1 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
4 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
5 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
7 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
8 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
9 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
15 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
16 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
21 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
25 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
26 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
27 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
28 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
33 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
40 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
44 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
49 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:30:33 -0700
51 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
54 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
55 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
56 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
57 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
59 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
60 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
61 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
62 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
63 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
64 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
65 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
66 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
67 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
68 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
69 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
70 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
71 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
72 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
73 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
74 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
75 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
77 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
78 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
79 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
80 good to know which version one is looking at.
81 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
82 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
83 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
84 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
85 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
86 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
87 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
89 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
90 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
91 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
92 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
93 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
95 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
96 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
97 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
99 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
100 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
101 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
102 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
104 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
106 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
110 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
111 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
112 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
113 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
114 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
115 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
116 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
117 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
118 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
119 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
124 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
125 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
130 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
131 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
132 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
135 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
137 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
142 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
146 Closes: #620870, #532120
147 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
148 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
153 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
154 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
155 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
159 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
160 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
161 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
162 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
163 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
165 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
166 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
167 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
168 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
169 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
170 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
171 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
172 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
173 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
174 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
175 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
176 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
177 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
178 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
179 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
180 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
182 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
184 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
185 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
186 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
187 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
188 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
189 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
190 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
191 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
192 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
193 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
196 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
198 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
199 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
200 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
201 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
206 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
207 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
209 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
210 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
211 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
212 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
215 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
217 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
221 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
222 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
223 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
226 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
227 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
228 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
230 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
231 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
237 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
238 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
239 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
242 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
243 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
248 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
249 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
250 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
251 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
254 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
255 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
256 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
257 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
259 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
260 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
265 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
267 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
270 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
273 Closes: #459868, #581011
274 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
275 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
277 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
279 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
280 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
281 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
282 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
285 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
287 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
289 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
290 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
294 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
295 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
297 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
298 Closes: #501930, #593909
299 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
300 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
304 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
305 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
306 machine. (Closes: #591857)
307 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
308 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
309 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
310 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
311 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
312 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
313 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
314 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
315 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
316 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
318 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
319 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
320 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
321 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
322 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
323 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
324 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
325 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
326 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
327 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
328 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
329 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
330 than the version in oldstable.
331 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
332 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
333 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
334 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
335 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
336 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
337 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
338 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
339 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
340 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
341 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
342 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
343 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
344 package. (Closes: #609160)
346 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
348 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
351 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
352 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
356 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
357 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
358 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
361 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
362 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
366 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
367 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
371 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
372 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
376 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
377 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
381 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
382 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
383 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
386 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
387 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
389 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
391 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
392 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
394 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
396 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
397 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
402 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
403 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
404 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
405 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
408 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
409 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
410 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
411 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
413 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
414 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
418 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
419 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
423 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
424 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
428 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
429 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
433 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
434 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
438 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
440 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
441 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
442 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
443 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
444 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
445 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
446 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
447 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
448 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
450 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
451 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
452 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
453 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
454 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
455 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
457 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
459 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
462 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
465 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
468 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
469 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
470 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
471 and distribution license' (three times).
