1 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
4 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
5 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
7 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
8 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
9 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
15 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
16 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
21 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
25 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
26 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
33 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
40 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
44 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:30:33 -0700
46 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
49 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
50 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
51 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
52 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
54 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
55 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
56 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
57 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
58 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
59 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
60 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
61 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
62 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
63 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
64 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
65 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
66 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
67 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
68 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
69 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
70 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
72 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
73 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
74 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
75 good to know which version one is looking at.
76 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
77 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
78 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
79 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
80 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
81 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
82 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
84 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
85 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
86 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
87 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
88 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
90 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
91 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
92 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
94 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
95 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
96 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
97 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
99 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
101 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
105 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
106 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
107 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
108 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
109 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
110 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
111 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
112 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
113 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
114 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
119 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
120 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
125 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
126 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
127 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
130 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
132 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
133 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
137 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
141 Closes: #620870, #532120
142 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
143 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
148 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
149 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
150 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
154 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
155 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
156 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
157 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
158 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
160 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
161 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
162 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
163 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
164 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
165 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
166 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
167 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
168 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
169 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
170 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
171 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
172 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
173 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
174 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
175 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
177 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
179 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
180 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
181 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
182 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
183 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
184 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
185 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
186 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
187 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
188 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
191 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
193 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
194 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
195 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
196 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
201 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
202 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
204 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
205 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
206 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
207 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
210 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
212 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
216 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
217 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
218 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
221 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
222 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
223 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
225 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
226 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
232 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
233 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
234 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
237 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
238 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
243 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
244 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
245 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
246 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
249 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
250 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
251 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
254 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
255 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
260 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
262 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
265 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
268 Closes: #459868, #581011
269 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
270 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
272 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
274 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
275 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
277 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
280 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
282 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
284 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
285 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
289 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
290 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
293 Closes: #501930, #593909
294 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
295 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
299 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
300 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
301 machine. (Closes: #591857)
302 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
303 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
304 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
305 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
306 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
307 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
308 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
309 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
310 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
311 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
313 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
314 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
315 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
316 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
317 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
318 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
319 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
320 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
321 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
322 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
323 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
324 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
325 than the version in oldstable.
326 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
327 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
328 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
329 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
330 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
331 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
332 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
333 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
334 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
335 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
336 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
337 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
338 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
339 package. (Closes: #609160)
341 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
343 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
351 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
352 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
356 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
357 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
361 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
362 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
366 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
367 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
371 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
372 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
376 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
377 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
381 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
382 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
384 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
386 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
387 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
389 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
391 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
392 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
394 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
397 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
398 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
403 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
404 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
405 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
408 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
409 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
413 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
414 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
418 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
419 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
423 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
424 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
428 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
429 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
433 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
435 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
436 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
437 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
438 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
439 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
440 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
441 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
442 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
443 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
445 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
446 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
447 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
448 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
449 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
450 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
452 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
454 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
457 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
460 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
463 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
464 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
465 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
466 and distribution license' (three times).
