1 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
5 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
8 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
11 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
16 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
17 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
18 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
19 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
20 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
22 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
23 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
24 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
25 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
26 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
27 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
28 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
29 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
30 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
31 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
32 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
33 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
34 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
35 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
36 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
37 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
38 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
39 Michael Dorrington. Closes: #626408
40 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
41 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
44 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
46 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
47 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
48 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
49 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
54 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
55 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
57 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
58 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
59 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
60 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
63 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
65 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
69 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
70 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
71 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
74 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
75 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
76 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
78 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
79 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
85 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
86 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
87 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
90 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
91 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
96 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
97 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
98 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
99 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
102 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
103 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
108 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:27:54 +0100
110 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
113 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
116 Closes: #459868, #581011
117 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
120 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
123 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
125 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
128 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
130 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
132 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
133 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
137 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
138 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
141 Closes: #501930, #593909
142 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
147 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
148 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
149 machine. (Closes: #591857)
150 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
151 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
152 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
153 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
154 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
155 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
156 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
157 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
158 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
159 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
161 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
162 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
163 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
164 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
165 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
166 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
167 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
168 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
169 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
170 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
171 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
172 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
173 than the version in oldstable.
174 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
175 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
176 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
177 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
178 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
179 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
180 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
181 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
182 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
183 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
184 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
185 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
186 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
187 package. (Closes: #609160)
189 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
191 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
193 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
194 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
195 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
199 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
200 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
204 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
205 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
207 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
209 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
210 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
214 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
215 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
219 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
220 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
224 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
225 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
229 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
230 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
232 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
234 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
235 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
237 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
239 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
240 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
245 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
246 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
251 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
252 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
256 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
257 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
261 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
262 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
266 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
271 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
272 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
276 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
281 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
283 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
284 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
285 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
286 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
287 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
288 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
289 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
290 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
291 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
293 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
294 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
295 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
296 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
297 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
298 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
300 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
302 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
308 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
311 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
312 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
313 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
314 and distribution license' (three times).
315 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
316 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
319 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
321 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
323 Proposed by Santiago Vila
324 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
331 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
332 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
336 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
337 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
338 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
340 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
341 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
343 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
344 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
345 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
348 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
349 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
350 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
351 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
352 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
354 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
355 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
358 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
360 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
361 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
364 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
366 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
367 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
368 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
371 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
372 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
377 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
378 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
382 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
383 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
387 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
388 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
389 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
391 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
393 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
394 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
395 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
398 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
399 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
400 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
404 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
405 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
406 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
409 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
410 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
411 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
412 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
413 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
414 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
415 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
416 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
417 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
418 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
419 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
420 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
421 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
422 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
423 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
424 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
425 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
426 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
427 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
428 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
429 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
430 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
431 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
432 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
433 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
434 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
435 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
436 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
437 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
438 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
439 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
440 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
442 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
444 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
446 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
449 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
450 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
452 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
453 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
457 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
460 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
461 Wording: Steve Langasek.
462 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
463 Seconded: Julien Cristau
464 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
467 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
468 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
469 Seconded: Russ Allbery
470 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
473 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
474 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
475 Seconded: Russ Allbery
477 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
478 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
479 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
480 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
481 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
482 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
483 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
484 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
485 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
487 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
488 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
489 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
490 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
491 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
492 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
493 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
495 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
496 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
497 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
498 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
499 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
500 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
501 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
504 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
505 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
506 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
507 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
508 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
510 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
513 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
514 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
517 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
518 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
521 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
523 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
525 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
526 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
527 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
528 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
530 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
531 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
532 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
533 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
535 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
536 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
537 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
538 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
540 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
541 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
542 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
543 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
544 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
545 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
547 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
548 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
551 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
553 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
554 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
556 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
558 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
559 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
563 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
564 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
568 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
569 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
570 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
573 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
574 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
576 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
578 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
579 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
580 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
581 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
582 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
583 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
584 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
585 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
586 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
587 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
588 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
589 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
590 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
591 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
592 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
594 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
595 Source field descriptions.
596 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
597 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
598 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
599 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
600 description says otherwise.