472 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
473 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
478 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
480 Proposed by Santiago Vila
481 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
488 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
489 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
490 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
491 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
493 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
494 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
495 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
498 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
500 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
501 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
505 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
506 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
509 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
511 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
512 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
515 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
517 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
518 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
521 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
523 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
524 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
525 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
528 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
529 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
531 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
534 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
535 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
539 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
540 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
544 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
545 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
546 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
547 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
548 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
550 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
551 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
552 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
555 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
556 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
557 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
561 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
562 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
566 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
567 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
568 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
569 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
570 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
571 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
572 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
573 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
574 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
575 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
576 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
577 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
578 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
579 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
580 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
581 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
582 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
583 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
584 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
585 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
586 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
587 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
588 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
589 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
590 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
591 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
592 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
593 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
594 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
595 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
596 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
597 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
599 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
601 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
603 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
606 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
607 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
609 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
610 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
614 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
617 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
618 Wording: Steve Langasek.
619 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
620 Seconded: Julien Cristau
621 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
624 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
625 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
626 Seconded: Russ Allbery
627 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
630 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
631 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
632 Seconded: Russ Allbery
634 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
635 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
636 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
637 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
638 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
639 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
640 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
641 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
642 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
644 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
645 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
646 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
647 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
648 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
649 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
650 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
652 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
653 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
654 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
655 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
656 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
657 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
658 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
661 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
662 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
663 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
664 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
665 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
667 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
670 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
671 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
672 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
674 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
675 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
678 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
680 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
682 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
683 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
685 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
687 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
688 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
690 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
692 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
693 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
695 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
697 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
698 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
700 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
701 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
702 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
704 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
705 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
706 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
707 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
710 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
711 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
712 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
715 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
716 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
717 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
718 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
720 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
721 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
722 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
723 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
725 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
726 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
727 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
728 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
730 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
731 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
732 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
733 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
735 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
736 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
737 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
738 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
739 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
740 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
741 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
742 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
743 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
744 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
745 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
746 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
747 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
748 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
749 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
751 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
752 Source field descriptions.
753 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
754 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
755 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
756 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
757 description says otherwise.
759 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
761 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
765 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
766 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
767 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
768 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
769 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
771 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
772 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
773 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
774 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
776 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
777 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
778 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
779 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
781 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
782 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
783 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
786 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
787 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
788 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
789 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
793 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
794 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
795 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
796 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
797 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
799 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
800 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
804 * Add myself to Uploaders.
807 * Add myself to Uploaders.
808 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
810 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
811 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
812 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
814 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
816 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
818 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
819 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
820 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
821 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
823 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
824 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
825 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
826 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
828 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
829 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
830 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
831 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
833 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
834 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
835 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
836 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
838 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
839 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
840 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
841 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
843 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
844 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
845 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
846 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
848 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
849 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
850 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
851 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
853 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
854 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
855 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
856 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
858 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
859 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
860 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
861 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
863 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
864 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
865 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
866 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
868 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
869 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
870 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
871 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
872 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
874 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
875 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
876 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
877 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
878 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
879 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
880 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
881 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
882 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
883 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
884 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
885 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
886 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
887 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
888 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
889 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
890 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
891 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
892 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
893 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
894 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
895 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
896 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
897 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
898 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
899 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
900 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
901 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
902 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
903 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
905 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
906 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
907 links was completed long ago.
908 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
910 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
912 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
914 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
915 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
917 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
919 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
921 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
922 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
923 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
924 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
925 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
926 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
927 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
928 Millan (Closes: #209008).
929 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
930 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
932 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
934 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
936 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
937 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
938 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
939 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
940 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
941 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
942 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
944 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
945 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
946 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
947 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
949 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
950 Küster (Closes: #403391).
951 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
952 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
953 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
954 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
955 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
956 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
957 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
958 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
959 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
960 Closes: #186700, #458910
961 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
962 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
963 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
965 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
966 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
967 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
968 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
969 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
970 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
971 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
972 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
974 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
975 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
977 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
978 * Add an md5sums control file.
979 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
980 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
981 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
982 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
983 currently part of policy.
984 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
985 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
986 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
989 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
991 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
994 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
995 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
996 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
997 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
998 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
999 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1000 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1001 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1002 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1003 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1004 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1005 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1006 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1007 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1008 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1010 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1012 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1013 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1014 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1016 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1017 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1018 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1019 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1020 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1021 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1022 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1023 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1024 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1025 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1026 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1027 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1028 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1029 debconf specification.
