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 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
11 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
12 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
13 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
14 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
15 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
16 Michael Dorrington. Closes: #626408
19 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification strings (11.1)
20 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
21 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
22 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
23 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
28 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
29 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
31 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
32 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
33 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright files (12.5)
34 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
38 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
39 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
45 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:01:20 +0200
47 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
53 Closes: #459868, #581011
54 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
55 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
59 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
60 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
62 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
64 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
65 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
67 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
69 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
70 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
74 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
75 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
78 Closes: #501930, #593909
79 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
80 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
84 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
85 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
86 machine. (Closes: #591857)
87 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
88 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
89 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
90 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
91 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
92 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
93 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
94 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
95 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
96 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
98 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
99 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
100 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
101 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
102 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
103 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
104 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
105 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
106 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
107 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
108 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
109 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
110 than the version in oldstable.
111 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
112 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
113 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
114 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
115 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
116 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
117 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
118 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
119 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
120 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
121 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
122 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
123 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
124 package. (Closes: #609160)
126 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
128 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
131 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
136 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
141 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
146 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
147 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
151 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
152 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
156 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
157 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
161 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
162 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
166 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
167 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
169 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
171 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
172 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
174 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
176 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
177 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
182 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
183 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
188 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
189 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
193 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
194 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
198 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
199 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
203 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
204 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
208 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
209 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
213 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
214 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
218 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
220 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
221 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
222 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
223 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
224 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
225 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
226 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
227 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
228 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
230 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
231 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
232 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
233 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
234 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
235 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
237 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
239 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
245 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
248 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
249 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
250 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
251 and distribution license' (three times).
252 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
253 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
258 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
260 Proposed by Santiago Vila
261 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
268 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
269 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
273 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
274 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
275 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
276 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
278 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
280 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
281 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
282 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
285 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
286 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
289 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
291 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
292 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
295 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
297 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
298 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
301 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
303 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
304 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
305 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
308 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
309 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
310 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
314 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
315 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
319 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
320 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
324 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
325 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
326 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
330 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
331 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
332 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
335 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
336 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
341 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
342 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
344 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
346 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
347 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
348 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
349 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
350 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
351 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
352 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
353 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
354 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
355 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
356 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
357 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
358 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
359 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
360 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
361 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
362 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
363 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
364 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
365 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
366 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
367 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
368 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
369 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
370 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
371 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
372 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
373 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
374 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
375 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
376 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
377 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
379 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
381 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
383 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
387 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
389 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
390 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
394 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
397 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
398 Wording: Steve Langasek.
399 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
400 Seconded: Julien Cristau
401 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
404 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
405 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
406 Seconded: Russ Allbery
407 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
410 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
411 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
412 Seconded: Russ Allbery
414 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
415 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
416 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
417 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
418 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
419 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
420 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
421 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
424 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
425 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
426 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
427 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
428 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
429 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
430 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
432 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
433 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
434 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
435 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
436 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
437 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
438 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
441 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
442 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
443 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
444 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
445 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
447 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
450 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
451 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
452 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
453 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
454 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
455 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
458 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
460 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
462 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
467 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
468 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
470 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
472 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
473 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
477 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
478 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
481 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
482 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
484 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
485 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
486 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
490 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
491 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
495 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
496 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
500 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
501 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
502 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
505 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
506 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
507 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
510 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
511 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
512 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
513 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
515 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
516 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
517 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
518 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
519 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
520 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
521 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
522 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
523 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
524 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
525 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
526 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
527 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
528 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
529 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
531 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
532 Source field descriptions.
533 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
534 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
535 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
536 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
537 description says otherwise.
539 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
541 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
544 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
545 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
546 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
547 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
548 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
549 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
551 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
552 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
556 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
557 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
561 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
562 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
563 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
566 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
567 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
568 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
569 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
573 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
574 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
575 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
576 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
577 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
579 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
580 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
581 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
582 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
584 * Add myself to Uploaders.
587 * Add myself to Uploaders.
