1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
5 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
11 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
12 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
13 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
14 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
15 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
16 Michael Dorrington. Closes: #626408
19 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification strings (11.1)
20 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
21 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
22 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
23 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
28 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
29 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
31 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
32 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
33 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright files (12.5)
34 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
38 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
39 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
40 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
43 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
44 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
50 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:05:25 +0200
52 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
55 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
58 Closes: #459868, #581011
59 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
60 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
62 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
64 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
65 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
67 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
69 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
70 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
72 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
74 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
75 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
79 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
80 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
83 Closes: #501930, #593909
84 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
85 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
89 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
90 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
91 machine. (Closes: #591857)
92 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
93 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
94 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
95 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
96 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
97 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
98 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
99 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
100 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
101 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
103 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
104 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
105 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
106 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
107 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
108 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
109 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
110 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
111 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
112 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
113 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
114 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
115 than the version in oldstable.
116 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
117 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
118 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
119 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
120 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
121 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
122 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
123 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
124 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
125 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
126 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
127 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
128 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
129 package. (Closes: #609160)
131 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
133 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
136 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
141 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
146 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
147 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
151 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
152 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
156 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
157 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
161 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
162 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
166 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
171 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
172 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
174 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
176 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
177 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
179 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
181 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
182 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
187 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
188 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
193 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
194 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
198 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
199 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
203 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
204 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
208 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
209 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
213 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
214 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
218 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
219 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
220 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
223 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
225 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
226 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
227 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
228 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
229 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
230 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
231 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
232 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
233 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
235 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
236 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
237 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
238 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
239 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
240 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
242 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
244 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
250 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
253 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
254 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
255 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
256 and distribution license' (three times).
257 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
258 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
260 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
263 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
265 Proposed by Santiago Vila
266 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
273 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
274 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
278 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
279 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
280 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
283 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
285 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
286 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
290 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
291 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
294 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
296 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
297 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
300 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
302 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
303 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
305 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
306 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
308 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
309 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
310 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
313 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
314 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
315 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
319 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
320 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
324 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
325 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
329 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
330 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
331 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
335 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
336 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
337 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
340 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
341 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
346 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
347 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
349 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
351 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
352 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
353 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
354 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
355 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
356 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
357 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
358 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
359 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
360 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
361 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
362 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
363 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
364 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
365 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
366 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
367 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
368 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
369 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
370 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
371 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
372 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
373 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
374 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
375 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
376 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
377 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
378 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
379 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
380 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
381 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
382 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
384 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
386 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
388 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
392 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
394 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
395 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
399 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
402 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
403 Wording: Steve Langasek.
404 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
405 Seconded: Julien Cristau
406 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
409 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
410 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
411 Seconded: Russ Allbery
412 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
415 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
416 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
417 Seconded: Russ Allbery
419 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
420 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
421 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
422 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
423 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
424 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
425 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
426 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
429 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
430 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
431 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
432 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
433 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
434 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
435 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
437 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
438 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
439 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
440 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
441 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
442 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
443 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
446 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
447 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
448 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
449 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
450 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
452 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
455 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
456 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
457 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
458 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
459 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
460 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
463 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
465 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
467 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
468 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
472 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
473 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
477 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
478 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
482 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
483 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
485 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
486 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
487 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
489 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
490 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
495 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
496 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
500 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
501 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
505 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
506 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
510 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
511 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
515 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
516 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
517 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
520 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
521 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
522 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
523 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
524 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
525 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
526 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
527 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
528 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
529 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
530 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
531 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
532 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
533 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
534 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
536 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
537 Source field descriptions.
538 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
539 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
540 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
541 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
542 description says otherwise.
544 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
546 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
549 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
550 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
551 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
553 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
554 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
556 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
557 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
561 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
562 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
566 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
567 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
568 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
571 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
572 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
573 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
574 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
578 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
579 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
580 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
581 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
582 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
584 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
585 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
586 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
587 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
589 * Add myself to Uploaders.
592 * Add myself to Uploaders.