1030 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1031 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1033 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1035 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1038 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1040 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1041 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1043 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1045 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1046 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1047 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1048 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1049 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1051 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1052 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1053 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1054 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1055 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1056 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1057 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1058 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1059 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1060 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1061 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1062 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1063 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1064 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1065 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1066 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1068 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1070 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1071 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1072 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1073 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1074 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1075 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1076 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1077 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1079 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1081 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1084 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1085 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1086 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1087 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1088 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1089 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1091 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1092 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1093 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1094 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1095 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1096 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1097 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1098 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1099 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1100 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1102 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1103 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1104 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1105 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1106 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1107 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1111 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1114 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1115 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1116 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1119 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1123 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1126 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1127 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1128 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1129 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1130 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1131 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1132 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1133 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1134 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1136 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1137 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1138 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1139 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1140 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1141 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1142 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1143 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1145 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1146 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1149 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1151 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1154 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1155 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1156 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1157 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1158 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1159 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1160 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1161 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1162 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1163 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1164 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1165 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1166 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1167 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1168 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1169 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1170 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1171 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1172 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1174 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1175 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1176 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1177 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1178 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1179 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1180 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1182 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1183 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1184 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1185 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1187 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1188 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1189 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1190 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1191 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1192 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1193 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1194 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1195 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1196 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1197 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1200 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1203 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1205 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1206 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1207 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1208 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1209 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1210 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1211 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1212 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1214 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1216 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1220 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1222 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1224 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1225 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1226 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1228 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1229 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1230 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1234 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1236 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1237 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1239 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1241 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1243 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1245 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1247 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1248 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1249 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1251 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1254 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1256 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1259 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1260 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1261 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1263 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1264 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1266 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1270 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1274 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1275 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1276 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1277 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1279 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1280 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1281 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1282 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1285 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1286 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1289 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1290 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1292 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1293 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1294 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1296 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1297 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1298 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1299 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1302 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1303 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1304 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1306 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1307 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1308 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1311 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1312 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1313 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1315 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1316 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1317 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1319 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1320 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1321 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1322 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1323 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1324 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1325 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1326 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1328 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1330 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1334 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1335 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1336 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1337 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1338 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1339 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1340 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1341 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1343 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1344 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1345 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1346 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1347 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1348 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1349 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1350 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1351 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1352 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1353 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1354 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1356 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1357 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1358 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1362 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1363 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1366 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1367 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1368 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1370 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1371 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1372 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1373 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1374 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1375 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1377 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1378 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1380 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1381 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1382 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1383 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1384 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1385 Closes: #185943, #237049
1387 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1389 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1395 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1396 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1397 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1398 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1399 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1400 running. closes: Bug#187250
1401 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1402 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1403 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1404 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1405 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1406 user closes: Bug#176506
1408 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1410 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1414 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1415 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1416 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1417 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1418 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1419 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1420 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1421 deb-building toolchain.
1422 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1423 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1424 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1425 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1426 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1427 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1428 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1429 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1430 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1431 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1432 sections about changelog files.
1434 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1435 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1436 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1437 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1438 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1439 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1441 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1442 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1443 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1444 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1445 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1446 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1447 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1448 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1449 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1450 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1451 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1452 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1453 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1454 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1455 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1456 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1457 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1458 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1459 for the restructuring
1461 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1463 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1468 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1469 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1470 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1471 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1472 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1473 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1475 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1476 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1477 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1478 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1479 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1480 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1481 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1483 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1484 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1485 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1486 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1488 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1490 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1493 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1494 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1495 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1496 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1497 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1498 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1500 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1501 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1502 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1503 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1505 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1506 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1507 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1508 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1509 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1510 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1511 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1512 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1513 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1514 offtopic stuff, too.
1515 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1516 script should start it, closes: #60979
1517 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1518 "should", closes: #170019
1519 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1520 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1521 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1522 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1523 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1524 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1525 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1526 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1529 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1531 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1534 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1535 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1536 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1537 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1538 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1539 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1540 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1541 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1542 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1544 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1545 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1546 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1547 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1548 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1549 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1550 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1551 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1552 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1554 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1555 file, closes: Bug#65764
1557 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1559 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1562 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1563 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1564 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1565 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1566 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1567 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1568 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1569 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1570 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1571 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1572 details. closes: Bug#133030
1573 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1574 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1575 parts of Bug#161455.
1577 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1579 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1581 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1582 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1583 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1584 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1585 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1586 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1587 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1588 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1589 not. closes: Bug#139820
1590 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1591 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1592 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1593 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1594 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1595 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1596 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1597 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1598 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1599 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1601 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1603 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1604 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1605 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1606 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1607 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1608 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1609 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1610 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1611 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1612 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1613 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1614 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1615 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1616 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1617 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1618 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1619 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1620 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1621 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1622 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1624 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1625 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1626 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1627 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1628 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1629 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1630 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1632 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1633 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1634 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1635 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1636 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1637 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1638 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1639 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1640 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1642 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1644 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1647 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1648 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1649 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1650 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1651 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1652 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1653 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1654 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1655 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1656 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1657 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1658 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1659 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1660 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1661 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1662 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1663 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1664 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1665 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1666 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1667 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1668 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1670 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1672 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1674 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1675 medium, high, emergency.
