1 debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
5 the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
6 * Fix use of metasyntactic variable in [11.5.1] Web servers and applications
7 Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
8 * Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
9 Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
11 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
14 Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
20 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
23 * Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when /lib<qual>
24 or /usr/lib<qual> does.
25 Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
26 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Sat, 17 May 2014 18:49:57 +0200
33 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
35 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
36 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
40 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
41 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
46 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
47 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
51 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
52 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
54 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
59 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
60 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
64 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
68 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
69 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
71 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
73 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
74 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
75 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
79 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
80 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
84 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
85 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
87 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
89 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
90 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
91 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
94 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
95 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
96 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
100 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
101 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
102 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
104 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
105 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
106 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
107 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
108 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
109 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
110 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
111 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
112 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
113 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
114 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
115 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
117 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
118 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
119 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
120 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
122 -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
124 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
126 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
127 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
128 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
130 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
131 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
132 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
133 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
138 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
139 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
144 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
148 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
149 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
150 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
151 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
155 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
156 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
161 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
163 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
166 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
167 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
168 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
171 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
172 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
177 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
179 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
182 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
183 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
184 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
185 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
187 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
188 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
189 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
190 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
191 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
192 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
193 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
194 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
195 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
196 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
197 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
198 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
199 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
200 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
201 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
202 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
203 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
205 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
206 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
207 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
208 good to know which version one is looking at.
209 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
210 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
211 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
212 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
213 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
214 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
215 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
217 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
218 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
219 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
220 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
221 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
223 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
224 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
225 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
227 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
228 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
229 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
230 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
232 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
234 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
237 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
238 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
239 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
240 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
241 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
242 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
243 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
244 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
245 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
246 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
247 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
252 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
253 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
258 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
259 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
260 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
263 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
265 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
266 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
270 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
271 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
274 Closes: #620870, #532120
275 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
276 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
281 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
282 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
283 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
287 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
288 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
289 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
290 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
291 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
293 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
294 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
295 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
296 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
297 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
298 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
299 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
300 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
301 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
302 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
303 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
304 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
305 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
306 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
307 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
308 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
310 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
312 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
313 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
314 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
315 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
316 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
317 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
318 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
319 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
320 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
321 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
324 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
326 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
327 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
328 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
329 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
330 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
334 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
335 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
337 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
338 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
339 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
340 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
343 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
345 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
349 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
350 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
351 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
354 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
355 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
356 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
358 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
359 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
365 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
366 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
367 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
370 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
371 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
376 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
377 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
378 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
379 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
382 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
383 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
384 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
387 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
388 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
389 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
393 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
395 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
398 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
401 Closes: #459868, #581011
402 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
403 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
404 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
405 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
407 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
408 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
410 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
412 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
413 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
415 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
417 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
418 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
422 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
423 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
426 Closes: #501930, #593909
427 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
432 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
433 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
434 machine. (Closes: #591857)
435 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
436 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
437 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
438 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
439 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
440 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
441 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
442 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
443 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
444 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
446 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
447 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
448 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
449 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
450 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
451 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
452 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
453 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
454 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
455 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
456 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
457 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
458 than the version in oldstable.
459 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
460 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
461 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
462 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
463 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
464 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
465 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
466 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
467 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
468 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
469 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
470 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
471 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
472 package. (Closes: #609160)
474 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
476 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
478 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
479 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
480 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
484 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
485 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
486 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
489 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
490 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
494 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
495 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
499 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
500 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
501 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
504 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
505 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
506 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
509 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
510 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
511 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
514 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
515 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
517 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
519 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
520 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
521 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
522 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
524 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
525 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
530 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
531 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
533 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
534 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
536 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
537 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
539 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
541 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
542 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
546 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
547 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
548 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
551 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
552 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
556 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
557 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
561 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
562 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
566 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
568 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
569 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
570 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
571 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
572 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
573 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
574 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
575 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
576 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
578 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
579 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
580 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
581 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
582 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
583 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
585 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
587 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
590 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
593 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
596 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
597 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
598 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
599 and distribution license' (three times).