593 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
595 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
596 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
597 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
599 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
601 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
603 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
604 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
605 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
606 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
608 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
609 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
611 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
613 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
614 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
616 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
618 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
619 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
621 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
623 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
624 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
628 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
629 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
633 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
634 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
636 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
638 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
639 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
641 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
643 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
644 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
645 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
648 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
649 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
653 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
654 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
655 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
656 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
657 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
659 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
660 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
661 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
662 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
663 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
664 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
665 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
666 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
667 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
668 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
669 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
670 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
671 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
672 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
673 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
674 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
675 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
676 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
677 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
678 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
679 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
680 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
681 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
682 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
683 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
684 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
685 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
686 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
687 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
688 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
690 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
691 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
692 links was completed long ago.
693 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
695 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
697 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
699 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
700 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
702 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
704 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
706 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
707 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
708 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
709 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
710 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
711 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
712 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
713 Millan (Closes: #209008).
714 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
715 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
717 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
719 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
721 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
722 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
723 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
724 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
725 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
726 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
727 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
729 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
730 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
731 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
732 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
734 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
735 Küster (Closes: #403391).
736 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
737 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
738 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
739 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
740 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
741 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
742 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
743 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
744 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
745 Closes: #186700, #458910
746 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
747 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
748 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
750 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
751 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
752 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
753 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
754 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
755 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
756 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
757 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
759 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
760 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
762 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
763 * Add an md5sums control file.
764 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
765 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
766 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
767 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
768 currently part of policy.
769 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
770 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
771 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
774 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
776 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
779 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
780 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
781 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
782 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
783 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
784 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
785 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
786 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
787 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
788 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
789 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
790 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
791 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
792 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
793 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
795 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
797 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
798 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
799 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
801 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
802 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
803 list?" (Closes: #412634).
804 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
805 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
806 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
807 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
808 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
809 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
810 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
811 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
812 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
813 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
814 debconf specification.
