1 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
4 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
5 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
6 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
7 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
9 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
10 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
11 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
12 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
13 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
14 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
15 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
16 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
17 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
18 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
19 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
20 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
21 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
22 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
23 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
24 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
25 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
27 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
28 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
29 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
30 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
31 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
32 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
34 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
35 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
36 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
37 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
39 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
40 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
41 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
44 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:07:42 -0800
46 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
50 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
51 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
52 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
53 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
54 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
55 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
56 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
57 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
58 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
59 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
64 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
65 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
70 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
71 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
75 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
77 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
78 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
82 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
83 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
86 Closes: #620870, #532120
87 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
88 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
93 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
94 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
95 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
99 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
100 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
101 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
102 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
103 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
105 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
106 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
107 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
108 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
109 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
110 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
111 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
112 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
113 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
114 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
115 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
116 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
117 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
118 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
119 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
120 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
122 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
124 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
125 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
126 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
127 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
128 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
129 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
130 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
131 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
132 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
133 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
136 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
138 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
139 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
140 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
141 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
146 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
147 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
149 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
150 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
151 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
152 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
155 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
157 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
161 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
162 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
163 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
166 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
167 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
168 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
170 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
171 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
177 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
178 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
179 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
182 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
183 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
188 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
189 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
190 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
191 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
194 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
195 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
196 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
199 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
200 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
205 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
207 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
209 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
210 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
213 Closes: #459868, #581011
214 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
215 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
217 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
219 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
220 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
222 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
224 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
225 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
227 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
229 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
230 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
234 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
235 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
238 Closes: #501930, #593909
239 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
240 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
244 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
245 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
246 machine. (Closes: #591857)
247 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
248 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
249 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
250 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
251 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
252 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
253 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
254 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
255 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
256 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
258 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
259 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
260 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
261 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
262 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
263 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
264 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
265 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
266 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
267 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
268 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
269 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
270 than the version in oldstable.
271 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
272 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
273 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
274 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
275 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
276 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
277 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
278 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
279 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
280 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
281 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
282 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
283 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
284 package. (Closes: #609160)
286 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
288 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
291 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
292 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
296 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
297 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
301 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
302 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
306 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
307 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
311 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
312 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
316 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
317 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
321 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
322 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
324 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
326 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
327 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
329 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
331 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
332 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
334 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
336 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
337 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
342 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
343 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
348 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
349 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
353 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
354 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
358 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
359 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
363 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
364 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
368 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
369 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
373 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
374 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
378 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
380 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
381 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
382 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
383 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
384 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
385 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
386 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
387 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
388 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
390 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
391 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
392 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
393 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
394 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
395 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
397 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
399 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
402 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
405 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
408 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
409 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
410 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
411 and distribution license' (three times).