600 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
601 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
602 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
603 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
604 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
606 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
608 Proposed by Santiago Vila
609 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
616 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
617 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
619 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
621 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
622 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
623 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
626 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
628 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
629 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
631 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
633 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
634 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
636 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
637 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
639 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
640 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
642 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
643 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
645 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
646 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
647 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
648 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
649 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
651 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
652 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
653 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
654 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
656 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
657 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
660 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
662 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
663 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
664 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
665 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
667 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
668 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
670 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
672 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
673 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
674 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
675 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
676 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
678 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
679 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
680 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
681 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
683 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
684 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
685 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
686 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
687 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
689 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
690 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
691 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
694 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
695 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
696 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
697 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
698 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
699 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
700 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
701 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
702 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
703 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
704 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
705 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
706 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
707 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
708 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
709 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
710 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
711 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
712 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
713 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
714 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
715 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
716 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
717 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
718 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
719 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
720 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
721 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
722 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
723 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
724 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
725 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
727 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
729 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
731 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
734 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
735 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
737 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
738 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
742 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
745 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
746 Wording: Steve Langasek.
747 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
748 Seconded: Julien Cristau
749 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
752 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
753 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
754 Seconded: Russ Allbery
755 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
758 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
759 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
760 Seconded: Russ Allbery
762 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
763 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
764 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
765 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
766 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
767 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
768 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
769 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
770 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
772 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
773 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
774 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
775 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
776 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
777 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
778 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
780 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
781 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
782 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
783 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
784 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
785 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
786 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
787 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
789 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
790 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
791 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
792 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
793 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
795 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
798 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
799 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
800 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
802 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
803 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
806 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
808 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
810 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
811 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
812 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
813 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
815 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
816 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
817 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
818 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
820 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
821 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
822 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
823 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
825 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
826 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
827 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
828 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
829 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
830 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
832 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
833 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
834 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
835 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
836 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
838 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
839 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
840 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
841 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
843 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
844 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
845 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
846 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
848 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
849 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
851 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
853 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
854 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
855 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
856 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
858 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
859 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
860 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
863 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
864 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
865 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
866 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
867 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
868 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
869 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
870 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
871 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
872 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
873 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
874 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
875 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
876 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
877 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
879 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
880 Source field descriptions.
881 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
882 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
883 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
884 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
885 description says otherwise.
887 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
889 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
892 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
893 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
894 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
895 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
896 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
897 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
899 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
900 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
901 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
902 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
904 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
905 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
906 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
907 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
909 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
910 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
911 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
912 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
914 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
915 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
916 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
917 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
921 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
922 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
923 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
924 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
925 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
927 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
928 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
929 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
930 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
932 * Add myself to Uploaders.
935 * Add myself to Uploaders.
936 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
938 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
939 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
940 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
942 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
944 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
947 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
948 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
949 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
951 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
952 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
953 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
954 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
956 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
957 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
958 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
959 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
961 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
962 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
963 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
964 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
966 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
967 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
968 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
969 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
971 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
972 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
973 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
974 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
976 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
977 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
978 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
979 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
981 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
982 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
983 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
984 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
986 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
987 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
988 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
989 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
991 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
992 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
993 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
994 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
996 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
997 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
998 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
999 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
1000 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1002 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
1003 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
1004 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
1005 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
1006 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
1007 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
1008 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
1009 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
1010 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
1011 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
1012 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
1013 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
1014 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
1015 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
1016 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
1017 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
1018 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
1019 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
1020 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
1021 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
1022 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
1023 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
1024 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
1025 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
1026 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
1027 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
1028 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
1029 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
1030 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
1031 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1033 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1034 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1035 links was completed long ago.
1036 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1038 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1040 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1043 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1045 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1047 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1050 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1051 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1052 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1053 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1054 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1055 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1056 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1057 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1058 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1060 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1062 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1064 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1065 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1066 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1067 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1068 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1069 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1070 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1072 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1073 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1074 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1075 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1077 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1078 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1079 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1080 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1081 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1082 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1083 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1084 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1085 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1086 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1087 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1088 Closes: #186700, #458910
1089 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1090 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1091 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1093 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1094 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1095 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1096 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1097 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1098 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1099 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1100 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1102 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1103 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1105 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1106 * Add an md5sums control file.
1107 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1108 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1109 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1110 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1111 currently part of policy.
1112 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1113 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1114 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1117 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1119 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1122 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1123 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1124 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1125 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1126 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1127 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1128 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1129 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1130 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1132 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1133 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1134 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1135 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1136 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1138 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1140 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1141 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1142 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1144 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1145 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1146 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1147 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1148 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1149 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1150 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1151 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1152 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1153 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1154 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1155 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1156 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1157 debconf specification.