588 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
590 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
591 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
592 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
594 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
596 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
599 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
600 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
601 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
603 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
604 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
605 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
606 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
608 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
609 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
613 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
614 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
616 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
618 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
619 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
620 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
621 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
623 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
624 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
625 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
626 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
628 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
629 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
630 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
631 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
633 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
634 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
635 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
636 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
638 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
639 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
640 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
641 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
643 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
644 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
645 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
646 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
648 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
649 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
651 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
652 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
654 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
655 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
656 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
657 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
658 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
659 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
660 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
661 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
662 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
663 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
664 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
665 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
666 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
667 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
668 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
669 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
670 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
671 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
672 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
673 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
674 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
675 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
676 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
677 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
678 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
679 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
680 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
681 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
682 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
683 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
685 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
686 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
687 links was completed long ago.
688 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
690 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
692 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
694 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
695 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
697 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
699 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
702 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
703 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
704 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
705 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
706 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
707 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
708 Millan (Closes: #209008).
709 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
710 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
712 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
714 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
716 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
717 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
718 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
719 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
720 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
721 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
722 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
724 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
725 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
726 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
727 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
729 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
730 Küster (Closes: #403391).
731 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
732 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
733 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
734 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
735 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
736 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
737 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
738 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
739 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
740 Closes: #186700, #458910
741 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
742 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
743 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
745 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
746 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
747 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
748 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
749 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
750 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
751 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
752 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
754 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
755 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
757 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
758 * Add an md5sums control file.
759 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
760 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
761 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
762 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
763 currently part of policy.
764 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
765 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
766 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
769 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
771 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
773 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
774 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
775 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
776 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
777 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
778 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
779 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
780 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
781 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
782 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
783 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
784 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
785 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
786 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
787 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
788 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
790 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
792 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
793 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
794 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
796 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
797 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
798 list?" (Closes: #412634).
799 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
800 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
801 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
802 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
803 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
804 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
805 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
806 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
807 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
808 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
809 debconf specification.
