1 debian-policy (4.1.1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
3 * Drop more obsolete dh_sphinxdoc workarounds, this time from d/rules.
5 -- Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> Tue, 03 Oct 2017 20:19:48 -0700
7 debian-policy (4.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=medium
10 * Add back missing parentheses around the man page section in man page
11 references in the Policy manual, lost in the conversion to
12 reStructuredText. Thanks, Daniel Shahaf.
13 * Revert the contents of the policy.html directory to the multi-page
14 HTML output. (Closes: #872895)
15 * Move the single-page HTML output to policy-1.html, matching the
16 previous file name, and add the supporting _images and _static
17 directories to /usr/share/doc/debian-policy.
18 * Remove the stray policy.html.tar.gz file from the built package.
20 * Simplify the build rules for generating policy.html.
21 * Remove some stray build rules left over from DocBook Policy.
22 * Restructure the document to ensure proper section numbering in info
23 and PDF output except for the appendices. The appendix numbering
24 will require a Sphinx change. (Closes: #872893, #872950)
25 * Rename the info document to debian-policy.info to make it less
26 generic, and update the PNG file names accordingly. (Closes: #872900)
27 * Reformat the shared libraries chapter (8) to move footnotes to the end
28 of the section of their references and use more succinct
29 reStructuredText syntax. Fix some errors in the shlibs syntax and
30 examples introduced by the conversion, and missing newlines in the
31 footnote illustrating alternative templates that were lost in the
33 * Add a footnote documenting a (complex) command that returns the Debian
34 package name for a shared library. Thanks, Jakub Wilk and Julien
35 Cristau. (Closes: #661928)
36 * Add build dependency on latexmk. (Closes: #873125)
39 * Policy: debian/changelog must exist in source packages
40 Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
41 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
42 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>
45 * Policy: /nonexistent is the canonical non-existent home directory
46 Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
47 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
48 Seconded: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>
50 * Policy: Correct the description of Testsuite: field
51 Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
52 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
55 Thanks to Ondřej Nový for pointing out the problem.
56 * Fix a typo in 4.1.0 upgrading checklist (Closes: #873819).
57 Thanks, Martin Kepplinger.
58 * Add missing line breaks in summary of the ways in which maintainer
59 scripts may be called (Closes: #874411).
60 Thanks Sébastian Villemot for reporting the issue, and for the patch.
61 * Drop workarounds for dh_sphinxdoc's lack of support for singlehtml.
62 Thanks Dmitry Shachnev for the new support in dh_sphinxdoc.
63 - Tighten build-dep on sphinx-common.
65 -- Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:27:46 -0700
67 debian-policy (4.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium
70 * Policy: Packages should build reproducibly
71 Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
72 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
73 Seconded: Ondrej Novy <novy@ondrej.org>
74 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Ximin Luo <infinity0@debian.org>
76 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
78 * Policy: Restrictions on the use of /lib64/ and /usr/lib64/
79 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
81 Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
83 * Policy: Clarify how `x-terminal-emulator -e` must behave
84 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
85 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
88 * Fix a singular/plural error in 9.6.
89 Thanks to Didier Raboud for pointing out the problem.
90 * Improve release process documentation in README.md.
91 * Policy changes process:
92 - Deprecate usage of the 'issue' usertag
93 It is usually very clear whether an issue is a policy matter, so bugs
94 can be simply closed, or moved to the 'discussion' phase.
95 In the rare case that it's not clear whether the bug is a policy matter,
96 it can remain unclassified, or be tagged 'moreinfo' (see below).
97 - Add policy-specific usage for the 'moreinfo' tag.
98 * tools/policy-bug-report:
99 - Enhance to fetch bugs that have a given usertag or combination of
101 - Improve the lists of bugs generated, for posting to Planet Debian.
102 * Add convention to upgrading checklist for indicating that a policy
103 requirement is covered by Lintian.
106 * Policy: Recommend including the upstream signing key
107 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
109 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
110 Seconded: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Clearly allow non-default alternative non-free dependencies
113 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
118 [ Russ Allbery & Sean Whitton ]
119 * Convert the source of the Debian Policy Manual to reStructuredText,
120 built using the Sphinx toolchain.
