Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:39:02 +0000 (05:39 +0000)]
formatting fixes; created another administrivia section with a list of links to external sub-policies and the developer's reference (and updated the remaining external references)
Author: joy
Date: 2003/03/23 17:38:29
formatting fixes; created another administrivia section with a list of links to external sub-policies and the developer's reference (and updated the remaining external references)
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:45 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 20:32:14
Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
footnotre (quoting from the jargon file) to explain what "by hand"
means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:30 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the url as it
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 17:10:14
Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the url as it
changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
closes: Bug#184518
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:24 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 16:27:41
Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:17 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/21 16:11:16
Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:38:08 +0000 (05:38 +0000)]
fixed typos noticed by Osamu Aoki, indented by a space, various formatting fixes to eliminate redundancy, fixed content sections
Author: joy
Date: 2003/03/11 23:57:43
fixed typos noticed by Osamu Aoki, indented by a space, various formatting fixes to eliminate redundancy, fixed content sections
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:37:57 +0000 (05:37 +0000)]
Josip
Author: srivasta
Date: 2003/03/07 18:38:55
Josip:
* Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
* Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
* Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
closes: #174048
* Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
* Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
closes: #103459
* Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
* Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
offtopic stuff, too.
* When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
script should start it, closes: #60979
* Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
"should", closes: #170019
* Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
* Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
* Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
* Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
closes: #183544
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:37:37 +0000 (05:37 +0000)]
updated all the references to sub-policy documents to properly reference external locations and mirrors, reordered two sections to have a more logical ordering
Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/23 20:29:56
updated all the references to sub-policy documents to properly reference external locations and mirrors, reordered two sections to have a more logical ordering
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:36:51 +0000 (05:36 +0000)]
remove needless examples/ path component for packages whose whole purpose is to provide examples, according to 2.5 years old, yet entirely non-controversial #69864
Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/16 03:01:22
remove needless examples/ path component for packages whose whole purpose is to provide examples, according to 2.5 years old, yet entirely non-controversial #69864
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:36:41 +0000 (05:36 +0000)]
moved all the shared library package arrangement stuff from the files chapter to the shared libraries chapter, closes: #109166
Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/16 01:43:19
moved all the shared library package arrangement stuff from the files chapter to the shared libraries chapter, closes: #109166
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:36:22 +0000 (05:36 +0000)]
fixed a typo noticed by Amos Shapira; slightly updated the verbiage to remove some confusing redundancy in the same section
Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/05 14:24:31
fixed a typo noticed by Amos Shapira; slightly updated the verbiage to remove some confusing redundancy in the same section
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:35:31 +0000 (05:35 +0000)]
seems fair to mention jdg's 2001 restructuring in there as well. (apologies to anyone else i've missed, please feel free to add yourself there)
Author: joy
Date: 2002/11/29 21:21:22
seems fair to mention jdg's 2001 restructuring in there as well. (apologies to anyone else i've missed, please feel free to add yourself there)
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:35:21 +0000 (05:35 +0000)]
Branden
Author: branden
Date: 2002/11/20 15:07:34
Branden
* This won't build.
* Replace unrecognized "kbd" tags with unrecognized "josip" tags while
Josip figures out what markup language he wants to use for the
Policy Manual.
* Moral of the story: if you can't bitch about something that can be
fixed, don't bitch at all.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:35:16 +0000 (05:35 +0000)]
Branden
Author: branden
Date: 2002/11/19 23:00:41
Branden
* Change markup of "gzip -9" to a kbd element everywhere.
* Change markup of "gzip" in one place from a tt to a prgn element.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:35:11 +0000 (05:35 +0000)]
Branden
Author: branden
Date: 2002/11/19 20:57:58
Branden
* typographical fixes courtesy of Philippe Batailler (Closes: #169744)
* fix two instances of bogus capitalization
* stop advising semantic overload of grave accent and apostrophe
characters as single-quotes
* make Policy Manual consistent with above advice
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:34:58 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
Manoj
Author: srivasta
Date: 2002/11/15 06:44:22
Manoj
* Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
postsint. closes: Bug#120585
* Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
* Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
* This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
closes: Bug#164035
* No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
* Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
* Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
* Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
* Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
Josip
* Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
file, closes: Bug#65764
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:34:48 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
the section levels aren't normalized so in some chapters most of the stuff is in <sect1>s. let's see how people like displaying those in the TOC.
