652 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1653 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1654 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1655 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1656 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1657 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1658 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1659 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1660 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1661 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1662 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1663 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1664 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1665 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1666 list closes: Bug#53756
1667 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1668 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1669 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1670 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1671 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1672 policy closes: Bug#53760
1673 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1674 policy closes: Bug#53761
1675 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1676 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1677 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1678 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1679 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1680 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1681 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1682 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1683 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1684 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1685 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1687 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1688 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1689 to install with older fileutils.
1690 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1691 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1692 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1693 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1695 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1696 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1698 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1700 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1702 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1703 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1705 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1707 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1709 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1710 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1712 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1715 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1717 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1718 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1720 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1722 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1724 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1726 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1727 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1729 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1731 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1734 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1735 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1736 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1737 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1738 directoried (closes: #41547)
1739 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1740 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1741 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1742 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1743 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1744 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1745 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1746 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1747 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1748 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1749 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1751 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1752 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1753 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1754 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1755 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1756 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1757 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1759 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1760 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1761 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1762 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1764 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1766 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1768 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1769 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1771 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1773 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1775 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1776 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1778 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1780 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1782 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1783 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1785 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1786 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1787 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1788 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1789 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1790 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1791 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1792 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1793 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1794 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1795 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1796 this closes: Bug#38612
1797 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1798 before. closes: Bug#40864
1800 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1802 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1804 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1805 officially uploaded.
1806 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1808 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1809 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1810 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1812 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1813 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1814 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1815 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1816 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1817 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1819 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1820 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1821 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1823 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1825 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1826 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1827 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1828 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1829 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1831 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1833 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1835 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1836 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1837 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1838 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1839 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1840 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1841 there). closes: Bug#34233
1842 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1843 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1844 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1845 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1846 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1848 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1850 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1852 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1853 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1854 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1855 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1858 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1859 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1860 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1861 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1862 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1865 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1866 number. closes: BUG#25911
1868 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1869 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1870 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1871 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1872 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1873 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1875 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1876 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1877 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1880 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1881 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1882 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1884 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1885 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1886 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1887 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1889 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1890 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1891 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1893 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1895 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1896 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1897 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1898 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1899 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1900 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1901 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1902 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1905 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1907 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1908 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1911 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1913 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1915 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1917 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1919 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1921 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1922 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1923 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1924 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1925 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1926 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1927 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1928 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1930 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1931 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1933 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1935 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1937 * non-maintainer release
1938 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1939 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1941 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1942 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1943 * no content changes
1944 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1946 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1948 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1952 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1954 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1956 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1958 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1959 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1960 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1962 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1963 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1965 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1966 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1967 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1968 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1970 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1971 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1972 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1973 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1974 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1975 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1976 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1978 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1979 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1980 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1983 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1984 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1985 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1987 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1988 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1989 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1991 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1992 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1994 * New version numbering scheme:
1996 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1997 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1998 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2001 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2002 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2003 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2004 differ between the manuals.
2006 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2007 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2008 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2009 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2011 * Packaging changes:
2013 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2014 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2016 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2018 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2020 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2022 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2024 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2025 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2026 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2028 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2029 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2032 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2033 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2034 file extension as the referenced file
2036 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2037 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2039 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2040 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2041 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2042 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2045 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2046 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2047 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2049 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2050 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2051 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2052 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2055 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2056 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2059 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2060 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2061 reasonable default configuration
2063 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2064 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2065 by all news servers and clients
2067 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2068 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2069 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2070 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2071 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2073 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2074 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2077 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2079 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2080 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2082 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2085 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2086 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2088 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2089 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2091 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2093 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2095 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2097 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2098 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2099 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2100 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2102 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2104 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2105 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2106 * Don't use debstd anymore
2108 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2110 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2112 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2113 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2114 contrib/non-free policy
2115 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2116 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2117 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2118 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2119 - new section about `Daemons'
2120 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2121 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2122 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2123 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2124 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2125 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2126 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2127 * SGML source code included in package
2128 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2130 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2132 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2134 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2135 - completely reworked structure
2136 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2137 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2138 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2139 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2140 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2141 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2142 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2143 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2144 - mention "orphaned packages"
2145 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2146 distributions' policy
2147 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2148 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2149 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2150 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2151 - added section about arch spec strings
2152 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2153 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2154 - added section about "menus"
2155 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2156 the new documentation policy soon
2157 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2158 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2160 - added section about editors and pagers
2161 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2162 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2163 - added section about device files
2164 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2165 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2166 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2168 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2169 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2170 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2171 - Added new section about obsolete names
2172 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2173 * Fixed package's description
2175 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2177 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2179 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2181 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2183 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2185 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2186 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2187 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2188 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2190 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2192 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2194 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2195 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2196 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2198 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2199 and upload it "byhand" too.
2201 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2203 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2206 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2207 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2208 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2209 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2210 functionality must not have the same name.
2211 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2212 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2213 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2214 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2215 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2216 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2217 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2219 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2220 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2221 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2222 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2223 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2224 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2225 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2226 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2229 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2231 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2233 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2235 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2236 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2237 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2238 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2239 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2242 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2244 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2246 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2248 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2249 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2250 description of deb file format.
2251 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2252 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2254 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2256 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2257 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2259 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2261 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2263 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2264 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2265 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2266 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2267 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2268 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2269 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2270 packages in section on Procedure
2271 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2272 a package maintainer
2273 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2274 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2275 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2277 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2278 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2279 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2280 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2281 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2282 on various shlib files
2283 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2284 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2285 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2287 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2289 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2291 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2292 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2293 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2295 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2296 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2297 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2298 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2299 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2301 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2303 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2305 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2307 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2309 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2310 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2311 compatibility go in contrib.
2313 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2314 instructions in policy manual.
2315 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2318 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2320 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2322 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2323 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2324 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2325 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2327 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2328 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2331 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2333 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2335 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2336 * More detail about changelog format names.
2338 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2339 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2343 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2345 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2347 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2349 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2351 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2353 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2355 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2357 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2358 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2359 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2361 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2363 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2365 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2367 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2369 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2373 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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