121 Many thanks to Hideki Yamane <henrich@debian.or.jp> for the conversion
122 scripts, and pushing the project forward.
123 Thanks to David Bremner <bremner@debian.org> for help proofreading the
125 - Drop PostScript output.
127 -- Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:17:42 -0700
129 debian-policy (4.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=medium
132 * Policy: Overhaul priorities, deprecate extra
133 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
135 Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
136 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
137 Closes: #758234, #759260, #660249, #196367
138 * Policy: Clarify prohibition on depending on environment variables
139 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
145 * Policy: Disambiguate "original authors" in 12.5
146 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
147 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
151 * Policy: Document Testsuite: field
152 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Antonio Terceiro <terceiro@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
155 Seconded: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>
157 * Policy: Require calling ldconfig by means of triggers
158 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
159 Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
160 Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
161 Seconded: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>
163 * Policy: Make section 9 agnostic between Debian's init systems
164 Wording: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
165 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
168 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
170 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 * Policy: Packages may not install both a desktop entry and a menu entry
173 Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
174 Seconded: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
175 Seconded: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
176 Seconded: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>
178 * Convert Process.md to an appendix to Policy itself.
179 - Update link in "Authors and Maintainers" to point to this new
180 appendix (Closes: #866192).
181 * Incorporate Margarita Manterola's maintscript flowcharts as a new
182 appendix (Closes: #485776).
183 Many thanks to David Bremner for help importing the images to docbook.
184 - Add a footnote to 6.6 linking to the new appendix.
185 * Update first paragraph of Appendix A to note that the final three
186 appendices (the policy changes process and the upgrading checklist)
187 were not taken from the Packaging Manual.
188 * Add a footnote linking to the REJECT-FAQ (Closes: #849853).
189 * Note that the debian/rules clean target is useless for removing files
190 not compatible with the DFSG (Closes: #849851).
191 * Add 'javascript', 'rust' archive sections (Closes: #867308).
192 * Drop remark that systems with only required packages installed are
193 "probably unusable", and add a paragraph break. (Closes: #589671).
195 -- Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> Sat, 05 Aug 2017 21:47:47 -0400
197 debian-policy (4.0.0.4) unstable; urgency=medium
199 * Fix URLs to Policy documents. Policy previously used the full URL as
200 the link but a partial URL as anchor text, and then sometimes added
201 the full URL in parentheses. The result was very ugly in the text
202 version. Replace that style with just the full URL as anchor text for
203 a link to that URL, which is not ideal for HTML output but produces
204 reasonable results for both HTML and text.
205 * Extensive reformatting of the maintainer script section.
206 - Use <cmdsynopsis> in the summary of how maintainer scripts are
207 called, with a single <term>. This avoids gluing all the command
208 summaries together with commas. The output in text is radically
209 better; HTML has some font issues, but isn't awful.
210 - Avoid trailing newlines in <screen> examples, which produce extra
211 whitespace in text and HTML output.
212 - Use different numeration methods at different levels of the nested
213 ordered lists and ensure there is some introductory text for each
214 list element to avoid awkward formatting.
215 * Convert many of the <screen> tags in Policy to </programlisting> since
216 the semantics are slightly more correct.
217 * Remove the newline before </screen> or </programlisting> end tags,
218 since it produces an extraneous and distracting blank line in both
219 text and HTML output.
220 * Change the mapping of Perl module names to Debian package names in
221 the Perl Policy from a verbatim block to a table.
222 * Change the list of cron directories from a verbatim block to a list.
224 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:34:27 -0700
226 debian-policy (4.0.0.3) unstable; urgency=medium
229 * Fix typo 'the' -> 'they' in upgrading checklist (Closes: #865685).
230 Thanks Sven Joachim for the report.
233 * Move the autopkgtest, copyright-format, and debconf_specification
234 source files to the top-level directory and the debconf_spec/include
235 files to a debconf directory. Simplify the build system to eliminate
236 recursive make, reuse the same XML version file for all files, and use
237 the same method of embedding a version in Markdown output for all
239 * Fix dependencies so that version.xml is generated before XML
240 validation is done on XML source files.