1158 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1159 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1161 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1163 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1166 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1168 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1169 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1174 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1175 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1176 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1177 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1179 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1180 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1181 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1182 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1183 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1184 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1185 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1186 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1187 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1188 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1189 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1190 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1191 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1193 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1199 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1200 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1201 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1203 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1204 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1205 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1207 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1209 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1212 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1213 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1214 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1215 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1217 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1219 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1220 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1221 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1222 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1224 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1226 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1228 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1230 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1231 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1232 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1233 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1234 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1235 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1237 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1239 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1242 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1243 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1244 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1247 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1249 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1251 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1254 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1255 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1256 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1257 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1258 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1259 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1260 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1261 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1262 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1264 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1265 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1267 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1268 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1269 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1271 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1273 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1274 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1277 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1279 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1281 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1282 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1284 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1285 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1286 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1287 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1288 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1289 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1290 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1291 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1292 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1293 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1294 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1295 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1296 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1297 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1298 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1299 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1300 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1302 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1303 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1304 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1305 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1306 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1307 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1308 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1310 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1311 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1312 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1313 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1315 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1316 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1317 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1318 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1319 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1320 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1321 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1322 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1323 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1324 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1325 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1328 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1331 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1333 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1334 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1335 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1336 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1337 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1338 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1339 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1340 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1342 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1344 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1347 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1348 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1350 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1351 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1352 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1353 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1354 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1356 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1357 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1358 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1362 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1364 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1365 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1367 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1369 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1371 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1373 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1375 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1376 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1377 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1379 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1382 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1384 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1387 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1388 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1389 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1391 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1392 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1394 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1396 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1398 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1402 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1403 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1404 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1405 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1407 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1408 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1409 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1410 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1413 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1414 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1417 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1418 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1420 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1421 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1422 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1424 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1425 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1426 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1427 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1429 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1430 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1431 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1432 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1433 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1434 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1435 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1436 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1439 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1440 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1441 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1443 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1444 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1445 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1446 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1447 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1448 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1449 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1450 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1451 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1452 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1453 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1454 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1456 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1458 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1462 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1463 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1464 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1465 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1466 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1467 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1468 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1469 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1471 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1472 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1473 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1474 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1475 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1476 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1477 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1478 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1479 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1480 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1481 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1482 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1483 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1484 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1485 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1486 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1487 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1490 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1491 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1494 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1495 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1496 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1498 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1499 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1500 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1501 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1502 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1503 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1505 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1506 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1508 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1509 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1510 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1511 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1512 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1513 Closes: #185943, #237049
1515 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1517 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1520 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1523 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1524 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1525 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1526 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1527 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1528 running. closes: Bug#187250
1529 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1530 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1531 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1532 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1533 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1534 user closes: Bug#176506
1536 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1538 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1542 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1543 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1544 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1545 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1546 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1547 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1548 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1549 deb-building toolchain.
1550 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1551 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1552 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1553 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1554 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1555 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1556 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1557 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1558 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1559 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1560 sections about changelog files.
1562 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1563 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1564 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1565 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1566 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1567 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1569 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1570 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1571 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1572 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1573 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1574 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1575 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1576 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1577 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1578 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1579 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1580 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1581 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1582 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1583 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1584 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1585 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1586 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1587 for the restructuring
1589 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1591 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1594 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1596 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1597 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1598 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1599 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1600 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1601 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1603 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1604 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1605 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1606 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1607 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1608 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1609 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1611 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1612 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1613 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1614 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1616 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1618 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1621 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1622 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1623 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1624 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1625 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1626 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1628 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1629 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1630 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1631 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1633 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1634 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1635 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1636 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1637 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1638 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1639 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1640 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1641 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1642 offtopic stuff, too.
1643 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1644 script should start it, closes: #60979
1645 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1646 "should", closes: #170019
1647 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1648 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1649 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1650 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1651 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1652 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1653 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1654 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1657 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1659 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1663 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1664 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1665 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1666 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1667 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1668 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1669 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1670 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1672 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1673 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1674 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1675 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1676 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1677 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1678 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1679 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1680 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1682 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1683 file, closes: Bug#65764
1685 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1687 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1689 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1690 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1691 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1692 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1693 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1694 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1695 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1696 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1697 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1698 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1699 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1700 details. closes: Bug#133030
1701 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1702 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1703 parts of Bug#161455.