602 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
604 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
607 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
608 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
609 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
611 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
612 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
614 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
615 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
616 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
617 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
619 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
620 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
621 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
624 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
625 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
629 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
630 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
631 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
632 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
636 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
637 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
638 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
639 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
640 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
642 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
643 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
644 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
647 * Add myself to Uploaders.
650 * Add myself to Uploaders.
651 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
653 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
654 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
655 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
657 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
659 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
661 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
662 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
663 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
664 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
666 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
667 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
668 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
669 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
671 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
672 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
674 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
676 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
677 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
678 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
679 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
681 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
682 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
683 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
684 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
686 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
687 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
689 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
691 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
692 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
694 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
696 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
697 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
699 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
701 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
702 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
703 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
704 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
706 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
707 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
708 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
709 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
711 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
712 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
713 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
714 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
715 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
717 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
718 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
719 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
720 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
721 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
722 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
723 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
724 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
725 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
726 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
727 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
728 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
729 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
730 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
731 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
732 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
733 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
734 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
735 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
736 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
737 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
738 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
739 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
740 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
741 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
742 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
743 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
744 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
745 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
746 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
748 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
749 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
750 links was completed long ago.
751 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
753 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
755 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
757 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
758 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
760 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
762 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
765 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
766 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
767 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
768 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
769 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
770 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
771 Millan (Closes: #209008).
772 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
773 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
775 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
777 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
779 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
780 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
781 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
782 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
783 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
784 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
785 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
787 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
788 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
789 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
790 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
792 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
793 Küster (Closes: #403391).
794 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
795 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
796 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
797 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
798 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
799 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
800 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
801 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
803 Closes: #186700, #458910
804 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
805 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
806 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
808 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
809 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
810 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
811 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
812 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
813 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
814 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
815 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
817 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
818 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
820 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
821 * Add an md5sums control file.
822 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
823 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
824 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
825 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
826 currently part of policy.
827 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
828 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
829 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
832 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
834 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
836 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
837 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
838 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
839 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
840 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
841 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
842 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
843 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
844 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
845 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
846 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
847 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
848 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
849 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
850 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
851 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
853 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
855 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
856 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
857 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
859 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
860 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
861 list?" (Closes: #412634).
862 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
863 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
864 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
865 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
866 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
867 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
868 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
869 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
870 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
871 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
872 debconf specification.