810 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
811 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
813 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
815 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
817 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
818 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
819 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
820 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
821 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
823 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
825 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
826 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
827 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
828 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
829 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
831 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
832 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
833 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
834 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
835 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
836 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
837 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
838 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
839 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
840 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
841 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
842 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
843 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
844 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
845 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
846 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
848 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
850 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
851 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
852 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
853 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
854 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
855 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
856 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
857 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
859 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
861 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
864 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
865 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
866 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
867 Polo (Closes: #372497).
868 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
869 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
871 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
872 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
873 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
874 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
875 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
876 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
877 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
878 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
879 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
880 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
882 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
883 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
884 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
885 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
886 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
887 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
889 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
891 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
893 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
894 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
895 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
896 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
899 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
901 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
903 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
905 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
906 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
907 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
908 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
909 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
910 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
911 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
912 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
913 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
914 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
916 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
917 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
918 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
919 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
920 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
921 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
922 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
923 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
924 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
925 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
926 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
929 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
931 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
934 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
935 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
936 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
937 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
938 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
939 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
940 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
941 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
942 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
943 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
944 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
945 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
946 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
947 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
948 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
949 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
950 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
951 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
952 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
953 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
954 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
955 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
956 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
957 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
958 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
959 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
960 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
962 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
963 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
964 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
965 Hess (Closes: #362247).
966 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
967 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
968 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
969 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
970 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
971 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
972 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
973 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
974 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
975 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
976 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
977 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
979 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
980 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
982 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
983 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
984 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
985 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
986 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
987 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
988 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
989 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
990 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
991 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
992 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
994 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
996 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1000 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1001 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
1002 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
1003 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
1004 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
1005 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
1006 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
1007 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
1008 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
1009 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
1010 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
1011 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
1013 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
1014 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
1015 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
1016 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
1017 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
1018 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
1019 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
1020 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
1021 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
1022 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
1023 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
1024 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
1025 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
1026 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
1027 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
1028 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
1029 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
1030 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
1031 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
1034 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
1036 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
1039 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
1040 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
1041 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
1043 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
1044 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
1045 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
1046 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
1048 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
1050 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
1054 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
1055 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
1056 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
1057 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
1058 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
1059 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
1060 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
1061 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
1062 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
1064 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
1065 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1066 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1068 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1069 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1070 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1071 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1072 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1073 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1074 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1076 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1077 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1078 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1079 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1081 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1082 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1083 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1084 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1085 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1086 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1087 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1088 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1090 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1091 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1092 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1093 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1094 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1095 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1096 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1097 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1098 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1099 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1100 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1101 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1102 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1103 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1104 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1105 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1106 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1110 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1114 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1115 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1116 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1117 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1118 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1119 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1120 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1121 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1123 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1124 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1125 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1126 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1127 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1128 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1129 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1130 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1131 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1132 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1133 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1134 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1136 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1137 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1138 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1142 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1143 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1146 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1147 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1148 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1150 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1151 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1152 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1153 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1154 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1155 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1157 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1158 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1160 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1161 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1162 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1163 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1164 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1165 Closes: #185943, #237049
1167 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1169 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1175 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1176 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1177 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1178 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1179 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1180 running. closes: Bug#187250
1181 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1182 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1183 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1184 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1185 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1186 user closes: Bug#176506
1188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1190 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1194 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1195 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1196 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1197 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1198 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1199 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1200 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1201 deb-building toolchain.
1202 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1203 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1204 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1205 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1206 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1207 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1208 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1209 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1210 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1211 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1212 sections about changelog files.
1214 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1215 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1216 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1217 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1218 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1219 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1221 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1222 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1223 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1224 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1225 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1226 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1227 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1228 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1229 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1230 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1231 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1232 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1233 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1234 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1235 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1236 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1237 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1238 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1239 for the restructuring
1241 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1243 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1248 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1249 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1250 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1251 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1252 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1253 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1255 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1256 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1257 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1258 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1259 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1260 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1261 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1263 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1264 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1265 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1266 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1268 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1270 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1274 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1275 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1276 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1277 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1278 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1280 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1281 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1282 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1283 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1285 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1286 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1287 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1288 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1289 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1290 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1291 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1292 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1293 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1294 offtopic stuff, too.
1295 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1296 script should start it, closes: #60979
1297 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1298 "should", closes: #170019
1299 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1300 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1301 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1302 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1303 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1304 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1305 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1306 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1309 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1311 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1315 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1316 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1317 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1318 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1319 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1320 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1321 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1322 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1324 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1325 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1326 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1327 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1328 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1329 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1330 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1331 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1332 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1334 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1335 file, closes: Bug#65764
1337 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1339 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1342 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1343 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1344 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1345 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1346 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1347 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1348 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1349 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1350 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1351 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1352 details. closes: Bug#133030
1353 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1354 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1355 parts of Bug#161455.
1357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1359 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1362 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1363 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1364 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1365 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1366 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1367 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1368 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1369 not. closes: Bug#139820
1370 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1371 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1372 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1373 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1374 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1375 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1376 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1377 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1378 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1379 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1381 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1383 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1384 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1385 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1386 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1387 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1388 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1389 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1390 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1391 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1392 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1393 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1394 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1395 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1396 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1397 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1398 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1399 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1400 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1401 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1402 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1404 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1405 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1406 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1407 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1408 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1409 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1410 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1412 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1413 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1414 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1415 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1416 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1417 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1418 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1419 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1420 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1422 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1424 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1426 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1427 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1428 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1429 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1430 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1431 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1432 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1433 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1434 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1435 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1436 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1437 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1438 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1439 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1440 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1441 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1442 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1443 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1444 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1445 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1446 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1447 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1448 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1450 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1452 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1455 medium, high, emergency.
