1 debian-policy (3.8.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
5 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
7 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
8 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
12 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
15 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
16 Wording: Steve Langasek.
17 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
18 Seconded: Julien Cristau
22 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
23 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery
25 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
28 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
29 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery
32 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
33 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
34 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
35 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
38 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
39 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
42 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:46:35 -0500
44 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
47 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
51 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
52 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
56 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
57 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
61 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
62 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
65 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
66 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
68 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
69 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
74 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
75 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
79 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
80 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
84 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
85 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
89 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
90 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
94 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
95 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
99 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
100 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
101 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
102 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
103 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
104 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
105 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
106 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
107 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
108 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
109 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
110 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
111 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
112 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
113 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
115 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
116 Source field descriptions.
117 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
118 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
119 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
120 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
121 description says otherwise.
123 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
125 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
129 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
132 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
133 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
135 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
136 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
140 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
141 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
145 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
146 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
150 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
151 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
152 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
153 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
157 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
158 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
159 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
160 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
161 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
163 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
164 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
168 * Add myself to Uploaders.
171 * Add myself to Uploaders.
172 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
174 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
175 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
176 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
178 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
180 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
182 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
183 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
188 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
190 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
192 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
193 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
197 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
198 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
200 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
202 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
203 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
207 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
208 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
212 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
213 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
215 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
217 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
218 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
220 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
222 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
223 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
224 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
227 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
228 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
232 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
233 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
236 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
238 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
239 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
240 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
241 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
242 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
243 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
244 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
245 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
246 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
247 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
248 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
249 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
250 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
251 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
252 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
253 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
254 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
255 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
256 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
257 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
258 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
259 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
260 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
261 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
262 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
263 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
264 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
265 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
266 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
267 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
269 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
270 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
271 links was completed long ago.
272 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
274 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
276 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
279 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
281 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
283 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
286 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
287 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
288 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
289 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
290 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
291 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
292 Millan (Closes: #209008).
293 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
294 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
296 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
298 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
300 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
301 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
302 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
303 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
304 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
305 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
306 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
308 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
309 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
310 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
311 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
313 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
314 Küster (Closes: #403391).
315 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
316 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
317 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
318 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
319 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
320 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
324 Closes: #186700, #458910
325 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
326 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
330 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
331 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
332 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
333 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
334 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
335 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
336 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
338 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
339 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
341 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
342 * Add an md5sums control file.
343 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
344 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
345 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
346 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
347 currently part of policy.
348 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
349 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
350 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
353 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
355 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
358 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
359 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
360 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
361 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
362 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
363 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
364 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
365 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
366 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
368 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
369 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
370 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
371 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
372 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
374 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
376 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
377 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
378 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
380 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
381 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
382 list?" (Closes: #412634).
383 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
384 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
385 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
386 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
387 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
388 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
389 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
390 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
391 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
392 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
393 debconf specification.