Author: joy
Date: 2002/11/15 03:34:27
the section levels aren't normalized so in some chapters most of the stuff is in <sect1>s. let's see how people like displaying those in the TOC.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:34:39 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
condensed the information about authors into a nice little section of its own and link to that from the footer, removed pointless personal email addresses, added Overfiend and myself to the list of current maintainers which appears to be in alphabetical order
Author: joy
Date: 2002/11/15 03:20:33
condensed the information about authors into a nice little section of its own and link to that from the footer, removed pointless personal email addresses, added Overfiend and myself to the list of current maintainers which appears to be in alphabetical order
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:34:34 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
* removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
Author: joy
Date: 2002/11/15 02:49:48
* removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
file, which closes: #65764, and cleared up the overall mess regarding
changelogs with a nicer new introductory stuff in the changelogs section
and more cross-references
* merged the section on accessing the additional documentation within
the generic section since it's just one paragraph now, and fits in nicely;
also made it say "has been" instead of "has now" in order to make the
Policy independent of a specific point in time
* moved the note about /usr/share/doc/foo being a symlink to the generic
section about the additional documentation, it didn't belong only to the
section about changelogs
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:34:27 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
* Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
Author: srivasta
Date: 2002/11/15 01:45:32
* Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
* Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: bug#72980
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:34:19 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
in the footnote related to ldconfig, split paragraphs per each maintainer script, and rephrased an incoherent sentence about the postrm
Author: joy
Date: 2002/11/13 16:40:10
in the footnote related to ldconfig, split paragraphs per each maintainer script, and rephrased an incoherent sentence about the postrm
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:34:06 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
* Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes
Author: srivasta
Date: 2002/10/26 18:14:07
* Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
* Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
* Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
* Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
* Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
* Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
* Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
* Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
details. closes: Bug#133030
* Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
* Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
parts of Bug#161455.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:33:54 +0000 (05:33 +0000)]
Update update-rc.d examples. Mention that one may need to remove and
Author: srivasta
Date: 2002/09/11 04:54:00
Update update-rc.d examples. Mention that one may need to remove and
recreate the links if the program changes priority or run level
(emphasis on may), and refer people to documentation for update-rc.d,
allowing the author of update-rc.d discretion in changing the
behaviour.
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:33:38 +0000 (05:33 +0000)]
* Fixed some broken hrefs in links
Author: srivasta
Date: 2002/08/31 07:20:11
* Fixed some broken hrefs in links
* No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
* Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
* Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
* Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
not. closes: Bug#139820
* Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
* Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
* Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
* Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
* we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
special field in the control file (and these should be added only
after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
* Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
closes: Bug#109672
* Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
closes: Bug#146756
* using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
* Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
* Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
* Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
* Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
* The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
* Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
* Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
* Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
* Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
* Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
* fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
* Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
closes: Bug#143770
* Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
* Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
* Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
* Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
* provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
* We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
closes: Bug#150456
* We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
* Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
* Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
* Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
* Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
* Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
* Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
* Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:33:26 +0000 (05:33 +0000)]
* Fixed a couple of typos closes
Author: srivasta
Date: 2002/04/22 09:19:32
* Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
* Ran through the policy docukent looking for long instances pf text in
the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
not. closes: Bug#139820
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:33:04 +0000 (05:33 +0000)]
* Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
Author: srivasta
Date: 2002/03/14 18:17:48
* Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
* ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
* Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
* Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
* Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
* fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
* Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
* Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
* Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
* While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
* Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
* Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
* Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:32:34 +0000 (05:32 +0000)]
* Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list
Author: srivasta
Date: 2001/07/25 03:26:48
* Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
medium, high, emergency.
* Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
* [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
* [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
closes: Bug#102199
* [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
* Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
* [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
closes: Bug#100631
* [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
* The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
ther information provided. closes: Bug#105535
* Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
closes: Bug#105538
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:26:53 +0000 (05:26 +0000)]
* Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
Author: jdg
Date: 2001/05/24 09:48:12
* Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
system closes: Bug#91249
* Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
* Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
* Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
* OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
* The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
* The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
* Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
* Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
* Finish cleaning up chapter 12
Manoj Srivastava [Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:26:28 +0000 (05:26 +0000)]
* Done chapter 10 now
Author: jdg
Date: 2001/05/08 00:21:13
* Done chapter 10 now
* debiandoc-sgml version 1.1.47 fixes most of the issues, so Text.pm
can be removed again
* Versioned build-depends for this
* Merged changes to LaTeX.pm
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