412 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
413 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
418 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
420 Proposed by Santiago Vila
421 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
428 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
429 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
433 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
434 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
435 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
438 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
440 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
441 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
443 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
445 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
446 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
448 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
449 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
451 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
452 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
455 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
457 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
458 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
461 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
463 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
464 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
465 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
468 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
469 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
471 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
472 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
474 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
475 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
477 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
479 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
480 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
482 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
484 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
485 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
486 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
490 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
491 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
492 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
495 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
496 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
501 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
502 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
504 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
506 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
507 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
508 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
509 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
510 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
511 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
512 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
513 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
514 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
515 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
516 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
517 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
518 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
519 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
520 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
521 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
522 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
523 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
524 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
525 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
526 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
527 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
528 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
529 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
530 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
531 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
532 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
533 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
534 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
535 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
536 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
537 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
539 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
541 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
543 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
546 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
547 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
549 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
550 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
554 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
557 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
558 Wording: Steve Langasek.
559 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
560 Seconded: Julien Cristau
561 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
564 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
565 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
566 Seconded: Russ Allbery
567 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
570 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
571 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
572 Seconded: Russ Allbery
574 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
575 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
576 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
577 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
578 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
579 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
580 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
581 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
582 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
584 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
585 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
586 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
587 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
588 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
589 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
590 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
591 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
592 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
593 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
594 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
595 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
596 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
597 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
598 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
599 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
601 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
602 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
603 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
604 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
605 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
607 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
610 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
611 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
613 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
614 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
615 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
618 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
620 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
622 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
623 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
624 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
627 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
628 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
629 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
632 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
633 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
634 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
637 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
638 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
639 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
641 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
642 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
644 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
645 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
647 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
648 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
650 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
651 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
655 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
656 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
657 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
660 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
661 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
662 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
663 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
665 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
666 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
667 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
670 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
671 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
672 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
675 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
676 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
677 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
678 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
679 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
680 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
681 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
682 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
683 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
684 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
685 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
686 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
687 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
688 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
689 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
691 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
692 Source field descriptions.
693 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
694 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
695 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
696 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
697 description says otherwise.
699 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
701 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
704 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
705 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
706 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
707 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
708 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
709 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
711 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
712 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
714 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
716 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
717 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
718 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
719 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
721 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
722 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
723 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
724 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
726 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
727 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
728 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
729 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
733 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
734 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
735 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
736 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
737 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
739 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
740 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
741 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
742 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
744 * Add myself to Uploaders.
747 * Add myself to Uploaders.
748 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
750 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
751 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
752 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
754 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
756 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
758 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
759 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
760 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
761 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
763 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
764 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
765 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
766 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
768 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
769 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
770 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
771 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
773 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
774 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
775 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
776 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
778 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
779 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
780 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
781 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
783 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
784 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
785 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
788 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
789 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
790 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
791 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
793 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
794 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
795 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
796 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
798 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
799 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
800 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
803 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
804 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
805 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
806 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
808 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
809 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
810 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
811 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
812 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
814 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
815 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
816 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
817 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
818 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
819 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
820 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
821 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
822 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
823 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
824 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
825 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
826 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
827 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
828 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
829 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
830 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
831 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
832 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
833 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
834 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
835 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
836 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
837 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
838 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
839 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
840 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
841 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
842 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
843 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
845 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
846 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
847 links was completed long ago.
848 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
850 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
852 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
855 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
857 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
859 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
861 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
862 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
863 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
864 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
865 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
866 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
867 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
868 Millan (Closes: #209008).
869 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
870 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
872 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
874 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
876 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
877 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
878 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
879 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
880 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
881 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
882 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
884 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
885 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
886 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
887 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
889 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
890 Küster (Closes: #403391).
891 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
892 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
893 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
894 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
895 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
896 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
897 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
898 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
899 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
900 Closes: #186700, #458910
901 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
902 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
903 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
905 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
906 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
907 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
908 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
909 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
910 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
911 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
912 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
914 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
915 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
917 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
918 * Add an md5sums control file.
919 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
920 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
921 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
922 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
923 currently part of policy.
924 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
925 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
926 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
929 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
931 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
934 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
935 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
936 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
937 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
938 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
939 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
940 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
941 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
942 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
943 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
944 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
945 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
946 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
947 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
948 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
950 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
952 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
953 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
954 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
956 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
957 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
958 list?" (Closes: #412634).
959 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
960 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
961 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
962 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
963 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
964 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
965 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
966 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
967 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
968 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
969 debconf specification.