394 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
395 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
397 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
399 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
401 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
402 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
404 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
405 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
407 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
410 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
411 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
412 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
413 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
415 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
416 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
417 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
418 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
419 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
420 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
421 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
422 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
423 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
424 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
425 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
426 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
427 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
428 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
429 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
430 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
432 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
434 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
435 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
436 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
437 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
439 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
440 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
441 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
443 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
445 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
448 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
449 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
451 Polo (Closes: #372497).
452 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
453 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
456 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
457 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
458 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
460 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
461 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
462 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
464 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
466 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
467 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
468 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
469 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
470 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
471 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
473 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
475 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
477 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
478 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
479 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
480 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
483 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
485 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
487 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
489 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
490 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
491 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
492 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
493 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
494 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
495 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
496 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
497 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
498 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
500 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
501 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
503 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
504 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
505 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
507 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
508 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
509 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
510 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
513 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
515 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
517 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
518 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
520 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
521 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
522 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
523 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
524 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
525 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
526 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
527 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
528 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
529 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
530 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
531 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
532 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
533 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
534 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
535 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
536 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
538 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
539 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
540 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
541 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
542 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
543 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
544 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
546 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
547 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
548 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
549 Hess (Closes: #362247).
550 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
551 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
552 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
553 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
554 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
555 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
556 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
557 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
558 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
559 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
560 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
561 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
563 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
564 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
566 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
567 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
568 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
569 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
570 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
571 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
572 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
573 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
574 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
575 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
576 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
578 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
580 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
583 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
584 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
585 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
586 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
588 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
589 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
590 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
591 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
592 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
593 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
594 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
595 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
597 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
598 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
599 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
600 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
601 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
602 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
603 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
604 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
605 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
606 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
607 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
609 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
610 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
611 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
612 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
613 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
614 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
615 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
618 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
620 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
622 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
623 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
624 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
625 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
627 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
628 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
629 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
630 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
632 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
634 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
637 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
638 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
639 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
640 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
641 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
642 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
643 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
644 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
645 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
646 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
649 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
650 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
652 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
653 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
654 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
655 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
656 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
657 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
658 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
660 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
661 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
662 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
663 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
665 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
666 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
667 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
668 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
669 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
670 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
671 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
672 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
674 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
675 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
676 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
677 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
678 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
679 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
680 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
681 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
683 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
684 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
685 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
686 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
687 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
688 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
689 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
690 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
692 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
694 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
697 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
698 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
699 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
700 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
701 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
702 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
703 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
704 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
705 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
707 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
708 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
709 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
710 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
711 this section. closes: Bug#248618
712 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
713 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
714 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
715 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
716 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
717 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
718 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
719 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
720 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
721 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
722 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
723 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
725 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
726 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
727 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
730 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
731 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
732 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
734 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
735 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
736 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
737 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
738 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
739 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
741 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
742 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
744 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
745 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
746 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
747 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
748 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
749 Closes: #185943, #237049
751 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
753 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
756 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
759 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
760 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
761 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
762 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
763 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
764 running. closes: Bug#187250
765 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
766 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
767 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
768 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
769 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
770 user closes: Bug#176506
772 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
774 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
777 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
778 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
779 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
780 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
781 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
782 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
783 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
784 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
785 deb-building toolchain.
786 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
787 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
788 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
789 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
790 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
791 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
792 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
793 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
794 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
795 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
796 sections about changelog files.
798 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
799 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
800 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
801 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
802 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
803 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
805 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
806 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
807 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
808 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
809 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
810 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
811 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
812 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
813 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
814 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
815 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
816 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
817 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
818 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
819 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
820 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
821 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
822 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
823 for the restructuring
825 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
827 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
832 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
833 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
834 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
835 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
836 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
837 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
839 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
840 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
841 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
842 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
843 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
844 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
845 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
847 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
848 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
849 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
850 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
852 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
854 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
858 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
859 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
860 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
861 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
862 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
864 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
865 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
866 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
867 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
869 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
870 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
871 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
872 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
873 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
874 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
875 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
876 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
877 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
879 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
880 script should start it, closes: #60979
881 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
882 "should", closes: #170019
883 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
884 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
885 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
886 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
887 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
888 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
889 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
890 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
893 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
895 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
898 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
899 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
900 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
901 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
902 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
903 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
904 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
905 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
906 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
908 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
909 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
910 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
911 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
912 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
913 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
914 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
915 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
916 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
918 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
919 file, closes: Bug#65764
921 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
923 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
925 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
926 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
927 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
928 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
929 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
930 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
931 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
932 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
933 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
934 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
935 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
936 details. closes: Bug#133030
937 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
938 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
941 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
943 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
945 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
946 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
947 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
948 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
949 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
950 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
951 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
952 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
953 not. closes: Bug#139820
954 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
955 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
956 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
957 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
958 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
959 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
960 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
961 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
962 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
963 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
965 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
967 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
968 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
969 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
970 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
971 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
972 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
973 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
974 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
975 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
976 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
977 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
978 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
979 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
980 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
981 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
982 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
983 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
984 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
985 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
986 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
988 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
989 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
990 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
991 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
992 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
993 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
994 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
996 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
997 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
998 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
999 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1000 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1001 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1002 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1003 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1004 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1006 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1008 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1011 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1012 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1013 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1014 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1015 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1016 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1017 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1018 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1019 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1020 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1021 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1022 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1023 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1024 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1025 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1026 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1027 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1028 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1029 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1030 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1031 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1032 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1034 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1036 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1039 medium, high, emergency.