467 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
468 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
473 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
475 Proposed by Santiago Vila
476 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
483 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
484 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
485 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
486 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
488 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
489 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
490 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
493 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
495 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
496 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
500 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
501 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
504 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
506 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
507 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
509 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
510 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
512 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
513 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
516 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
518 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
519 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
520 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
523 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
524 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
529 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
530 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
534 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
535 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
539 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
540 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
541 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
545 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
546 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
547 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
548 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
550 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
551 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
556 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
557 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
561 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
562 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
563 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
564 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
565 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
566 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
567 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
568 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
569 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
570 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
571 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
572 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
573 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
574 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
575 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
576 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
577 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
578 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
579 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
580 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
581 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
582 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
583 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
584 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
585 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
586 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
587 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
588 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
589 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
590 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
591 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
592 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
594 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
596 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
598 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
602 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
604 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
605 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
609 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
612 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
613 Wording: Steve Langasek.
614 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
615 Seconded: Julien Cristau
616 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
619 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
620 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
621 Seconded: Russ Allbery
622 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
625 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
626 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
627 Seconded: Russ Allbery
629 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
630 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
631 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
632 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
633 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
634 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
635 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
636 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
637 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
639 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
640 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
641 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
642 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
643 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
644 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
645 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
647 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
648 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
649 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
650 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
651 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
652 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
653 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
654 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
656 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
657 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
658 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
659 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
660 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
662 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
665 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
666 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
667 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
669 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
670 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
673 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
675 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
677 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
678 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
679 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
680 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
682 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
683 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
685 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
687 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
688 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
690 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
692 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
693 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
695 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
696 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
697 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
699 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
700 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
701 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
702 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
703 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
705 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
706 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
707 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
710 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
711 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
712 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
715 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
716 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
717 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
718 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
720 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
721 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
722 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
723 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
725 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
726 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
727 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
728 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
730 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
731 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
732 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
733 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
734 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
735 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
736 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
737 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
738 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
739 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
740 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
741 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
742 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
743 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
744 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
746 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
747 Source field descriptions.
748 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
749 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
750 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
751 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
752 description says otherwise.
754 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
756 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
759 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
760 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
761 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
762 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
763 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
764 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
766 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
767 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
768 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
769 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
771 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
772 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
774 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
776 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
777 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
778 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
781 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
782 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
783 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
784 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
788 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
789 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
790 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
791 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
792 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
794 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
795 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
797 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
799 * Add myself to Uploaders.
802 * Add myself to Uploaders.
803 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
805 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
806 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
807 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
809 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
811 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
814 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
815 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
816 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
818 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
819 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
820 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
821 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
823 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
824 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
825 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
826 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
828 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
829 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
830 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
831 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
833 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
834 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
835 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
836 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
838 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
839 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
840 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
841 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
843 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
844 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
845 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
846 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
848 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
849 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
851 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
853 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
854 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
855 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
856 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
858 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
859 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
860 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
863 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
864 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
865 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
866 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
867 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
869 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
870 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
871 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
872 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
873 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
874 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
875 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
876 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
877 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
878 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
879 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
880 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
881 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
882 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
883 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
884 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
885 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
886 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
887 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
888 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
889 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
890 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
891 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
892 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
893 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
894 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
895 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
896 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
897 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
898 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
900 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
901 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
902 links was completed long ago.
903 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
905 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
907 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
910 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
912 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
914 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
916 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
917 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
918 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
919 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
920 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
921 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
922 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
923 Millan (Closes: #209008).
924 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
925 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
927 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
929 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
931 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
932 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
933 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
934 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
935 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
936 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
937 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
939 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
940 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
941 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
942 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
944 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
945 Küster (Closes: #403391).
946 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
947 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
948 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
949 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
950 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
951 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
952 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
953 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
954 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
955 Closes: #186700, #458910
956 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
957 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
958 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
960 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
961 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
962 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
963 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
964 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
965 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
966 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
967 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
969 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
970 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
972 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
973 * Add an md5sums control file.
974 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
975 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
976 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
977 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
978 currently part of policy.
979 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
980 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
981 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
984 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
986 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
989 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
990 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
991 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
992 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
993 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
994 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
995 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
996 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
997 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
998 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
999 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1000 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1001 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1002 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1003 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1005 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1007 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1008 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1009 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1011 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1012 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1013 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1014 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1015 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1016 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1017 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1018 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1019 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1020 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1021 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1022 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1023 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1024 debconf specification.