970 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
971 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
973 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
975 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
977 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
978 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
979 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
980 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
981 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
983 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
985 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
986 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
987 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
988 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
989 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
991 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
992 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
993 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
994 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
995 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
996 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
997 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
998 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
999 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1000 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1001 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1002 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1003 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1004 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1005 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1006 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1010 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1011 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1012 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1013 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1014 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1015 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1016 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1017 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1019 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1021 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1024 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1025 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1026 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1027 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1028 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1029 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1031 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1032 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1033 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1034 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1035 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1036 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1037 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1038 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1039 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1040 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1042 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1043 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1044 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1045 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1046 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1047 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1049 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1051 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1054 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1055 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1056 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1058 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1059 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1061 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1063 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1066 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1067 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1068 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1069 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1070 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1071 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1072 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1073 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1074 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1076 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1077 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1078 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1079 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1080 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1081 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1082 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1083 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1084 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1085 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1086 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1089 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1091 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1094 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1095 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1096 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1097 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1098 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1099 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1100 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1101 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1102 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1103 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1104 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1105 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1106 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1107 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1108 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1109 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1110 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1111 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1112 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1113 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1114 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1115 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1116 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1117 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1118 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1119 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1120 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1122 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1123 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1124 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1125 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1127 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1128 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1129 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1130 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1131 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1132 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1133 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1134 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1135 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1136 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1137 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1140 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1142 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1143 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1145 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1146 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1147 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1148 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1149 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1150 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1151 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1152 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1154 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1156 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1160 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1161 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1162 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1164 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1165 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1166 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1168 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1169 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1170 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1174 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1176 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1177 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1178 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1179 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1181 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1183 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1185 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1187 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1188 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1189 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1190 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1191 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1194 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1196 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1199 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1200 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1201 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1203 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1204 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1206 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1210 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1214 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1215 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1216 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1217 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1219 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1220 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1221 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1222 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1225 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1226 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1229 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1230 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1232 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1233 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1234 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1236 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1237 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1238 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1239 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1242 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1243 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1244 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1246 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1247 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1248 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1251 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1252 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1253 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1255 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1256 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1257 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1259 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1260 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1261 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1262 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1263 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1264 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1265 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1266 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1270 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1274 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1275 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1276 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1277 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1278 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1279 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1280 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1281 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1283 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1284 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1285 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1286 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1287 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1288 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1289 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1290 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1291 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1292 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1293 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1294 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1295 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1296 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1297 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1298 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1302 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1303 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1306 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1307 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1308 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1310 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1311 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1312 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1313 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1314 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1315 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1317 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1318 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1320 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1321 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1322 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1323 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1324 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1325 Closes: #185943, #237049
1327 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1329 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1335 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1336 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1337 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1338 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1339 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1340 running. closes: Bug#187250
1341 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1342 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1343 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1344 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1345 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1346 user closes: Bug#176506
1348 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1350 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1354 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1355 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1356 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1357 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1358 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1359 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1360 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1361 deb-building toolchain.
1362 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1363 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1364 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1365 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1366 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1367 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1368 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1369 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1370 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1371 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1372 sections about changelog files.
1374 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1375 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1376 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1377 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1378 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1379 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1381 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1382 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1383 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1384 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1385 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1386 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1387 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1388 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1389 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1390 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1391 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1392 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1393 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1394 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1395 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1396 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1397 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1398 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1399 for the restructuring
1401 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1403 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1406 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1408 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1409 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1410 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1411 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1412 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1413 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1415 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1416 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1417 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1418 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1419 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1420 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1421 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1423 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1424 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1425 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1426 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1428 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1430 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1433 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1434 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1435 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1436 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1437 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1438 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1440 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1441 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1442 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1443 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1445 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1446 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1447 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1448 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1449 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1450 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1451 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1452 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1453 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1454 offtopic stuff, too.
1455 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1456 script should start it, closes: #60979
1457 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1458 "should", closes: #170019
1459 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1460 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1461 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1462 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1463 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1464 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1465 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1466 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1469 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1471 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1475 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1476 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1477 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1478 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1479 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1480 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1481 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1482 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1484 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1485 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1486 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1487 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1488 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1489 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1490 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1491 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1492 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1494 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1495 file, closes: Bug#65764
1497 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1499 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1502 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1503 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1504 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1505 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1506 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1507 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1508 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1509 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1510 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1511 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1512 details. closes: Bug#133030
1513 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1514 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1515 parts of Bug#161455.
1517 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1519 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1521 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1522 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1523 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1524 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1525 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1526 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1527 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1528 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1529 not. closes: Bug#139820
1530 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1531 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1532 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1533 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1534 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1535 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1536 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1537 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1538 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1539 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1541 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1543 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1544 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1545 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1546 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1547 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1548 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1549 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1550 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1551 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1552 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1553 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1554 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1555 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1556 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1557 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1558 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1559 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1560 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1561 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1562 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1564 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1565 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1566 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1567 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1568 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1569 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1570 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1572 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1573 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1574 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1575 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1576 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1577 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1578 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1579 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1580 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1584 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1586 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1587 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1588 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1589 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1590 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1591 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1592 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1593 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1594 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1595 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1596 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1597 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1598 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1599 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1600 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1601 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1602 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1603 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1604 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1605 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1606 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1607 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1608 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1610 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1612 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1614 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1615 medium, high, emergency.