873 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
874 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
876 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
878 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
880 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
881 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
882 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
883 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
884 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
886 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
888 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
889 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
890 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
891 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
892 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
894 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
895 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
896 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
897 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
898 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
899 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
900 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
901 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
902 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
903 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
904 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
905 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
906 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
907 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
908 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
909 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
911 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
913 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
914 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
915 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
916 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
917 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
918 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
919 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
920 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
922 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
924 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
927 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
928 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
929 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
930 Polo (Closes: #372497).
931 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
932 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
934 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
935 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
936 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
937 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
938 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
939 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
940 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
941 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
942 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
943 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
945 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
946 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
947 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
948 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
949 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
950 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
952 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
954 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
956 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
957 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
958 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
959 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
961 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
962 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
964 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
966 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
969 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
970 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
971 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
972 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
973 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
974 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
975 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
976 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
977 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
979 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
980 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
981 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
982 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
983 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
984 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
985 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
986 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
987 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
988 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
989 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
992 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
994 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
996 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
997 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
998 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
999 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1000 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1001 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1002 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1003 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1004 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1005 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1006 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1007 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1008 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1009 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1010 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1011 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1012 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1013 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1014 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1015 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1016 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1017 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1018 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1019 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1020 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1021 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1022 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1023 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1025 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1026 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1027 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1028 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1029 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1030 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1031 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1032 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1033 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1034 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1035 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1036 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1037 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1038 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1039 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1040 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1042 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1043 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1045 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1046 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1047 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1048 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1049 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1050 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1051 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1052 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1053 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1054 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1055 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1057 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1059 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1063 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1064 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1065 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1066 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1067 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1068 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1069 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1070 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1071 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1072 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1073 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1074 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1076 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1077 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1078 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1079 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1080 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1081 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1082 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1083 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1084 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1085 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1086 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1087 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1088 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1089 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1090 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1091 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1092 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1093 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1094 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1097 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1099 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1102 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1103 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1104 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1106 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1107 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1108 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1109 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1111 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1113 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1117 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1118 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1119 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1120 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1121 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1122 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1123 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1124 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1125 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1128 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1129 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1132 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1133 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1135 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1136 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1137 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1139 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1140 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1141 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1142 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1145 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1146 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1147 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1148 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1149 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1150 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1151 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1154 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1155 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1156 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1158 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1159 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1160 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1161 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1162 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1163 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1164 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1165 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1166 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1167 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1168 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1169 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1173 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1177 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1178 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1179 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1180 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1181 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1182 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1183 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1184 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1186 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1187 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1188 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1189 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1190 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1191 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1192 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1193 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1194 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1195 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1196 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1197 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1199 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1200 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1201 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1205 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1206 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1209 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1210 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1211 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1213 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1214 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1215 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1216 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1217 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1218 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1220 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1221 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1223 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1224 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1225 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1226 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1227 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1228 Closes: #185943, #237049
1230 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1232 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1238 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1239 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1240 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1241 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1242 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1243 running. closes: Bug#187250
1244 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1245 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1246 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1247 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1248 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1249 user closes: Bug#176506
1251 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1253 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1257 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1258 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1259 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1260 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1261 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1262 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1263 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1264 deb-building toolchain.
1265 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1266 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1267 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1268 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1269 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1270 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1271 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1272 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1273 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1274 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1275 sections about changelog files.
1277 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1278 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1279 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1280 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1281 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1282 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1284 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1285 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1286 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1287 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1288 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1289 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1290 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1291 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1292 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1293 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1294 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1295 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1296 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1297 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1298 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1299 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1300 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1301 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1302 for the restructuring
1304 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1306 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1311 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1312 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1313 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1314 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1315 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1316 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1318 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1319 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1320 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1321 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1322 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1323 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1324 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1326 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1327 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1328 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1329 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1331 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1333 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1336 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1337 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1338 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1339 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1340 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1341 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1343 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1344 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1345 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1346 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1348 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1349 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1350 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1351 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1352 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1353 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1354 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1355 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1356 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1357 offtopic stuff, too.
1358 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1359 script should start it, closes: #60979
1360 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1361 "should", closes: #170019
1362 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1363 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1364 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1365 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1366 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1367 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1368 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1369 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1372 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1374 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1377 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1378 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1379 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1380 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1381 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1382 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1383 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1384 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1385 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1387 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1388 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1389 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1390 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1391 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1392 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1393 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1394 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1395 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1397 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1398 file, closes: Bug#65764
1400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1402 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1404 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1405 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1406 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1407 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1408 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1409 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1410 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1411 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1412 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1413 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1414 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1415 details. closes: Bug#133030
1416 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1417 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1418 parts of Bug#161455.
1420 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1422 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1425 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1426 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1427 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1428 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1429 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1430 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1431 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1432 not. closes: Bug#139820
1433 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1434 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1435 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1436 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1437 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1438 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1439 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1440 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1441 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1442 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1444 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1446 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1447 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1448 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1449 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1450 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1451 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1452 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1453 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1454 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1455 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1456 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1457 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1458 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1459 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1460 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1461 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1462 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1463 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1464 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1465 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1467 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1468 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1469 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1470 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1471 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1472 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1473 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1475 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1476 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1477 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1478 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1479 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1480 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1481 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1482 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1483 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1485 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1487 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1489 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1490 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1491 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1492 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1493 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1494 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1495 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1496 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1497 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1498 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1499 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1500 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1501 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1502 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1503 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1504 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1505 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1506 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1507 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1508 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1509 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1510 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1511 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1513 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1515 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1517 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1518 medium, high, emergency.