1040 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1041 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1042 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1043 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1044 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1047 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1048 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1049 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1051 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1052 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1053 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1054 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1055 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1056 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1057 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1060 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1062 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1065 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1066 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1067 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1069 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1070 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1071 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1072 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1073 debian/rules to do this
1074 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1075 patches are incorporated upstream
1076 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1077 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1078 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1079 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1080 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1081 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1083 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1084 system closes: Bug#91249
1085 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1086 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1087 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1088 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1089 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1090 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1091 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1092 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1093 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1094 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1095 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1096 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1097 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1099 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1101 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1104 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1105 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1106 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1108 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1109 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1110 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1112 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1117 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1120 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1121 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1122 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1123 package for the time being
1124 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1125 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1126 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1127 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1128 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1129 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1130 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1131 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1132 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1133 Build-Depends arch syntax
1134 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1136 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1137 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1139 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1140 from policy maintenance duties.
1141 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1142 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1144 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1146 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1150 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1152 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1155 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1156 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1157 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1158 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1159 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1160 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1161 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1162 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1163 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1164 minor version number for this
1165 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1166 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1167 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1168 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1169 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1170 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1171 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1172 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1173 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1175 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1177 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1180 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1181 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1182 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1183 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1185 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1187 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1188 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1189 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1190 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1191 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1192 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1193 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1194 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1195 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1196 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1197 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1198 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1199 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1200 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1201 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1202 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1207 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1210 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1212 * Document the Enhances relationship
1213 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1214 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1215 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1216 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1217 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1218 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1220 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1222 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1223 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1224 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1225 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1227 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1228 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1229 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1230 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1231 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1233 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1235 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1237 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1238 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1239 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1241 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1242 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1243 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1244 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1245 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1246 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1247 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1248 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1249 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1251 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1255 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1258 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1259 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1260 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1261 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1262 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1263 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1264 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1265 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1266 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1267 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1268 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1269 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1270 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1271 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1272 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1273 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1274 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1275 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1276 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1277 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1278 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1280 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1281 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1283 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1285 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1288 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1289 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1290 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1291 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1292 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1293 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1294 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1295 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1296 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1297 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1298 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1299 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1300 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1301 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1302 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1303 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1304 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1305 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1306 list closes: Bug#53756
1307 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1308 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1309 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1310 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1311 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1312 policy closes: Bug#53760
1313 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1314 policy closes: Bug#53761
1315 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1316 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1317 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1318 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1319 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1320 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1321 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1322 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1323 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1324 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1325 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1327 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1328 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1329 to install with older fileutils.
1330 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1331 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1332 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1333 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1335 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1336 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1338 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1340 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1343 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1345 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1347 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1350 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1352 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1355 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1358 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1360 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1362 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1364 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1367 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1369 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1371 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1374 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1375 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1376 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1377 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1378 directoried (closes: #41547)
1379 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1380 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1381 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1382 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1383 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1384 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1385 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1386 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1387 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1388 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1389 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1391 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1392 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1393 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1394 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1395 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1396 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1397 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1399 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1400 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1401 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1402 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1404 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1406 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1408 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1409 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1411 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1413 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1415 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1416 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1418 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1420 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1423 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1425 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1426 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1427 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1428 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1429 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1430 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1431 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1432 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1433 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1434 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1435 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1436 this closes: Bug#38612
1437 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1438 before. closes: Bug#40864
1440 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1442 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1445 officially uploaded.