1616 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1617 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1618 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1619 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1620 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1623 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1624 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1625 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1627 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1628 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1629 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1630 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1631 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1632 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1633 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1638 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1640 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1641 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1642 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1643 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1645 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1646 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1647 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1648 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1649 debian/rules to do this
1650 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1651 patches are incorporated upstream
1652 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1653 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1654 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1655 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1656 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1657 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1659 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1660 system closes: Bug#91249
1661 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1662 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1663 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1664 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1665 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1666 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1667 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1668 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1669 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1670 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1671 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1672 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1673 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1675 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1677 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1679 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1680 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1681 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1682 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1684 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1685 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1686 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1688 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1691 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1693 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1695 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1696 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1697 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1698 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1699 package for the time being
1700 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1701 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1702 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1703 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1704 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1705 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1706 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1707 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1708 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1709 Build-Depends arch syntax
1710 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1712 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1713 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1715 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1716 from policy maintenance duties.
1717 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1718 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1720 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1722 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1724 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1726 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1728 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1730 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1731 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1732 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1733 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1734 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1735 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1736 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1737 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1738 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1739 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1740 minor version number for this
1741 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1742 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1743 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1744 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1745 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1746 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1747 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1748 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1749 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1751 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1753 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1755 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1756 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1757 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1758 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1759 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1761 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1763 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1764 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1765 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1766 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1767 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1768 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1769 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1770 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1771 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1772 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1773 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1774 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1775 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1776 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1777 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1778 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1781 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1783 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1785 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1786 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1788 * Document the Enhances relationship
1789 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1790 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1791 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1792 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1793 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1794 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1796 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1798 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1799 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1800 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1801 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1803 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1804 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1805 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1806 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1807 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1809 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1811 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1813 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1814 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1815 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1817 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1818 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1819 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1820 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1821 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1822 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1823 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1824 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1825 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1827 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1829 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1831 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1833 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1834 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1835 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1836 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1837 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1838 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1839 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1840 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1841 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1842 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1843 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1844 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1845 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1846 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1847 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1848 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1849 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1850 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1851 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1852 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1853 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1854 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1856 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1857 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1859 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1861 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1863 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1864 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1865 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1866 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1867 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1868 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1869 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1870 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1871 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1872 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1873 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1874 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1875 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1876 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1877 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1878 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1879 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1880 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1881 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1882 list closes: Bug#53756
1883 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1884 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1885 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1886 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1887 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1888 policy closes: Bug#53760
1889 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1890 policy closes: Bug#53761
1891 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1892 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1893 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1894 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1895 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1896 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1897 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1898 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1899 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1900 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1901 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1903 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1904 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1905 to install with older fileutils.
1906 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1907 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1908 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1909 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1911 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1912 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1914 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1916 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1918 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1919 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1921 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1923 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1925 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1926 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1928 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1931 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1933 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1934 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1936 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1938 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1940 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1942 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1943 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1945 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1947 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1949 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1950 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1951 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1952 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1953 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1954 directoried (closes: #41547)
1955 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1956 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1957 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1958 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1959 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1960 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1961 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1962 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1963 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1964 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1965 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1967 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1968 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1969 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1970 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1971 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1972 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1973 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1975 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1976 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1977 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1978 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1980 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1982 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1984 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1985 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1987 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1989 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1991 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1992 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1994 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1996 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1998 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1999 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2001 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2002 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2003 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2004 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2005 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2006 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2007 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2008 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2009 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2010 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2011 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2012 this closes: Bug#38612
2013 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2014 before. closes: Bug#40864
2016 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2018 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2020 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2021 officially uploaded.