241 * Move README.shlibdeps and libc6-migration.txt to a new historical
242 subdirectory and add a README explaining that the files in this
243 directory are of historical interest only and are not included in the
244 debian-policy binary package.
246 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 24 Jun 2017 14:11:19 -0700
248 debian-policy (4.0.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
251 * Update list of Policy Editors in various places.
252 See https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/06/msg00005.html
255 * Remove mention of the libc6 migration paper from the package long
256 description. This is no longer shipped in the debian-policy package.
258 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 19 Jun 2017 20:58:28 -0700
260 debian-policy (4.0.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Upload to unstable.
263 * Clarify the conflict policy between /path and /usr/path by adding the
264 leading slash in front of the first path. Thanks, Ferenc Wágner.
265 * Change http URLs to https for every resource available over https.
266 * Replace broken CPAN URL in the Perl policy with the current URL, and
267 turn this into an in-line link rather than a footnote with the full
268 URL. This hides the URL in the text output, but it's not horribly
269 important for the text version and easy to find with a search.
270 * Fix formatting of the list of shlibs and symbol file locations. These
271 were mistakenly converted to itemized lists instead of variable lists
272 during the DocBook conversion, which produced inferior output.
273 * Use UTF-8 instead of ISO-8859-1 as the character set for the text
274 versions of policy documents.
275 * Further standardize author and copyright notices.
276 - Add the notice from the main document that the copyright notices are
277 incomplete to the other documents with copyright notices.
278 - Add the Debian Policy Mailing List as an author of the debconf
280 - Replace (incorrect) Software in the Public Interest copyrights with
281 copyright notices for the original authors.
282 - Standardize capitalization of Debian Policy Mailing List in notices.
283 - Update copyright notices in debian/copyright.
284 * Add a full copy of the BSD license without advertising clause to the
285 <legalinfo> section of the debconf specification, instead of just a
287 * Update the GPL license statements to the current recommended form,
288 which doesn't include a street address for the FSF. Use all-caps for
289 the warranty disclaimer just in case it matters. Link to the general
290 FSF license page to make it easier to find the GPLv2, which is
291 technically the license under which these documents are distributed,
292 even if the GPLv3 may be used if desired.
293 * Completely rewrite the build system to use debhelper.
294 - Remove all hand-rolled package build rules and let debhelper do the
295 package construction.
296 - Remove gzip compression from the main build and let debhelper handle
297 compression of text files. This allows debhelper to control the
298 gzip flags and do whatever is correct for reproducible builds.
299 - The top-level Makefile now has conventional all and install targets
300 that build all documents and would install them (not that anyone is
301 likely to use the install target other than the packaging).
302 - Get the document publication dates from debian/changelog instead of
303 the current date for more reproducible builds.
304 - Do xmllint validation of the copyright-format and debconf
305 specification documents as well.
306 - Remove a bunch of old leftovers from the clean and distclean targets
307 and make distclean identical to clean. Stop cleaning editor
308 autosave files and patch droppings (this can be destructive).
309 - Move all doc-base files into the debian packaging directory.
310 * Restructure the command list in the debconf specification document to
311 pass xmllint, which didn't like including the body of an itemizedlist
313 * Add missing release date to the 4.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry.
314 * Fix tools/policy-bug-report to not fail when bug lists are empty and
315 to ignore closed bugs.
316 * Don't delete virtual-package-names-list.txt during make distclean.
317 * Make distclean depend on clean to remove stamp-* files.
318 * Update Standards-Version of the debian-policy package itself.
