1 debian-policy (3.8.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
13 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 2010 21:02:34 +0200
15 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
19 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
21 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
22 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
26 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
29 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
30 Wording: Steve Langasek.
31 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
32 Seconded: Julien Cristau
36 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
37 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
38 Seconded: Russ Allbery
39 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
42 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
43 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
44 Seconded: Russ Allbery
46 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
47 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
48 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
49 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
50 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
51 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
52 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
53 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
56 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
57 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
58 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
59 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
60 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
61 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
62 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
64 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
65 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
66 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
67 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
68 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
69 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
70 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
73 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
74 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
75 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
76 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
77 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
79 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
82 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
83 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
86 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
87 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
90 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
92 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
94 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
95 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
99 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
100 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
104 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
105 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
109 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
110 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
113 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
114 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
116 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
117 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
127 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
128 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
132 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
133 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
137 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
142 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
143 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
147 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
148 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
149 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
150 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
151 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
152 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
153 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
154 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
155 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
156 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
157 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
158 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
159 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
160 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
161 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
163 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
164 Source field descriptions.
165 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
166 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
167 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
168 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
169 description says otherwise.
171 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
173 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
176 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
177 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
180 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
181 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
183 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
184 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
188 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
189 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
193 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
194 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
198 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
199 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
200 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
201 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
205 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
206 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
207 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
208 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
209 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
211 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
212 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
216 * Add myself to Uploaders.
219 * Add myself to Uploaders.
220 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
222 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
223 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
224 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
226 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
228 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
231 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
236 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
238 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
240 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
241 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
245 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
246 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
248 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
250 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
251 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
255 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
256 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
260 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
261 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
263 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
265 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
266 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
268 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
270 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
271 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
272 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
275 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
276 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
280 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
281 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
284 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
286 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
287 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
288 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
289 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
290 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
291 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
292 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
293 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
294 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
295 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
296 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
297 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
298 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
299 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
300 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
301 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
302 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
303 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
304 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
305 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
306 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
307 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
308 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
309 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
310 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
311 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
312 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
313 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
314 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
315 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
317 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
318 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
319 links was completed long ago.
320 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
322 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
324 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
326 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
327 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
329 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
331 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
333 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
334 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
335 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
336 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
337 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
338 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
339 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
340 Millan (Closes: #209008).
341 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
342 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
344 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
346 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
348 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
349 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
350 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
351 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
352 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
353 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
354 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
356 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
357 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
358 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
359 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
361 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
362 Küster (Closes: #403391).
363 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
364 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
365 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
366 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
367 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
368 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
372 Closes: #186700, #458910
373 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
374 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
377 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
378 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
379 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
380 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
381 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
382 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
383 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
384 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
386 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
387 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
389 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
390 * Add an md5sums control file.
391 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
392 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
393 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
394 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
395 currently part of policy.
396 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
397 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
398 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
401 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
403 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
405 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
406 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
407 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
408 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
409 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
410 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
411 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
412 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
413 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
414 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
416 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
417 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
418 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
419 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
420 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
422 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
424 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
425 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
426 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
428 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
429 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
430 list?" (Closes: #412634).
431 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
432 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
433 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
434 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
435 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
436 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
437 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
438 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
439 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
440 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
441 debconf specification.