1025 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1026 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1028 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1030 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1033 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1034 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1035 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1036 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1038 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1040 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1041 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1042 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1043 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1044 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1046 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1047 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1048 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1049 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1050 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1051 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1052 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1053 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1054 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1055 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1056 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1057 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1058 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1059 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1060 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1061 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1063 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1065 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1066 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1067 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1068 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1069 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1070 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1071 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1072 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1074 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1076 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1079 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1080 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1081 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1082 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1083 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1084 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1086 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1087 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1088 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1089 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1090 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1091 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1092 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1093 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1094 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1095 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1097 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1098 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1099 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1100 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1101 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1102 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1104 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1106 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1109 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1110 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1111 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1113 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1114 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1116 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1118 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1121 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1122 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1123 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1124 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1125 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1126 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1127 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1128 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1129 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1131 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1132 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1134 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1135 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1136 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1138 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1140 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1141 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1144 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1146 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1149 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1150 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1151 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1152 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1153 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1154 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1155 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1156 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1157 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1158 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1159 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1160 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1161 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1162 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1163 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1164 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1165 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1166 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1167 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1169 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1170 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1171 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1172 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1173 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1174 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1175 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1177 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1178 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1179 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1180 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1182 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1183 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1184 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1185 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1186 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1187 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1188 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1189 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1190 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1191 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1192 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1195 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1197 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1198 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1200 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1201 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1202 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1203 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1204 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1205 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1206 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1207 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1209 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1211 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1215 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1217 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1219 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1220 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1221 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1223 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1224 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1225 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1229 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1231 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1232 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1234 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1236 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1238 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1240 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1242 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1243 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1244 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1246 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1251 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1254 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1255 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1256 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1258 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1259 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1261 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1263 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1265 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1269 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1270 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1271 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1272 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1274 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1275 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1276 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1277 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1280 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1281 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1284 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1285 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1287 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1288 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1289 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1291 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1292 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1293 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1294 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1297 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1298 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1299 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1301 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1302 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1303 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1306 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1307 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1308 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1310 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1311 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1312 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1314 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1315 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1316 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1317 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1318 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1319 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1320 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1321 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1323 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1325 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1328 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1329 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1330 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1331 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1332 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1333 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1334 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1335 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1336 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1338 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1339 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1340 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1341 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1342 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1343 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1344 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1345 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1346 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1347 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1348 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1349 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1351 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1352 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1353 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1356 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1357 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1358 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1361 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1362 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1363 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1365 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1366 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1367 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1368 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1369 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1370 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1372 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1373 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1375 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1376 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1377 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1378 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1379 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1380 Closes: #185943, #237049
1382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1384 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1390 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1391 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1392 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1393 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1394 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1395 running. closes: Bug#187250
1396 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1397 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1398 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1399 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1400 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1401 user closes: Bug#176506
1403 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1405 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1409 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1410 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1411 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1412 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1413 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1414 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1415 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1416 deb-building toolchain.
1417 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1418 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1419 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1420 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1421 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1422 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1423 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1424 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1425 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1426 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1427 sections about changelog files.
1429 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1430 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1431 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1432 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1433 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1434 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1436 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1437 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1438 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1439 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1440 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1441 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1442 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1443 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1444 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1445 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1446 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1447 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1448 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1449 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1450 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1451 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1452 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1453 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1454 for the restructuring
1456 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1458 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1463 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1464 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1465 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1466 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1467 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1468 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1470 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1471 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1472 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1473 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1474 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1475 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1476 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1478 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1479 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1480 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1481 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1483 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1485 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1488 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1489 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1490 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1491 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1492 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1493 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1495 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1496 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1497 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1498 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1500 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1501 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1502 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1503 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1504 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1505 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1506 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1507 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1508 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1509 offtopic stuff, too.
1510 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1511 script should start it, closes: #60979
1512 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1513 "should", closes: #170019
1514 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1515 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1516 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1517 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1518 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1519 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1520 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1521 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1524 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1526 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1530 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1531 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1532 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1533 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1534 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1535 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1536 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1537 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1539 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1540 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1541 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1542 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1543 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1544 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1545 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1546 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1547 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1549 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1550 file, closes: Bug#65764
1552 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1554 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1556 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1557 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1558 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1559 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1560 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1561 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1562 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1563 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1564 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1565 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1566 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1567 details. closes: Bug#133030
1568 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1569 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1570 parts of Bug#161455.
1572 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1574 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1576 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1577 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1578 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1579 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1580 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1581 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1582 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1583 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1584 not. closes: Bug#139820
1585 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1586 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1587 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1588 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1589 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1590 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1591 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1592 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1593 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1594 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1596 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1598 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1599 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1600 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1601 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1602 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1603 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1604 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1605 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1606 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1607 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1608 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1609 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1610 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1611 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1612 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1613 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1614 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1615 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1616 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1617 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1619 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1620 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1621 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1622 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1623 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1624 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1625 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1627 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1628 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1629 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1630 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1631 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1632 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1633 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1634 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1635 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1637 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1639 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1641 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1642 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1643 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1644 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1645 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1646 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1647 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1648 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1649 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1650 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1651 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1652 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1653 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1654 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1655 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1656 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1657 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1658 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1659 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1660 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1661 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1662 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1663 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1665 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1667 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1669 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1670 medium, high, emergency.