815 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
816 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
818 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
820 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
822 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
823 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
824 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
825 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
826 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
828 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
830 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
831 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
832 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
833 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
834 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
836 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
837 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
838 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
839 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
840 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
841 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
842 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
843 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
844 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
845 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
846 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
847 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
848 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
849 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
850 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
851 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
853 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
855 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
856 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
857 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
858 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
859 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
860 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
861 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
862 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
864 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
866 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
868 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
869 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
870 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
871 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
872 Polo (Closes: #372497).
873 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
874 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
877 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
878 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
879 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
880 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
881 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
882 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
883 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
885 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
887 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
888 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
889 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
890 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
891 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
892 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
894 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
896 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
898 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
899 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
900 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
901 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
903 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
904 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
906 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
908 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
911 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
912 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
913 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
914 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
915 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
916 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
917 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
918 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
919 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
921 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
922 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
923 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
924 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
925 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
926 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
927 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
928 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
929 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
930 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
931 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
934 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
936 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
938 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
939 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
940 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
941 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
942 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
943 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
944 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
945 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
946 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
947 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
948 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
949 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
950 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
951 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
952 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
953 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
954 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
955 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
956 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
957 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
958 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
959 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
960 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
961 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
962 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
963 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
964 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
965 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
967 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
968 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
969 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
970 Hess (Closes: #362247).
971 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
972 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
973 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
974 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
975 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
976 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
977 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
978 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
979 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
980 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
981 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
982 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
985 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
987 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
988 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
989 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
990 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
991 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
992 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
993 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
994 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
995 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
996 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
997 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
999 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1001 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1005 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1006 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1007 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1009 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1010 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1011 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1012 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1013 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1014 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1015 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1016 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1018 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1019 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1020 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1021 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1022 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1023 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1024 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1025 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1026 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1027 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1028 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1029 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1030 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1031 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1032 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1033 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1034 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1035 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1036 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1039 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1041 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1044 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1045 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1046 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1048 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1049 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1050 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1051 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1053 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1055 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1058 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1059 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1060 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1061 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1062 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1063 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1064 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1065 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1066 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1067 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1069 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1070 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1071 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1073 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1074 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1075 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1076 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1077 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1078 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1079 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1081 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1082 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1083 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1084 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1086 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1087 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1088 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1089 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1090 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1091 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1092 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1093 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1095 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1096 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1097 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1098 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1100 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1101 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1102 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1104 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1105 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1106 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1107 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1108 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1109 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1110 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1111 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1115 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1119 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1120 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1121 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1122 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1123 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1124 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1125 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1126 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1128 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1129 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1130 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1131 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1132 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1133 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1134 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1135 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1136 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1137 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1138 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1139 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1140 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1141 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1142 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1143 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1147 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1148 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1151 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1152 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1153 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1155 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1156 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1157 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1158 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1159 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1160 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1162 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1163 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1165 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1166 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1167 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1168 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1169 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1170 Closes: #185943, #237049
1172 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1174 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1180 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1181 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1182 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1183 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1184 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1185 running. closes: Bug#187250
1186 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1187 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1188 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1189 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1190 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1191 user closes: Bug#176506
1193 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1195 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1199 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1200 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1201 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1202 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1203 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1204 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1205 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1206 deb-building toolchain.
1207 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1208 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1209 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1210 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1211 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1212 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1213 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1214 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1215 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1216 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1217 sections about changelog files.
1219 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1220 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1221 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1222 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1223 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1224 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1226 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1227 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1228 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1229 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1230 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1231 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1232 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1233 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1234 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1235 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1236 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1237 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1238 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1239 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1240 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1241 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1242 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1243 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1244 for the restructuring
1246 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1248 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1251 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1253 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1254 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1255 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1256 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1257 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1258 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1260 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1261 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1262 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1263 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1264 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1265 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1266 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1268 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1269 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1270 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1271 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1273 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1275 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1279 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1280 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1281 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1282 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1283 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1285 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1286 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1287 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1288 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1290 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1291 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1292 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1293 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1294 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1295 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1296 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1297 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1298 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1299 offtopic stuff, too.
1300 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1301 script should start it, closes: #60979
1302 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1303 "should", closes: #170019
1304 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1305 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1306 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1307 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1308 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1309 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1310 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1311 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1314 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1316 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1320 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1321 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1322 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1323 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1324 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1325 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1326 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1327 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1329 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1330 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1331 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1332 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1333 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1334 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1335 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1336 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1337 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1339 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1340 file, closes: Bug#65764
1342 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1344 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1347 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1348 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1349 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1350 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1351 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1352 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1353 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1354 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1355 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1356 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1357 details. closes: Bug#133030
1358 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1359 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1360 parts of Bug#161455.
1362 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1364 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1367 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1368 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1369 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1370 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1371 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1372 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1373 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1374 not. closes: Bug#139820
1375 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1376 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1377 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1378 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1379 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1380 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1381 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1382 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1383 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1384 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1386 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1388 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1389 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1390 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1391 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1392 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1393 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1394 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1395 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1396 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1397 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1398 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1399 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1400 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1401 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1402 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1403 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1404 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1405 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1406 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1407 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1409 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1410 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1411 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1412 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1413 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1414 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1415 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1417 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1418 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1419 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1420 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1421 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1422 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1423 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1424 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1425 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1427 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1429 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1431 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1432 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1433 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1434 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1435 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1436 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1437 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1438 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1439 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1440 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1441 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1442 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1443 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1444 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1445 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1446 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1447 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1448 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1449 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1450 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1451 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1452 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1453 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1455 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1457 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1459 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1460 medium, high, emergency.