442 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
443 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
445 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
447 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
449 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
450 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
451 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
452 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
453 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
458 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
459 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
460 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
461 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
463 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
464 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
465 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
466 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
467 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
468 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
469 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
470 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
471 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
472 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
473 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
474 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
475 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
477 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
478 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
480 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
483 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
484 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
485 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
486 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
487 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
488 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
489 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
491 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
493 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
496 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
497 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
498 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
499 Polo (Closes: #372497).
500 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
501 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
503 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
504 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
505 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
506 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
508 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
509 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
510 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
512 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
514 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
515 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
516 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
517 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
518 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
519 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
521 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
523 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
525 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
526 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
527 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
528 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
530 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
531 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
533 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
535 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
537 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
538 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
539 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
540 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
541 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
542 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
543 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
544 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
545 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
546 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
548 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
549 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
550 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
551 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
552 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
553 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
554 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
555 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
556 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
557 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
558 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
563 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
565 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
566 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
568 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
569 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
570 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
571 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
572 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
573 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
574 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
575 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
576 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
577 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
578 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
579 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
580 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
581 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
582 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
583 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
584 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
585 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
586 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
587 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
588 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
589 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
590 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
591 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
592 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
594 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
595 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
596 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
597 Hess (Closes: #362247).
598 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
599 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
600 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
601 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
602 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
603 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
604 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
605 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
606 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
607 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
608 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
609 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
611 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
612 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
614 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
615 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
616 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
617 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
618 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
619 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
620 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
621 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
622 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
623 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
624 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
626 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
628 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
631 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
632 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
633 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
634 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
636 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
637 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
638 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
640 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
641 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
642 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
643 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
645 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
646 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
647 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
648 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
649 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
650 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
651 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
652 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
653 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
654 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
655 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
656 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
657 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
658 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
659 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
660 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
661 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
662 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
663 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
666 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
668 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
670 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
671 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
672 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
673 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
675 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
676 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
677 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
678 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
680 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
682 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
686 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
687 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
688 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
689 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
690 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
691 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
692 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
693 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
694 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
696 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
697 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
698 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
700 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
701 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
702 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
704 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
705 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
706 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
708 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
709 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
710 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
711 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
713 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
714 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
715 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
716 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
718 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
719 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
720 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
722 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
723 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
724 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
725 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
726 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
727 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
728 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
729 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
730 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
731 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
732 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
733 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
734 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
735 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
736 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
737 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
738 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
740 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
742 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
745 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
746 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
747 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
748 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
749 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
750 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
751 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
752 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
753 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
755 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
756 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
757 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
758 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
759 this section. closes: Bug#248618
760 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
761 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
762 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
763 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
764 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
765 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
766 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
767 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
768 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
769 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
770 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
771 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
773 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
774 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
775 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
778 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
779 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
780 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
782 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
783 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
784 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
785 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
786 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
787 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
789 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
790 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
792 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
793 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
794 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
795 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
796 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
797 Closes: #185943, #237049
799 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
801 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
804 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
807 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
808 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
809 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
810 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
811 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
812 running. closes: Bug#187250
813 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
814 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
815 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
816 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
817 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
818 user closes: Bug#176506
820 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
822 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
826 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
827 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
828 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
829 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
830 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
831 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
832 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
833 deb-building toolchain.
834 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
835 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
836 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
837 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
838 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
839 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
840 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
841 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
842 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
843 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
844 sections about changelog files.
846 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
847 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
848 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
849 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
850 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
851 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
853 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
854 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
855 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
856 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
857 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
858 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
859 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
860 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
861 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
862 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
863 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
864 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
865 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
866 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
867 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
868 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
869 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
870 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
871 for the restructuring
873 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
875 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
880 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
881 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
882 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
883 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
884 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
885 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
887 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
888 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
889 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
890 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
891 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
892 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
893 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
895 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
896 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
897 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
898 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
900 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
902 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
905 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
906 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
907 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
908 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
909 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
910 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
912 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
913 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
914 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
915 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
917 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
918 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
919 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
920 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
921 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
922 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
923 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
924 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
925 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
927 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
928 script should start it, closes: #60979
929 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
930 "should", closes: #170019
931 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
932 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
933 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
934 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
935 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
936 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
937 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
938 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
941 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
943 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
947 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
948 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
949 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
950 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
951 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
952 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
953 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
954 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
956 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
957 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
958 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
959 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
960 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
961 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
962 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
963 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
964 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
966 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
967 file, closes: Bug#65764
969 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
971 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
974 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
975 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
976 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
977 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
978 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
979 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
980 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
981 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
982 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
983 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
984 details. closes: Bug#133030
985 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
986 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
989 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
991 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
994 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
995 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
996 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
997 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
998 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
999 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1000 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1001 not. closes: Bug#139820
1002 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1003 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1004 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1005 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1006 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1007 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1008 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1009 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1010 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1011 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1013 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1015 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1016 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1017 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1018 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1019 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1020 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1021 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1022 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1023 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1024 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1025 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1026 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1027 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1028 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1029 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1030 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1031 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1032 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1033 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1034 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1036 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1037 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1038 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1039 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1040 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1041 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1042 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1044 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1045 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1046 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1047 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1048 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1049 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1050 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1051 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1052 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1054 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1056 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1058 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1059 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1060 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1061 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1062 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1063 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1064 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1065 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1066 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1067 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1068 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1069 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1070 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1071 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1072 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1073 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1074 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1075 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1076 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1077 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1078 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1079 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1080 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1082 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1084 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1087 medium, high, emergency.