1676 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1677 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1678 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1679 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1680 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1683 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1684 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1685 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1687 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1688 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1689 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1690 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1691 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1692 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1693 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1696 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1698 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1700 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1701 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1702 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1703 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1705 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1706 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1707 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1708 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1709 debian/rules to do this
1710 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1711 patches are incorporated upstream
1712 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1713 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1714 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1715 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1716 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1717 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1719 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1720 system closes: Bug#91249
1721 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1722 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1723 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1724 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1725 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1726 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1727 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1728 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1729 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1730 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1731 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1732 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1733 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1735 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1737 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1739 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1740 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1741 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1742 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1744 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1745 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1746 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1748 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1751 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1753 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1755 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1756 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1757 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1758 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1759 package for the time being
1760 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1761 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1762 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1763 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1764 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1765 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1766 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1767 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1768 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1769 Build-Depends arch syntax
1770 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1772 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1773 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1775 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1776 from policy maintenance duties.
1777 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1778 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1780 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1782 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1784 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1786 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1788 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1790 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1791 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1792 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1793 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1794 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1795 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1796 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1797 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1798 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1799 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1800 minor version number for this
1801 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1802 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1803 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1804 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1805 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1806 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1807 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1808 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1809 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1811 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1813 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1815 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1816 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1817 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1818 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1819 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1821 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1823 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1824 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1825 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1826 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1827 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1828 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1829 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1830 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1831 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1832 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1833 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1834 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1835 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1836 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1837 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1838 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1841 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1843 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1845 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1846 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1848 * Document the Enhances relationship
1849 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1850 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1851 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1852 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1853 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1854 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1856 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1858 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1859 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1860 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1861 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1863 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1864 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1865 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1866 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1867 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1869 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1871 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1873 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1874 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1875 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1877 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1878 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1879 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1880 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1881 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1882 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1883 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1884 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1885 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1887 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1889 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1891 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1893 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1894 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1895 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1896 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1897 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1898 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1899 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1900 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1901 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1902 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1903 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1904 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1905 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1906 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1907 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1908 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1909 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1910 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1911 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1912 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1913 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1914 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1916 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1917 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1919 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1921 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1923 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1924 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1925 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1926 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1927 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1928 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1929 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1930 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1931 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1932 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1933 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1934 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1935 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1936 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1937 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1938 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1939 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1940 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1941 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1942 list closes: Bug#53756
1943 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1944 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1945 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1946 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1947 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1948 policy closes: Bug#53760
1949 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1950 policy closes: Bug#53761
1951 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1952 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1953 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1954 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1955 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1956 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1957 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1958 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1959 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1960 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1961 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1963 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1964 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1965 to install with older fileutils.
1966 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1967 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1968 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1969 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1971 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1972 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1974 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1976 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1978 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1979 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1981 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1983 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1985 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1986 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1988 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1991 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1993 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1994 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1996 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1998 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2000 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2002 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2003 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2005 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2007 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2009 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2010 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2011 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2012 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2013 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2014 directoried (closes: #41547)
2015 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2016 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2017 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2018 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2019 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2020 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2021 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2022 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2023 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2024 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2025 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2027 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2028 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2029 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2030 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2031 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2032 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2033 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2035 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2036 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2037 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2038 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2040 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2042 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2044 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2045 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2047 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2049 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2051 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2052 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2054 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2056 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2058 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2059 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2061 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2062 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2063 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2064 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2065 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2066 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2067 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2068 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2069 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2070 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2071 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2072 this closes: Bug#38612
2073 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2074 before. closes: Bug#40864
2076 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2078 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2080 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2081 officially uploaded.