1705 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1707 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1709 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1710 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1711 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1712 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1713 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1714 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1715 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1716 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1717 not. closes: Bug#139820
1718 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1719 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1720 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1721 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1722 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1723 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1724 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1725 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1726 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1727 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1729 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1731 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1732 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1733 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1734 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1735 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1736 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1737 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1738 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1739 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1740 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1741 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1742 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1743 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1744 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1745 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1746 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1747 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1748 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1749 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1750 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1752 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1753 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1754 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1755 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1756 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1757 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1758 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1760 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1761 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1762 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1763 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1764 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1765 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1766 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1767 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1768 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1770 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1772 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1774 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1775 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1776 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1777 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1778 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1779 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1780 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1781 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1782 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1783 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1784 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1785 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1786 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1787 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1788 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1789 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1790 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1791 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1792 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1793 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1794 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1795 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1796 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1798 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1800 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1802 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1803 medium, high, emergency.
1804 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1805 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1806 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1807 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1808 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1811 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1812 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1813 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1815 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1816 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1817 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1818 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1819 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1820 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1821 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1824 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1826 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1828 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1829 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1830 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1831 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1833 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1834 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1835 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1836 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1837 debian/rules to do this
1838 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1839 patches are incorporated upstream
1840 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1841 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1842 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1843 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1844 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1845 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1847 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1848 system closes: Bug#91249
1849 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1850 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1851 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1852 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1853 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1854 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1855 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1856 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1857 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1858 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1859 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1860 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1861 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1863 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1865 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1867 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1868 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1869 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1870 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1872 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1873 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1874 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1876 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1879 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1881 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1883 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1884 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1885 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1886 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1887 package for the time being
1888 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1889 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1890 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1891 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1892 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1893 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1894 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1895 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1896 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1897 Build-Depends arch syntax
1898 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1900 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1901 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1903 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1904 from policy maintenance duties.
1905 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1906 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1908 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1910 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1912 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1914 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1916 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1918 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1919 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1920 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1921 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1922 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1923 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1924 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1925 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1926 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1927 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1928 minor version number for this
1929 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1930 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1931 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1932 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1933 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1934 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1935 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1936 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1937 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1939 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1941 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1943 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1944 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1945 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1946 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1947 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1949 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1951 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1952 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1953 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1954 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1955 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1956 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1957 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1958 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1959 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1960 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1961 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1962 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1963 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1964 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1965 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1966 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1969 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1971 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1973 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1974 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1976 * Document the Enhances relationship
1977 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1978 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1979 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1980 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1981 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1982 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1984 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1986 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1987 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1988 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1989 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1991 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1992 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1993 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1994 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1995 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1999 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2001 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
2002 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
2003 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
2005 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
2006 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
2007 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
2008 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
2009 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
2010 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
2011 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
2012 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
2013 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
2015 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
2017 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
2019 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2021 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
2022 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
2023 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
2024 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
2025 policy. closes: Bug#64437
2026 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
2027 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
2028 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
2029 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
2030 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
2031 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
2032 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2033 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2034 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2035 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2036 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2037 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2038 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2039 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2040 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2041 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2042 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2044 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2045 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2047 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2049 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2051 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2052 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2053 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2054 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2055 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2056 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2057 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2058 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2059 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2060 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2061 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2062 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2063 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2064 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2065 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2066 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2067 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2068 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2069 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2070 list closes: Bug#53756
2071 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2072 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2073 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2074 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2075 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2076 policy closes: Bug#53760
2077 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2078 policy closes: Bug#53761
2079 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2080 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2081 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2082 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2083 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2084 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2085 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2086 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2087 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2088 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2089 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2091 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2092 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2093 to install with older fileutils.
2094 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2095 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2096 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2097 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2099 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2100 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2102 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2104 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2106 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2107 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2111 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2113 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2114 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2116 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2119 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2121 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2122 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2124 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2126 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2128 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2130 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2131 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2133 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2135 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2137 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2138 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2139 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2140 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2141 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2142 directoried (closes: #41547)
2143 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2144 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2145 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2146 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2147 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2148 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2149 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2150 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2151 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2152 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2153 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2155 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2156 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2157 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2158 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2159 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2160 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2161 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2163 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2164 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2165 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2166 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2168 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2170 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2172 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2173 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2175 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2177 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2179 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2180 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2184 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2186 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2187 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2189 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2190 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2191 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2192 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2193 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2194 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2195 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2196 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2197 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2198 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2199 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2200 this closes: Bug#38612
2201 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2202 before. closes: Bug#40864
2204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2206 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2208 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2209 officially uploaded.