1519 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1520 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1521 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1522 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1523 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1526 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1527 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1528 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1530 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1531 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1532 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1533 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1534 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1535 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1536 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1539 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1541 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1543 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1544 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1545 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1546 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1548 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1549 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1550 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1551 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1552 debian/rules to do this
1553 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1554 patches are incorporated upstream
1555 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1556 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1557 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1558 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1559 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1560 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1562 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1563 system closes: Bug#91249
1564 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1565 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1566 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1567 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1568 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1569 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1570 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1571 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1572 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1573 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1574 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1575 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1576 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1578 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1580 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1582 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1583 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1584 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1585 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1587 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1588 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1589 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1591 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1594 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1596 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1598 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1599 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1600 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1601 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1602 package for the time being
1603 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1604 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1605 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1606 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1607 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1608 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1609 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1610 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1611 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1612 Build-Depends arch syntax
1613 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1615 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1616 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1618 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1619 from policy maintenance duties.
1620 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1621 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1623 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1625 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1629 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1631 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1633 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1634 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1635 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1636 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1637 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1638 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1639 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1640 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1641 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1642 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1643 minor version number for this
1644 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1645 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1646 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1647 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1648 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1649 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1650 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1651 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1652 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1654 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1656 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1658 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1659 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1660 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1661 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1662 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1664 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1666 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1667 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1668 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1669 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1670 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1671 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1672 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1673 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1674 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1675 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1676 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1677 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1678 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1679 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1680 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1681 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1684 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1686 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1688 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1689 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1691 * Document the Enhances relationship
1692 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1693 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1694 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1695 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1696 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1697 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1699 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1701 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1702 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1703 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1704 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1706 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1707 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1708 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1709 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1710 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1712 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1714 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1716 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1717 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1718 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1720 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1721 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1722 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1723 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1724 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1725 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1726 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1727 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1728 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1730 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1732 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1734 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1736 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1737 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1738 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1739 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1740 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1741 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1742 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1743 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1744 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1745 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1746 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1747 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1748 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1749 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1750 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1751 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1752 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1753 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1754 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1755 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1756 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1757 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1759 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1760 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1762 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1764 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1766 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1767 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1768 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1769 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1770 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1771 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1772 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1773 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1774 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1775 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1776 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1777 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1778 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1779 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1780 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1781 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1782 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1783 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1784 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1785 list closes: Bug#53756
1786 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1787 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1788 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1789 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1790 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1791 policy closes: Bug#53760
1792 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1793 policy closes: Bug#53761
1794 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1795 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1796 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1797 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1798 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1799 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1800 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1801 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1802 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1803 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1804 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1806 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1807 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1808 to install with older fileutils.
1809 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1810 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1811 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1812 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1814 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1815 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1817 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1819 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1821 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1822 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1824 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1826 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1828 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1829 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1831 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1834 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1836 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1837 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1839 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1841 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1843 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1845 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1846 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1848 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1850 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1852 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1853 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1854 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1855 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1856 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1857 directoried (closes: #41547)
1858 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1859 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1860 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1861 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1862 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1863 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1864 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1865 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1866 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1867 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1868 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1870 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1871 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1872 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1873 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1874 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1875 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1876 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1878 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1879 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1880 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1881 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1883 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1885 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1887 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1888 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1890 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1892 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1894 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1895 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1899 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1901 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1902 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1904 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1905 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1906 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1907 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1908 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1909 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1910 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1911 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1912 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1913 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1914 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1915 this closes: Bug#38612
1916 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1917 before. closes: Bug#40864
1919 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1921 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1923 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1924 officially uploaded.