1671 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1672 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1673 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1674 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1675 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1678 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1679 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1680 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1682 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1683 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1684 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1685 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1686 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1687 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1688 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1691 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1693 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1695 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1696 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1697 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1698 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1700 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1701 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1702 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1703 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1704 debian/rules to do this
1705 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1706 patches are incorporated upstream
1707 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1708 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1709 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1710 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1711 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1712 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1714 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1715 system closes: Bug#91249
1716 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1717 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1718 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1719 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1720 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1721 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1722 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1723 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1724 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1725 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1726 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1727 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1728 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1730 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1732 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1734 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1735 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1736 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1737 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1739 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1740 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1741 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1743 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1746 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1748 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1750 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1751 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1752 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1753 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1754 package for the time being
1755 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1756 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1757 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1758 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1759 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1760 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1761 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1762 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1763 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1764 Build-Depends arch syntax
1765 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1767 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1768 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1770 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1771 from policy maintenance duties.
1772 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1773 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1775 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1777 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1779 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1781 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1783 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1785 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1786 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1787 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1788 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1789 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1790 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1791 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1792 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1793 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1794 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1795 minor version number for this
1796 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1797 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1798 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1799 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1800 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1801 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1802 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1803 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1804 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1806 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1808 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1810 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1811 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1812 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1813 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1814 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1816 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1818 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1819 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1820 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1821 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1822 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1823 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1824 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1825 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1826 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1827 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1828 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1829 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1830 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1831 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1832 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1833 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1836 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1838 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1840 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1841 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1843 * Document the Enhances relationship
1844 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1845 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1846 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1847 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1848 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1849 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1851 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1853 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1854 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1855 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1856 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1858 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1859 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1860 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1861 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1862 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1864 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1866 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1868 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1869 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1870 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1872 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1873 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1874 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1875 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1876 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1877 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1878 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1879 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1880 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1882 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1884 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1886 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1888 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1889 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1890 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1891 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1892 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1893 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1894 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1895 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1896 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1897 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1898 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1899 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1900 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1901 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1902 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1903 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1904 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1905 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1906 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1907 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1908 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1909 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1911 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1912 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1914 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1916 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1918 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1919 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1920 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1921 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1922 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1923 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1924 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1925 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1926 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1927 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1928 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1929 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1930 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1931 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1932 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1933 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1934 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1935 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1936 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1937 list closes: Bug#53756
1938 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1939 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1940 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1941 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1942 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1943 policy closes: Bug#53760
1944 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1945 policy closes: Bug#53761
1946 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1947 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1948 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1949 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1950 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1951 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1952 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1953 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1954 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1955 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1956 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1958 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1959 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1960 to install with older fileutils.
1961 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1962 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1963 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1964 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1966 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1967 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1969 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1971 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1973 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1974 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1976 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1978 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1980 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1981 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1983 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1986 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1988 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1989 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1991 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1993 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1995 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1997 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1998 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2000 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2002 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2004 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2005 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2006 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2007 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2008 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2009 directoried (closes: #41547)
2010 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2011 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2012 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2013 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2014 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2015 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2016 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2017 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2018 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2019 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2020 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2022 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2023 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2024 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2025 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2026 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2027 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2028 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2030 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2031 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2032 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2033 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2035 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2037 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2039 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2040 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2042 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2044 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2046 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2047 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2049 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2051 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2053 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2054 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2056 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2057 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2058 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2059 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2060 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2061 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2062 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2063 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2064 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2065 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2066 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2067 this closes: Bug#38612
2068 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2069 before. closes: Bug#40864
2071 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2073 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2075 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2076 officially uploaded.