2082 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2084 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2085 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2086 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2088 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2089 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2090 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2091 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2092 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2093 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2095 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2096 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2097 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2099 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2101 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2102 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2103 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2104 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2105 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2107 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2109 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2111 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2112 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2113 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2114 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2115 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2116 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2117 there). closes: Bug#34233
2118 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2119 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2120 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2121 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2122 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2126 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2128 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2129 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2130 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2131 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2134 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2135 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2136 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2137 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2138 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2141 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2142 number. closes: BUG#25911
2144 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2145 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2146 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2147 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2148 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2149 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2151 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2152 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2153 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2156 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2157 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2158 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2160 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2161 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2162 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2163 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2165 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2166 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2167 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2169 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2171 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2172 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2173 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2174 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2175 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2176 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2177 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2178 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2181 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2183 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2184 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2189 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2191 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2193 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2195 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2197 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2198 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2199 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2200 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2201 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2202 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2203 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2204 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2206 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2207 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2209 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2211 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2213 * non-maintainer release
2214 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2215 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2217 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2218 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2219 * no content changes
2220 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2222 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2224 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2228 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2230 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2232 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2234 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2235 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2236 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2238 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2239 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2241 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2242 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2243 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2244 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2246 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2247 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2248 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2249 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2250 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2251 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2252 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2254 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2255 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2256 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2259 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2260 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2261 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2263 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2264 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2265 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2267 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2268 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2270 * New version numbering scheme:
2272 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2273 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2274 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2277 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2278 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2279 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2280 differ between the manuals.
2282 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2283 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2284 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2285 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2287 * Packaging changes:
2289 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2290 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2292 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2296 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2298 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2300 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2301 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2302 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2304 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2305 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2308 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2309 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2310 file extension as the referenced file
2312 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2313 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2315 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2316 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2317 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2318 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2321 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2322 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2323 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2325 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2326 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2327 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2328 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2331 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2332 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2335 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2336 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2337 reasonable default configuration
2339 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2340 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2341 by all news servers and clients
2343 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2344 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2345 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2346 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2347 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2349 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2350 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2353 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2355 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2356 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2358 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2361 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2362 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2364 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2365 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2367 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2369 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2371 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2373 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2374 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2375 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2376 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2378 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2380 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2381 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2382 * Don't use debstd anymore
2384 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2386 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2388 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2389 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2390 contrib/non-free policy
2391 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2392 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2393 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2394 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2395 - new section about `Daemons'
2396 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2397 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2398 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2399 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2400 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2401 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2402 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2403 * SGML source code included in package
2404 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2406 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2408 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2410 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2411 - completely reworked structure
2412 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2413 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2414 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2415 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2416 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2417 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2418 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2419 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2420 - mention "orphaned packages"
2421 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2422 distributions' policy
2423 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2424 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2425 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2426 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2427 - added section about arch spec strings
2428 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2429 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2430 - added section about "menus"
2431 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2432 the new documentation policy soon
2433 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2434 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2436 - added section about editors and pagers
2437 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2438 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2439 - added section about device files
2440 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2441 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2442 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2444 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2445 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2446 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2447 - Added new section about obsolete names
2448 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2449 * Fixed package's description
2451 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2453 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2455 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2457 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2459 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2461 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2462 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2463 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2464 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2466 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2468 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2470 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2471 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2472 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2474 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2475 and upload it "byhand" too.
2477 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2479 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2482 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2483 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2484 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2485 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2486 functionality must not have the same name.
2487 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2488 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2489 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2490 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2491 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2492 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2493 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2495 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2496 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2497 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2498 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2499 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2500 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2501 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2502 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2505 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2507 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2509 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2511 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2512 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2513 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2514 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2515 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2518 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2520 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2522 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2524 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2525 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2526 description of deb file format.
2527 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2528 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2530 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2532 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2533 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2535 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2537 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2539 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2540 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2541 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2542 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2543 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2544 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2545 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2546 packages in section on Procedure
2547 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2548 a package maintainer
2549 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2550 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2551 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2553 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2554 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2555 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2556 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2557 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2558 on various shlib files
2559 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2560 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2561 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2563 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2565 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2567 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2568 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2569 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2571 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2572 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2573 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2574 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2575 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2577 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2579 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2581 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2583 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2585 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2586 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2587 compatibility go in contrib.
2589 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2590 instructions in policy manual.
2591 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2594 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2596 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2598 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2599 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2600 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2601 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2603 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2604 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2607 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2609 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2611 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2612 * More detail about changelog format names.
2614 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2615 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2619 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2621 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2623 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2625 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2627 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2629 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2631 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2633 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2634 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2635 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2637 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2639 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2641 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2643 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2645 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2649 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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