1088 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1089 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1090 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1091 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1092 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1095 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1096 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1097 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1099 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1100 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1101 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1102 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1103 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1104 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1105 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1110 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1113 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1114 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1115 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1117 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1118 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1119 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1120 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1121 debian/rules to do this
1122 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1123 patches are incorporated upstream
1124 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1125 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1126 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1127 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1128 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1129 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1131 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1132 system closes: Bug#91249
1133 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1134 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1135 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1136 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1137 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1138 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1139 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1140 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1141 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1142 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1143 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1144 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1145 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1147 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1149 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1152 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1153 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1154 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1156 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1157 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1158 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1160 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1165 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1168 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1169 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1170 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1171 package for the time being
1172 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1173 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1174 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1175 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1176 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1177 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1178 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1179 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1180 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1181 Build-Depends arch syntax
1182 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1184 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1185 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1187 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1188 from policy maintenance duties.
1189 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1190 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1194 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1198 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1200 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1203 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1204 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1205 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1206 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1207 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1208 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1209 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1210 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1211 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1212 minor version number for this
1213 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1214 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1215 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1216 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1217 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1218 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1219 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1220 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1221 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1223 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1225 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1228 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1229 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1230 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1231 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1233 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1235 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1236 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1237 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1238 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1239 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1240 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1241 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1242 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1243 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1244 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1245 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1246 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1247 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1248 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1249 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1250 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1255 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1258 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1260 * Document the Enhances relationship
1261 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1262 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1263 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1264 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1265 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1266 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1268 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1270 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1271 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1272 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1273 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1275 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1276 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1277 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1278 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1279 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1281 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1283 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1286 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1287 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1289 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1290 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1291 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1292 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1293 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1294 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1295 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1296 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1297 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1299 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1301 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1303 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1306 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1307 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1308 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1309 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1310 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1311 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1312 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1313 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1314 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1315 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1316 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1317 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1318 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1319 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1320 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1321 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1322 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1323 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1324 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1325 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1326 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1328 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1329 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1331 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1333 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1336 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1337 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1338 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1339 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1340 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1341 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1342 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1343 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1344 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1345 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1346 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1347 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1348 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1349 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1350 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1351 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1352 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1353 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1354 list closes: Bug#53756
1355 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1356 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1357 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1358 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1359 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1360 policy closes: Bug#53760
1361 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1362 policy closes: Bug#53761
1363 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1364 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1365 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1366 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1367 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1368 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1369 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1370 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1371 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1372 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1373 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1375 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1376 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1377 to install with older fileutils.
1378 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1379 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1380 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1381 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1383 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1384 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1388 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1391 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1393 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1395 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1398 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1400 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1403 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1406 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1408 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1410 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1412 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1414 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1415 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1417 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1419 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1421 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1422 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1423 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1424 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1425 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1426 directoried (closes: #41547)
1427 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1428 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1429 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1430 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1431 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1432 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1433 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1434 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1435 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1436 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1437 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1439 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1440 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1441 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1442 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1443 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1444 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1445 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1447 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1448 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1449 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1450 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1452 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1454 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1456 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1457 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1459 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1461 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1463 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1464 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1466 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1468 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1470 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1471 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1473 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1474 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1475 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1476 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1477 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1478 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1479 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1480 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1481 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1482 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1483 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1484 this closes: Bug#38612
1485 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1486 before. closes: Bug#40864
1488 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1490 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1493 officially uploaded.