2210 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2212 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2213 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2214 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2216 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2217 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2218 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2219 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2220 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2221 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2223 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2224 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2225 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2227 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2229 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2230 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2231 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2232 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2233 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2235 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2237 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2239 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2240 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2241 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2242 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2243 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2244 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2245 there). closes: Bug#34233
2246 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2247 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2248 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2249 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2250 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2254 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2256 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2257 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2258 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2259 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2262 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2263 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2264 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2265 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2266 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2269 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2270 number. closes: BUG#25911
2272 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2273 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2274 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2275 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2276 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2277 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2279 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2280 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2281 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2284 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2285 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2286 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2288 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2289 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2290 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2291 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2293 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2294 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2295 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2297 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2299 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2300 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2301 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2302 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2303 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2304 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2305 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2306 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2309 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2311 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2312 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2315 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2317 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2319 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2321 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2323 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2325 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2326 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2327 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2328 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2329 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2330 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2331 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2332 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2334 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2335 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2337 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2339 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2341 * non-maintainer release
2342 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2343 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2345 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2346 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2347 * no content changes
2348 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2350 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2352 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2356 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2358 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2360 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2362 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2363 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2364 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2366 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2367 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2369 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2370 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2371 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2372 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2374 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2375 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2376 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2377 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2378 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2379 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2380 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2382 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2383 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2384 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2387 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2388 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2389 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2391 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2392 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2393 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2395 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2396 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2398 * New version numbering scheme:
2400 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2401 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2402 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2405 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2406 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2407 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2408 differ between the manuals.
2410 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2411 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2412 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2413 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2415 * Packaging changes:
2417 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2418 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2420 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2422 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2424 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2426 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2428 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2429 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2430 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2432 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2433 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2436 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2437 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2438 file extension as the referenced file
2440 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2441 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2443 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2444 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2445 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2446 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2449 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2450 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2451 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2453 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2454 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2455 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2456 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2459 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2460 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2463 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2464 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2465 reasonable default configuration
2467 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2468 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2469 by all news servers and clients
2471 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2472 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2473 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2474 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2475 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2477 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2478 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2481 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2483 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2484 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2486 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2489 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2490 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2492 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2493 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2495 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2497 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2499 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2501 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2502 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2503 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2504 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2506 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2508 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2509 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2510 * Don't use debstd anymore
2512 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2514 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2516 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2517 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2518 contrib/non-free policy
2519 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2520 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2521 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2522 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2523 - new section about `Daemons'
2524 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2525 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2526 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2527 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2528 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2529 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2530 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2531 * SGML source code included in package
2532 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2534 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2536 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2538 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2539 - completely reworked structure
2540 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2541 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2542 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2543 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2544 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2545 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2546 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2547 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2548 - mention "orphaned packages"
2549 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2550 distributions' policy
2551 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2552 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2553 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2554 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2555 - added section about arch spec strings
2556 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2557 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2558 - added section about "menus"
2559 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2560 the new documentation policy soon
2561 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2562 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2564 - added section about editors and pagers
2565 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2566 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2567 - added section about device files
2568 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2569 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2570 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2572 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2573 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2574 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2575 - Added new section about obsolete names
2576 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2577 * Fixed package's description
2579 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2581 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2583 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2585 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2587 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2589 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2590 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2591 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2592 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2594 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2596 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2598 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2599 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2600 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2602 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2603 and upload it "byhand" too.
2605 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2607 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2610 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2611 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2612 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2613 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2614 functionality must not have the same name.
2615 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2616 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2617 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2618 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2619 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2620 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2621 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2623 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2624 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2625 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2626 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2627 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2628 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2629 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2630 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2633 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2635 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2637 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2639 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2640 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2641 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2642 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2643 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2646 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2648 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2650 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2652 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2653 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2654 description of deb file format.
2655 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2656 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2658 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2660 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2661 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2663 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2665 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2667 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2668 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2669 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2670 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2671 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2672 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2673 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2674 packages in section on Procedure
2675 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2676 a package maintainer
2677 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2678 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2679 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2681 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2682 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2683 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2684 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2685 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2686 on various shlib files
2687 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2688 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2689 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2691 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2693 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2695 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2696 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2697 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2699 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2700 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2701 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2702 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2703 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2705 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2707 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2709 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2711 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2713 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2714 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2715 compatibility go in contrib.
2717 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2718 instructions in policy manual.
2719 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2722 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2724 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2726 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2727 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2728 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2729 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2731 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2732 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2735 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2737 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2739 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2740 * More detail about changelog format names.
2742 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2743 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2747 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2749 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2751 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2753 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2755 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2757 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2759 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2761 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2762 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2763 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2765 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2767 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2769 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2771 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2773 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2777 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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