1461 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1462 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1463 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1464 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1465 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1468 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1469 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1470 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1472 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1473 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1474 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1475 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1476 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1477 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1478 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1481 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1483 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1485 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1486 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1487 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1488 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1490 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1491 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1492 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1493 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1494 debian/rules to do this
1495 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1496 patches are incorporated upstream
1497 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1498 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1499 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1500 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1501 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1502 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1504 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1505 system closes: Bug#91249
1506 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1507 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1508 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1509 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1510 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1511 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1512 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1513 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1514 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1515 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1516 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1517 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1518 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1520 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1522 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1524 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1525 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1526 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1527 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1529 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1530 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1531 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1533 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1536 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1538 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1540 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1541 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1542 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1543 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1544 package for the time being
1545 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1546 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1547 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1548 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1549 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1550 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1551 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1552 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1553 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1554 Build-Depends arch syntax
1555 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1557 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1558 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1560 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1561 from policy maintenance duties.
1562 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1563 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1567 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1569 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1571 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1573 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1575 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1576 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1577 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1578 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1579 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1580 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1581 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1582 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1583 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1584 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1585 minor version number for this
1586 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1587 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1588 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1589 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1590 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1591 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1592 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1593 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1594 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1596 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1598 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1600 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1601 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1602 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1603 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1604 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1606 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1608 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1609 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1610 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1611 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1612 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1613 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1614 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1615 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1616 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1617 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1618 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1619 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1620 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1621 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1622 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1623 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1626 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1628 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1630 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1631 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1633 * Document the Enhances relationship
1634 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1635 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1636 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1637 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1638 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1639 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1641 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1643 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1644 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1645 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1646 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1648 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1649 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1650 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1651 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1652 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1654 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1656 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1658 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1659 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1660 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1662 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1663 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1664 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1665 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1666 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1667 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1668 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1669 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1670 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1672 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1674 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1676 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1678 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1679 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1680 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1681 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1682 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1683 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1684 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1685 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1686 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1687 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1688 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1689 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1690 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1691 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1692 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1693 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1694 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1695 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1696 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1697 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1698 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1699 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1701 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1702 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1704 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1706 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1708 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1709 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1710 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1711 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1712 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1713 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1714 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1715 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1716 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1717 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1718 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1719 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1720 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1721 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1722 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1723 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1724 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1725 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1726 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1727 list closes: Bug#53756
1728 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1729 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1730 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1731 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1732 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1733 policy closes: Bug#53760
1734 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1735 policy closes: Bug#53761
1736 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1737 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1738 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1739 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1740 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1741 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1742 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1743 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1744 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1745 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1746 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1748 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1749 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1750 to install with older fileutils.
1751 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1752 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1753 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1754 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1756 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1757 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1761 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1763 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1764 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1766 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1768 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1770 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1771 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1773 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1776 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1778 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1779 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1781 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1783 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1785 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1787 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1788 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1790 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1792 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1794 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1795 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1796 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1797 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1798 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1799 directoried (closes: #41547)
1800 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1801 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1802 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1803 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1804 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1805 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1806 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1807 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1808 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1809 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1810 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1812 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1813 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1814 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1815 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1816 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1817 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1818 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1820 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1821 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1822 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1823 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1825 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1827 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1829 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1830 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1832 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1834 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1836 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1837 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1839 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1841 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1843 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1844 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1846 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1847 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1848 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1849 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1850 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1851 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1852 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1853 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1854 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1855 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1856 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1857 this closes: Bug#38612
1858 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1859 before. closes: Bug#40864
1861 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1863 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1865 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1866 officially uploaded.