1925 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1927 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1928 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1929 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1931 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1932 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1933 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1934 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1935 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1936 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1938 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1939 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1940 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1942 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1944 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1945 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1946 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1947 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1948 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1950 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1952 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1954 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1955 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1956 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1957 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1958 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1959 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1960 there). closes: Bug#34233
1961 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1962 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1963 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1964 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1965 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1967 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1969 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1971 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1972 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1973 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1974 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1977 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1978 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1979 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1980 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1981 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1984 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1985 number. closes: BUG#25911
1987 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1988 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1989 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1990 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1991 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1992 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1994 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1995 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1996 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1999 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2000 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2001 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2003 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2004 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2005 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2006 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2008 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2009 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2010 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2012 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2014 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2015 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2016 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2017 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2018 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2019 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2020 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2021 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2024 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2026 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2027 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2030 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2032 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2034 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2036 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2038 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2040 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2041 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2042 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2043 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2044 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2045 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2046 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2047 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2049 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2050 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2052 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2054 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2056 * non-maintainer release
2057 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2058 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2060 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2061 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2062 * no content changes
2063 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2065 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2067 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2071 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2073 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2075 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2077 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2078 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2079 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2081 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2082 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2084 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2085 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2086 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2087 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2089 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2090 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2091 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2092 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2093 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2094 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2095 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2097 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2098 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2099 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2102 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2103 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2104 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2106 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2107 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2108 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2110 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2111 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2113 * New version numbering scheme:
2115 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2116 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2117 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2120 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2121 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2122 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2123 differ between the manuals.
2125 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2126 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2127 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2128 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2130 * Packaging changes:
2132 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2133 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2135 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2137 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2139 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2141 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2143 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2144 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2145 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2147 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2148 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2151 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2152 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2153 file extension as the referenced file
2155 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2156 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2158 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2159 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2160 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2161 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2164 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2165 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2166 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2168 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2169 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2170 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2171 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2174 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2175 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2178 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2179 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2180 reasonable default configuration
2182 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2183 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2184 by all news servers and clients
2186 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2187 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2188 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2189 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2190 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2192 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2193 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2196 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2198 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2199 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2201 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2204 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2205 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2207 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2208 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2210 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2212 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2214 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2216 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2217 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2218 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2219 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2221 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2223 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2224 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2225 * Don't use debstd anymore
2227 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2229 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2231 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2232 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2233 contrib/non-free policy
2234 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2235 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2236 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2237 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2238 - new section about `Daemons'
2239 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2240 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2241 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2242 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2243 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2244 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2245 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2246 * SGML source code included in package
2247 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2249 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2251 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2253 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2254 - completely reworked structure
2255 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2256 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2257 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2258 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2259 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2260 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2261 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2262 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2263 - mention "orphaned packages"
2264 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2265 distributions' policy
2266 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2267 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2268 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2269 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2270 - added section about arch spec strings
2271 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2272 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2273 - added section about "menus"
2274 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2275 the new documentation policy soon
2276 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2277 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2279 - added section about editors and pagers
2280 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2281 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2282 - added section about device files
2283 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2284 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2285 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2287 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2288 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2289 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2290 - Added new section about obsolete names
2291 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2292 * Fixed package's description
2294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2296 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2298 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2300 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2302 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2304 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2305 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2306 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2307 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2309 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2311 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2313 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2314 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2315 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2317 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2318 and upload it "byhand" too.
2320 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2322 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2325 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2326 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2327 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2328 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2329 functionality must not have the same name.
2330 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2331 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2332 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2333 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2334 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2335 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2336 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2338 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2339 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2340 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2341 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2342 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2343 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2344 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2345 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2348 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2350 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2352 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2354 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2355 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2356 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2357 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2358 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2361 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2363 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2365 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2367 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2368 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2369 description of deb file format.
2370 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2371 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2373 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2375 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2376 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2378 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2380 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2382 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2383 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2384 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2385 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2386 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2387 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2388 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2389 packages in section on Procedure
2390 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2391 a package maintainer
2392 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2393 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2394 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2396 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2397 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2398 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2399 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2400 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2401 on various shlib files
2402 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2403 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2404 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2406 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2408 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2410 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2411 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2412 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2414 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2415 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2416 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2417 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2418 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2420 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2422 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2424 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2426 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2428 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2429 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2430 compatibility go in contrib.
2432 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2433 instructions in policy manual.
2434 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2437 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2439 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2441 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2442 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2443 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2444 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2446 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2447 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2450 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2452 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2454 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2455 * More detail about changelog format names.
2457 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2458 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2462 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2464 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2466 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2468 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2470 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2472 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2474 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2476 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2477 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2478 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2480 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2482 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2484 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2486 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2488 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2492 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100