1456 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1457 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1458 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1459 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1460 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1463 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1464 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1465 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1467 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1468 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1469 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1470 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1471 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1472 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1473 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1476 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1478 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1481 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1482 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1483 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1485 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1486 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1487 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1488 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1489 debian/rules to do this
1490 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1491 patches are incorporated upstream
1492 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1493 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1494 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1495 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1496 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1497 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1499 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1500 system closes: Bug#91249
1501 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1502 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1503 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1504 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1505 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1506 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1507 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1508 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1509 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1510 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1511 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1512 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1513 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1515 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1517 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1520 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1521 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1522 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1524 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1525 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1526 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1528 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1531 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1533 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1536 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1537 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1538 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1539 package for the time being
1540 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1541 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1542 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1543 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1544 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1545 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1546 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1547 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1548 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1549 Build-Depends arch syntax
1550 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1552 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1553 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1555 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1556 from policy maintenance duties.
1557 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1558 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1560 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1562 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1564 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1566 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1568 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1570 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1571 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1572 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1573 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1574 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1575 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1576 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1577 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1578 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1579 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1580 minor version number for this
1581 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1582 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1583 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1584 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1585 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1586 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1587 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1588 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1589 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1591 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1593 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1595 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1596 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1597 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1598 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1599 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1601 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1603 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1604 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1605 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1606 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1607 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1608 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1609 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1610 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1611 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1612 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1613 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1614 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1615 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1616 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1617 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1618 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1621 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1623 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1625 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1626 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1628 * Document the Enhances relationship
1629 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1630 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1631 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1632 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1633 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1634 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1636 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1638 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1639 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1640 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1641 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1643 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1644 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1645 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1646 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1647 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1649 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1651 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1653 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1654 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1655 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1657 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1658 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1659 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1660 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1661 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1662 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1663 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1664 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1665 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1667 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1671 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1673 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1674 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1675 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1676 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1677 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1678 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1679 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1680 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1681 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1682 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1683 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1684 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1685 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1686 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1687 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1688 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1689 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1690 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1691 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1692 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1693 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1694 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1696 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1697 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1699 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1701 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1703 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1704 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1705 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1706 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1707 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1708 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1709 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1710 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1711 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1712 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1713 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1714 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1715 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1716 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1717 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1718 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1719 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1720 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1721 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1722 list closes: Bug#53756
1723 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1724 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1725 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1726 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1727 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1728 policy closes: Bug#53760
1729 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1730 policy closes: Bug#53761
1731 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1732 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1733 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1734 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1735 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1736 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1737 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1738 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1739 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1740 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1741 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1743 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1744 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1745 to install with older fileutils.
1746 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1747 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1748 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1749 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1751 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1752 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1754 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1756 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1758 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1759 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1761 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1763 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1765 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1766 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1768 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1771 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1773 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1774 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1776 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1778 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1780 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1782 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1783 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1785 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1787 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1789 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1790 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1791 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1792 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1793 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1794 directoried (closes: #41547)
1795 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1796 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1797 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1798 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1799 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1800 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1801 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1802 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1803 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1804 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1805 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1807 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1808 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1809 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1810 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1811 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1812 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1813 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1815 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1816 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1817 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1818 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1820 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1822 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1824 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1825 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1827 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1829 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1831 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1832 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1834 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1836 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1838 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1839 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1841 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1842 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1843 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1844 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1845 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1846 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1847 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1848 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1849 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1850 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1851 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1852 this closes: Bug#38612
1853 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1854 before. closes: Bug#40864
1856 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1858 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1860 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1861 officially uploaded.