1446 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1448 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1449 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1450 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1452 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1453 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1454 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1455 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1456 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1457 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1459 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1460 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1461 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1463 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1465 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1466 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1467 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1468 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1469 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1471 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1473 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1475 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1476 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1477 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1478 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1479 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1480 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1481 there). closes: Bug#34233
1482 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1483 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1484 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1485 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1486 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1488 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1490 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1493 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1494 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1495 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1498 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1499 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1500 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1501 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1502 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1505 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1506 number. closes: BUG#25911
1508 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1509 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1510 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1511 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1512 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1513 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1515 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1516 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1517 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1520 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1521 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1522 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1524 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1525 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1526 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1527 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1529 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1530 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1531 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1533 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1535 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1536 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1537 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1538 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1539 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1540 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1541 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1542 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1545 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1547 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1548 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1551 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1553 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1555 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1557 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1559 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1562 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1563 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1564 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1565 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1566 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1567 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1568 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1570 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1571 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1573 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1575 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1577 * non-maintainer release
1578 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1579 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1581 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1582 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1583 * no content changes
1584 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1586 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1588 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1592 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1594 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1596 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1598 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1599 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1600 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1602 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1603 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1605 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1606 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1607 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1608 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1610 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1611 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1612 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1613 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1614 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1615 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1616 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1618 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1619 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1620 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1623 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1624 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1625 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1627 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1628 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1629 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1631 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1632 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1634 * New version numbering scheme:
1636 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1637 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1638 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1641 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1642 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1643 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1644 differ between the manuals.
1646 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1647 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1648 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1649 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1651 * Packaging changes:
1653 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1654 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1656 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1660 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1664 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1665 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1666 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1668 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1669 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1672 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1673 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1674 file extension as the referenced file
1676 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1677 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1679 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1680 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1681 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1682 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1685 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1686 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1687 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1689 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1690 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1691 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1692 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1695 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1696 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1699 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1700 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1701 reasonable default configuration
1703 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1704 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1705 by all news servers and clients
1707 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1708 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1709 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1710 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1711 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1713 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1714 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1717 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1719 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1720 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1722 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1725 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1726 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1728 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1729 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1731 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1733 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1735 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1737 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1738 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1739 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1740 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1742 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1744 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1745 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1746 * Don't use debstd anymore
1748 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1750 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1752 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1753 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1754 contrib/non-free policy
1755 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1756 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1757 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1758 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1759 - new section about `Daemons'
1760 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1761 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1762 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1763 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1764 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1765 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1766 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1767 * SGML source code included in package
1768 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1770 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1772 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1774 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1775 - completely reworked structure
1776 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1777 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1778 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1779 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1780 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1781 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1782 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1783 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1784 - mention "orphaned packages"
1785 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1786 distributions' policy
1787 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1788 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1789 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1790 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1791 - added section about arch spec strings
1792 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1793 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1794 - added section about "menus"
1795 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1796 the new documentation policy soon
1797 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1798 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1800 - added section about editors and pagers
1801 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1802 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1803 - added section about device files
1804 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1805 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1806 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1808 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1809 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1810 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1811 - Added new section about obsolete names
1812 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1813 * Fixed package's description
1815 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1817 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1819 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1821 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1823 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1825 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1826 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1827 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1828 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1830 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1832 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1834 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1835 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1836 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1838 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1839 and upload it "byhand" too.
1841 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1843 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1846 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1847 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1848 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1849 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1850 functionality must not have the same name.
1851 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1852 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1853 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1854 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1855 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1856 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1857 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1859 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1860 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1861 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1862 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1863 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1864 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1865 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1866 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1869 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1871 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1873 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1875 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1876 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1877 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1878 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1879 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1882 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1884 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1886 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1888 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1889 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1890 description of deb file format.
1891 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1892 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1894 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1896 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1897 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1899 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1901 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1903 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1904 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1905 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1906 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1907 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1908 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1909 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1910 packages in section on Procedure
1911 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1912 a package maintainer
1913 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1914 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1915 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1917 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1918 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1919 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1920 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1921 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1922 on various shlib files
1923 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1924 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1925 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1927 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1929 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1931 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1932 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1933 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1935 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1936 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1937 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1938 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1939 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1941 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1943 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1945 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1947 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1949 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1950 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1951 compatibility go in contrib.
1953 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1954 instructions in policy manual.
1955 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1958 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1960 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1962 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1963 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1964 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1965 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1967 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1968 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1971 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1973 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1975 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1976 * More detail about changelog format names.
1978 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1979 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1983 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1985 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1987 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1989 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1991 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1993 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1995 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1997 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1998 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1999 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2001 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2003 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2005 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2007 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2009 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2013 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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