2077 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2079 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2080 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2081 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2083 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2084 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2085 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2086 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2087 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2088 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2090 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2091 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2092 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2094 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2096 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2097 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2098 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2099 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2100 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2102 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2104 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2106 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2107 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2108 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2109 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2110 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2111 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2112 there). closes: Bug#34233
2113 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2114 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2115 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2116 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2117 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2119 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2121 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2123 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2124 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2125 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2126 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2129 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2130 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2131 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2132 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2133 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2136 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2137 number. closes: BUG#25911
2139 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2140 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2141 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2142 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2143 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2144 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2146 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2147 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2148 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2151 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2152 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2153 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2155 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2156 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2157 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2158 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2160 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2161 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2162 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2164 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2166 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2167 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2168 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2169 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2170 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2171 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2172 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2173 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2176 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2178 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2179 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2184 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2186 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2188 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2190 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2192 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2193 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2194 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2195 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2196 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2197 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2198 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2199 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2201 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2202 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2204 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2206 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2208 * non-maintainer release
2209 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2210 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2212 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2213 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2214 * no content changes
2215 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2217 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2219 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2223 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2225 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2227 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2229 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2230 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2231 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2233 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2234 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2236 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2237 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2238 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2239 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2241 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2242 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2243 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2244 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2245 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2246 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2247 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2249 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2250 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2251 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2254 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2255 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2256 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2258 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2259 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2260 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2262 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2263 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2265 * New version numbering scheme:
2267 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2268 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2269 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2272 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2273 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2274 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2275 differ between the manuals.
2277 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2278 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2279 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2280 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2282 * Packaging changes:
2284 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2285 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2287 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2289 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2291 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2293 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2295 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2296 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2297 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2299 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2300 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2303 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2304 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2305 file extension as the referenced file
2307 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2308 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2310 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2311 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2312 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2313 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2316 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2317 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2318 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2320 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2321 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2322 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2323 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2326 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2327 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2330 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2331 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2332 reasonable default configuration
2334 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2335 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2336 by all news servers and clients
2338 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2339 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2340 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2341 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2342 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2344 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2345 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2348 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2350 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2351 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2353 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2356 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2357 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2359 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2360 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2362 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2364 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2366 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2368 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2369 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2370 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2371 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2373 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2375 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2376 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2377 * Don't use debstd anymore
2379 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2381 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2383 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2384 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2385 contrib/non-free policy
2386 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2387 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2388 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2389 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2390 - new section about `Daemons'
2391 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2392 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2393 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2394 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2395 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2396 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2397 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2398 * SGML source code included in package
2399 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2401 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2403 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2405 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2406 - completely reworked structure
2407 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2408 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2409 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2410 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2411 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2412 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2413 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2414 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2415 - mention "orphaned packages"
2416 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2417 distributions' policy
2418 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2419 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2420 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2421 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2422 - added section about arch spec strings
2423 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2424 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2425 - added section about "menus"
2426 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2427 the new documentation policy soon
2428 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2429 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2431 - added section about editors and pagers
2432 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2433 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2434 - added section about device files
2435 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2436 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2437 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2439 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2440 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2441 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2442 - Added new section about obsolete names
2443 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2444 * Fixed package's description
2446 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2448 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2450 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2452 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2454 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2456 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2457 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2458 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2459 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2461 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2463 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2465 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2466 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2467 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2469 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2470 and upload it "byhand" too.
2472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2474 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2477 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2478 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2479 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2480 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2481 functionality must not have the same name.
2482 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2483 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2484 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2485 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2486 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2487 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2488 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2490 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2491 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2492 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2493 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2494 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2495 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2496 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2497 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2500 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2502 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2504 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2506 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2507 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2508 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2509 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2510 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2513 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2515 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2517 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2519 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2520 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2521 description of deb file format.
2522 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2523 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2525 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2527 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2528 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2530 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2532 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2534 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2535 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2536 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2537 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2538 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2539 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2540 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2541 packages in section on Procedure
2542 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2543 a package maintainer
2544 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2545 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2546 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2548 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2549 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2550 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2551 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2552 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2553 on various shlib files
2554 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2555 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2556 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2558 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2560 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2562 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2563 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2564 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2566 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2567 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2568 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2569 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2570 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2572 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2574 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2576 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2578 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2580 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2581 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2582 compatibility go in contrib.
2584 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2585 instructions in policy manual.
2586 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2589 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2591 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2593 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2594 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2595 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2596 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2598 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2599 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2602 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2604 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2606 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2607 * More detail about changelog format names.
2609 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2610 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2614 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2616 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2618 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2620 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2622 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2624 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2626 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2628 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2629 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2630 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2632 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2634 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2636 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2638 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2640 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2644 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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