1862 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1864 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1865 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1866 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1868 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1869 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1870 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1871 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1872 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1873 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1875 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1876 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1877 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1879 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1881 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1882 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1883 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1884 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1885 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1887 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1889 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1891 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1892 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1893 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1894 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1895 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1896 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1897 there). closes: Bug#34233
1898 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1899 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1900 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1901 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1902 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1904 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1906 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1908 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1909 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1910 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1911 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1914 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1915 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1916 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1917 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1918 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1921 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1922 number. closes: BUG#25911
1924 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1925 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1926 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1927 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1928 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1929 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1931 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1932 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1933 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1936 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1937 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1938 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1940 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1941 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1942 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1943 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1945 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1946 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1947 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1949 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1951 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1952 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1953 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1954 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1955 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1956 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1957 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1958 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1961 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1963 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1964 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1967 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1969 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1971 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1973 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1975 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1977 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1978 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1979 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1980 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1981 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1982 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1983 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1984 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1986 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1987 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1989 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1991 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1993 * non-maintainer release
1994 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1995 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1997 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1998 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1999 * no content changes
2000 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
2002 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
2004 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2008 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
2010 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2012 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2014 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
2015 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2016 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
2018 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
2019 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
2021 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
2022 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
2023 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
2024 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
2026 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
2027 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
2028 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
2029 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
2030 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
2031 and restart options and to comply with the console message
2032 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
2034 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
2035 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
2036 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
2039 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2040 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
2041 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
2043 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
2044 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
2045 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
2047 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2048 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
2050 * New version numbering scheme:
2052 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
2053 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
2054 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
2057 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
2058 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
2059 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
2060 differ between the manuals.
2062 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
2063 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
2064 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
2065 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2067 * Packaging changes:
2069 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2070 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2072 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2074 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2076 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2078 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2080 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2081 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2082 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2084 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2085 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2088 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2089 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2090 file extension as the referenced file
2092 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2093 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2095 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2096 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2097 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2098 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2101 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2102 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2103 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2105 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2106 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2107 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2108 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2111 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2112 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2115 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2116 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2117 reasonable default configuration
2119 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2120 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2121 by all news servers and clients
2123 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2124 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2125 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2126 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2127 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2129 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2130 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2133 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2135 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2136 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2138 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2141 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2142 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2144 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2145 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2147 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2149 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2151 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2153 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2154 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2155 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2156 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2158 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2160 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2161 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2162 * Don't use debstd anymore
2164 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2166 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2168 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2169 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2170 contrib/non-free policy
2171 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2172 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2173 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2174 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2175 - new section about `Daemons'
2176 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2177 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2178 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2179 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2180 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2181 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2182 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2183 * SGML source code included in package
2184 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2186 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2188 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2190 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2191 - completely reworked structure
2192 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2193 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2194 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2195 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2196 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2197 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2198 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2199 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2200 - mention "orphaned packages"
2201 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2202 distributions' policy
2203 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2204 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2205 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2206 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2207 - added section about arch spec strings
2208 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2209 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2210 - added section about "menus"
2211 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2212 the new documentation policy soon
2213 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2214 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2216 - added section about editors and pagers
2217 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2218 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2219 - added section about device files
2220 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2221 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2222 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2224 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2225 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2226 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2227 - Added new section about obsolete names
2228 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2229 * Fixed package's description
2231 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2233 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2235 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2237 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2239 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2241 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2242 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2243 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2244 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2246 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2248 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2250 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2251 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2252 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2254 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2255 and upload it "byhand" too.
2257 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2259 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2262 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2263 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2264 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2265 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2266 functionality must not have the same name.
2267 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2268 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2269 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2270 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2271 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2272 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2273 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2275 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2276 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2277 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2278 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2279 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2280 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2281 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2282 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2285 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2287 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2289 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2291 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2292 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2293 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2294 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2295 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2298 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2300 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2302 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2304 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2305 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2306 description of deb file format.
2307 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2308 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2310 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2312 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2313 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2315 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2317 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2319 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2320 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2321 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2322 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2323 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2324 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2325 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2326 packages in section on Procedure
2327 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2328 a package maintainer
2329 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2330 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2331 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2333 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2334 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2335 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2336 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2337 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2338 on various shlib files
2339 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2340 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2341 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2343 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2345 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2347 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2348 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2349 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2351 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2352 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2353 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2354 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2355 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2357 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2359 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2361 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2363 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2365 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2366 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2367 compatibility go in contrib.
2369 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2370 instructions in policy manual.
2371 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2374 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2376 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2378 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2379 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2380 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2381 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2383 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2384 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2387 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2389 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2391 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2392 * More detail about changelog format names.
2394 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2395 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2399 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2401 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2403 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2405 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2407 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2409 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2411 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2413 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2414 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2415 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2417 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2419 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2421 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2423 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2425 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2429 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100