2022 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2024 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2025 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2026 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2028 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2029 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2030 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2031 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2032 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2033 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2035 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2036 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2037 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2039 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2041 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2042 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2043 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2044 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2045 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2047 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2049 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2051 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2052 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2053 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2054 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2055 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2056 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2057 there). closes: Bug#34233
2058 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2059 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2060 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2061 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2062 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2064 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2066 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2068 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2069 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2070 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2071 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2074 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2075 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2076 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2077 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2078 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2081 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2082 number. closes: BUG#25911
2084 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2085 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2086 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2087 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2088 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2089 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2091 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2092 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2093 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2096 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2097 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2098 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2100 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2101 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2102 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2103 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2105 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2106 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2107 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2109 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2111 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2112 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2113 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2114 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2115 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2116 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2117 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2118 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2121 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2123 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2124 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2127 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2129 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2131 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2133 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2135 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2137 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2138 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2139 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2140 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2141 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2142 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2143 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2144 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2146 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2147 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2149 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2151 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2153 * non-maintainer release
2154 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2155 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2157 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2158 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2159 * no content changes
2160 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2162 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2164 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2168 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2170 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2172 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2174 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2175 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2176 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2178 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2179 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2181 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2182 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2183 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2184 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2186 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2187 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2188 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2189 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2190 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2191 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2192 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2194 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2195 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2196 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2199 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2200 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2201 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2203 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2204 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2205 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2207 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2208 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2210 * New version numbering scheme:
2212 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2213 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2214 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2217 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2218 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2219 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2220 differ between the manuals.
2222 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2223 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2224 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2225 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2227 * Packaging changes:
2229 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2230 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2232 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2234 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2236 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2238 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2240 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2241 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2242 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2244 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2245 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2248 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2249 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2250 file extension as the referenced file
2252 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2253 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2255 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2256 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2257 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2258 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2261 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2262 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2263 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2265 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2266 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2267 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2268 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2271 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2272 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2275 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2276 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2277 reasonable default configuration
2279 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2280 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2281 by all news servers and clients
2283 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2284 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2285 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2286 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2287 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2289 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2290 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2293 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2295 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2296 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2298 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2301 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2302 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2304 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2305 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2307 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2309 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2311 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2313 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2314 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2315 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2316 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2318 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2320 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2321 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2322 * Don't use debstd anymore
2324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2326 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2328 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2329 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2330 contrib/non-free policy
2331 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2332 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2333 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2334 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2335 - new section about `Daemons'
2336 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2337 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2338 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2339 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2340 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2341 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2342 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2343 * SGML source code included in package
2344 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2346 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2348 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2350 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2351 - completely reworked structure
2352 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2353 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2354 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2355 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2356 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2357 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2358 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2359 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2360 - mention "orphaned packages"
2361 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2362 distributions' policy
2363 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2364 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2365 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2366 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2367 - added section about arch spec strings
2368 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2369 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2370 - added section about "menus"
2371 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2372 the new documentation policy soon
2373 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2374 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2376 - added section about editors and pagers
2377 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2378 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2379 - added section about device files
2380 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2381 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2382 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2384 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2385 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2386 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2387 - Added new section about obsolete names
2388 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2389 * Fixed package's description
2391 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2393 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2395 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2397 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2399 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2401 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2402 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2403 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2404 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2406 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2408 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2410 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2411 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2412 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2414 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2415 and upload it "byhand" too.
2417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2419 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2422 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2423 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2424 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2425 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2426 functionality must not have the same name.
2427 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2428 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2429 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2430 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2431 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2432 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2433 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2435 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2436 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2437 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2438 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2439 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2440 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2441 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2442 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2447 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2449 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2451 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2452 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2453 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2454 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2455 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2458 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2460 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2462 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2464 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2465 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2466 description of deb file format.
2467 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2468 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2470 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2472 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2473 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2475 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2477 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2479 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2480 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2481 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2482 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2483 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2484 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2485 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2486 packages in section on Procedure
2487 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2488 a package maintainer
2489 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2490 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2491 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2493 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2494 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2495 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2496 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2497 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2498 on various shlib files
2499 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2500 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2501 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2503 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2505 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2507 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2508 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2509 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2511 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2512 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2513 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2514 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2515 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2517 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2519 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2521 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2523 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2525 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2526 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2527 compatibility go in contrib.
2529 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2530 instructions in policy manual.
2531 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2534 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2536 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2538 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2539 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2540 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2541 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2543 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2544 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2547 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2549 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2551 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2552 * More detail about changelog format names.
2554 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2555 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2559 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2561 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2563 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2565 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2567 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2569 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2571 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2573 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2574 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2575 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2577 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2579 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2581 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2583 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2585 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2589 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100