1867 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1869 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1870 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1871 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1873 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1874 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1875 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1876 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1877 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1878 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1880 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1881 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1882 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1884 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1886 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1887 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1888 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1889 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1890 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1892 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1894 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1896 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1897 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1898 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1899 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1900 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1901 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1902 there). closes: Bug#34233
1903 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1904 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1905 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1906 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1907 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1909 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1911 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1913 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1914 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1915 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1916 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1919 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1920 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1921 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1922 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1923 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1926 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1927 number. closes: BUG#25911
1929 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1930 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1931 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1932 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1933 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1934 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1936 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1937 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1938 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1941 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1942 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1943 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1945 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1946 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1947 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1948 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1950 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1951 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1952 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1954 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1956 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1957 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1958 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1959 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1960 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1961 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1962 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1963 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1966 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1968 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1969 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1972 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1974 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1976 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1978 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1980 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1982 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1983 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1984 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1985 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1986 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1987 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1988 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1989 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1991 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1992 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1994 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1996 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1998 * non-maintainer release
1999 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2000 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2002 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2003 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2004 * no content changes
2005 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2007 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2009 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2013 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2015 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2017 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2019 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2020 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2021 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2023 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2024 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2026 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2027 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2028 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2029 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2031 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2032 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2033 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2034 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2035 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2036 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2037 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2039 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2040 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2041 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2044 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2045 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2046 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2048 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2049 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2050 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2052 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2053 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2055 * New version numbering scheme:
2057 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2058 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2059 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2062 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2063 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2064 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2065 differ between the manuals.
2067 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2068 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2069 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2070 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2072 * Packaging changes:
2074 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2075 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2077 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2079 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2081 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2083 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2085 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2086 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2087 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2089 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2090 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2093 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2094 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2095 file extension as the referenced file
2097 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2098 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2100 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2101 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2102 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2103 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2106 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2107 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2108 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2110 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2111 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2112 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2113 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2116 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2117 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2120 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2121 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2122 reasonable default configuration
2124 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2125 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2126 by all news servers and clients
2128 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2129 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2130 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2131 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2132 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2134 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2135 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2138 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2140 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2141 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2143 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2146 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2147 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2149 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2150 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2152 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2154 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2156 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2158 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2159 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2160 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2161 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2163 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2165 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2166 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2167 * Don't use debstd anymore
2169 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2171 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2173 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2174 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2175 contrib/non-free policy
2176 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2177 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2178 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2179 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2180 - new section about `Daemons'
2181 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2182 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2183 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2184 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2185 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2186 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2187 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2188 * SGML source code included in package
2189 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2191 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2193 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2195 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2196 - completely reworked structure
2197 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2198 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2199 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2200 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2201 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2202 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2203 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2204 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2205 - mention "orphaned packages"
2206 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2207 distributions' policy
2208 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2209 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2210 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2211 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2212 - added section about arch spec strings
2213 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2214 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2215 - added section about "menus"
2216 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2217 the new documentation policy soon
2218 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2219 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2221 - added section about editors and pagers
2222 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2223 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2224 - added section about device files
2225 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2226 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2227 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2229 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2230 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2231 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2232 - Added new section about obsolete names
2233 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2234 * Fixed package's description
2236 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2238 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2240 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2242 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2244 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2246 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2247 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2248 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2249 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2251 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2253 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2255 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2256 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2257 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2259 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2260 and upload it "byhand" too.
2262 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2264 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2267 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2268 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2269 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2270 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2271 functionality must not have the same name.
2272 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2273 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2274 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2275 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2276 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2277 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2278 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2280 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2281 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2282 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2283 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2284 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2285 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2286 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2287 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2290 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2292 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2294 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2296 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2297 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2298 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2299 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2300 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2303 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2305 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2307 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2309 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2310 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2311 description of deb file format.
2312 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2313 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2315 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2317 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2318 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2320 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2322 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2324 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2325 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2326 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2327 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2328 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2329 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2330 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2331 packages in section on Procedure
2332 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2333 a package maintainer
2334 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2335 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2336 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2338 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2339 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2340 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2341 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2342 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2343 on various shlib files
2344 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2345 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2346 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2348 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2350 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2352 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2353 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2354 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2356 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2357 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2358 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2359 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2360 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2362 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2364 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2366 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2368 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2370 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2371 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2372 compatibility go in contrib.
2374 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2375 instructions in policy manual.
2376 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2379 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2381 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2383 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2384 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2385 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2386 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2388 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2389 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2392 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2394 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2396 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2397 * More detail about changelog format names.
2399 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2400 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2404 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2406 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2408 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2410 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2412 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2414 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2416 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2418 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2419 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2420 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2422 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2424 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2426 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2428 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2430 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2434 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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