1494 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1496 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1497 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1498 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1500 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1501 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1502 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1503 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1504 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1505 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1507 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1508 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1509 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1511 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1513 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1514 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1515 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1516 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1517 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1519 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1521 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1523 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1524 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1525 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1526 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1527 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1528 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1529 there). closes: Bug#34233
1530 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1531 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1532 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1533 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1534 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1536 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1538 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1540 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1541 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1542 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1543 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1546 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1547 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1548 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1549 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1550 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1553 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1554 number. closes: BUG#25911
1556 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1557 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1558 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1559 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1560 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1561 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1563 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1564 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1565 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1568 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1569 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1570 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1572 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1573 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1574 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1575 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1577 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1578 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1579 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1581 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1583 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1584 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1585 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1586 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1587 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1588 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1589 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1590 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1593 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1595 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1596 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1599 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1601 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1603 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1605 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1607 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1609 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1610 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1611 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1612 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1613 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1614 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1615 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1616 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1618 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1619 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1621 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1623 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1625 * non-maintainer release
1626 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1627 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1629 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1630 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1631 * no content changes
1632 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1634 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1636 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1640 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1642 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1644 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1646 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1647 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1648 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1650 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1651 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1653 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1654 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1655 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1656 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1658 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1659 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1660 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1661 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1662 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1663 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1664 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1666 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1667 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1668 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1671 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1672 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1673 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1675 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1676 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1677 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1679 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1680 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1682 * New version numbering scheme:
1684 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1685 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1686 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1689 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1690 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1691 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1692 differ between the manuals.
1694 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1695 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1696 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1697 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1699 * Packaging changes:
1701 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1702 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1704 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1706 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1708 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1710 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1712 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1713 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1714 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1716 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1717 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1720 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1721 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1722 file extension as the referenced file
1724 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1725 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1727 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1728 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1729 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1730 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1733 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1734 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1735 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1737 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1738 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1739 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1740 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1743 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1744 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1747 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1748 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1749 reasonable default configuration
1751 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1752 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1753 by all news servers and clients
1755 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1756 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1757 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1758 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1759 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1761 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1762 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1765 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1767 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1768 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1770 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1773 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1774 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1776 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1777 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1779 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1781 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1783 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1785 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1786 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1787 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1788 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1790 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1792 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1793 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1794 * Don't use debstd anymore
1796 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1798 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1800 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1801 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1802 contrib/non-free policy
1803 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1804 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1805 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1806 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1807 - new section about `Daemons'
1808 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1809 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1810 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1811 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1812 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1813 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1814 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1815 * SGML source code included in package
1816 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1818 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1820 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1822 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1823 - completely reworked structure
1824 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1825 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1826 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1827 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1828 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1829 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1830 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1831 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1832 - mention "orphaned packages"
1833 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1834 distributions' policy
1835 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1836 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1837 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1838 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1839 - added section about arch spec strings
1840 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1841 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1842 - added section about "menus"
1843 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1844 the new documentation policy soon
1845 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1846 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1848 - added section about editors and pagers
1849 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1850 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1851 - added section about device files
1852 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1853 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1854 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1856 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1857 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1858 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1859 - Added new section about obsolete names
1860 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1861 * Fixed package's description
1863 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1865 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1867 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1869 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1871 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1873 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1874 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1875 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1876 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1878 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1880 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1882 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1883 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1884 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1886 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1887 and upload it "byhand" too.
1889 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1891 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1894 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1895 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1896 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1897 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1898 functionality must not have the same name.
1899 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1900 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1901 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1902 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1903 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1904 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1905 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1907 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1908 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1909 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1910 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1911 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1912 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1913 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1914 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1917 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1919 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1921 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1923 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1924 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1925 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1926 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1927 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1930 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1932 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1934 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1936 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1937 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1938 description of deb file format.
1939 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1940 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1942 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1944 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1945 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1947 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1949 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1951 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1952 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1953 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1954 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1955 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1956 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1957 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1958 packages in section on Procedure
1959 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1960 a package maintainer
1961 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1962 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1963 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1965 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1966 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1967 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1968 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1969 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1970 on various shlib files
1971 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1972 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1973 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1975 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1977 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1979 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1980 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1981 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1983 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1984 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1985 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1986 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1987 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1989 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1991 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1993 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1995 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1997 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1998 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1999 compatibility go in contrib.
2001 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2002 instructions in policy manual.
2003 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2006 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2008 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2010 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2011 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2012 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2013 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2015 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2016 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2019 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2021 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2023 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2024 * More detail about changelog format names.
2026 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2027 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2031 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2033 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2035 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2037 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2039 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2041 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2043 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2045 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2046 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2047 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2049 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2051 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2053 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2055 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2057 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2061 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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