320 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 18 Jun 2017 19:27:48 -0700
322 debian-policy (4.0.0.0) experimental; urgency=low
325 * Policy: Add the MPLs to /usr/share/common-licenses
326 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
330 * Policy: [5.6.12] forbid colons in package version numbers
331 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>
334 Thanks: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
336 * Policy: [4.3] Update config.guess and config.sub during the build
337 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
339 Seconded: Andreas Barth <aba@ayous.org>
341 * Spelling fixes, thanks to Martin A. Brown. Closes: #820197
344 * Policy: [10.9] Don't contact base-passwd maintainer for dynamic users
345 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
348 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
350 * Policy: Document Build-Depends-Arch and Build-Conflicts-Arch
351 Wording: Johannes Schauer <josch@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 * Policy: Add nodoc tag to DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
356 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Johannes Schauer <j.schauer@email.de>
358 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
361 * Policy: Prohibit file conflicts between /bin and /usr/bin
362 Wording: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
363 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
364 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Felipe Sateler <fsateler@debian.org>
367 * Policy: Debug packages don't need a debian/control paragraph
368 Wording: Tanguy Ortolo <tanguy+debian@ortolo.eu>
369 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
372 * Policy: New dpkg-architecture flags
373 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
377 * Policy: Remove even the fallback to calling /etc/init.d directly
378 Wording: Ondřej Nový <onovy@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
382 * Policy: Limit strength of dependencies on -doc packages
383 Wording: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
384 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
388 * Policy: Explicitly allow https form of copyright-format URL
389 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
391 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>
394 * Policy: Recommend libraryname-dev or librarynameAPIVERSION-dev
395 Wording: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
399 * Policy: Add optional try-restart init status, make status recommended
400 Wording: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
401 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Felipe Sateler <fsateler@debian.org>
403 Seconded: Ondřej Nový <novy@ondrej.org>
405 * Policy: No special dependency now required for /run
406 Wording: Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>
407 Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
408 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
410 * Policy: Update policy on /dev and device file management
411 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>
413 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
415 * Policy: Remove integration instructions for upstart
416 Wording: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
418 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
421 * Perl: Update module search path for multiarch support
422 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
423 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
426 * virtual-package-names-list: Add adventure
427 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
428 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
431 * virtual-package-names-list: Add httpd-wsgi3
432 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
433 Seconded: Brian May <bam@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 * virtual-package-names-list: Add virtual-mysql-* packages
437 Wording: Otto Kekäläinen <otto@debian.org>
438 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
441 * Convert all remaining DebianDoc-SGML source files in the package to
442 DocBook XML. Many thanks to Osamu Aoki and Guillem Jover for lots of
443 hard work on the conversion. This was a huge conversion, so there
444 will probably be some lingering formatting issues, incorrect markup,
445 and less-than-ideal output. Please report any problems as bugs.
446 (Closes: #175064, #700532, #809382)
447 * Additional fixes from Guillem Jover as part of the DocBook conversion:
448 - Stop distributing the source SGML files as part of the installed
449 package. There doesn't seem to be any point in doing this.
450 - Switch to xsltproc and dblatex instead of OpenJade.
451 - Stop using tidy on the generated files since it generates larger
452 files and the output from xsltproc is already compliant and fairly
454 - Remove unused Build-Depends.
455 - Use entities instead of literal <, >, and & characters.
456 - Use <var> instead of escaped angle brackets for metavariables.
457 - Use <var> instead of <em> inside <tt>.
458 - Avoid slashes in section IDs.
459 - Convert a comment about maintenance policy in the Menu Policy
460 document to a regular paragraph in the document.
461 - Replace a comment reference to the policy maintenance process with
462 an actual link to Process.md.
463 - Remove obsolete SGML comments.
464 * Move the description of < and > relations to a footnote to make
465 abundantly clear that they're no longer valid relation operators in
466 dependencies. (Closes: #816515)
467 * Clarify informative mentions of debian/tmp in the appendices to
468 document the now-common use of debian/<pkg> instead as the temporary
469 staging area. Document that convention, instead of
470 debian/tmp-something, for multi-binary packages. Thanks, Niels
471 Thykier. (Closes: #816249)
472 * Remove lingering wording that implied that build-arch and build-indep
473 targets are optional. Thanks, Ferenc Wagner, Jakub Wilk, and Charles
474 Plessy. (Closes: #793999)
475 * Rather than giving the paths to the installed shlibs and symbols files
476 and then saying those paths shouldn't be used, just say to use
477 dpkg-query --control-show. Recommend --control-show instead of
478 --control-path, since the latter is deprecated. Patch from Salvatore
479 Bonaccorso. (Closes: #688220)
480 * Explicitly give Unicode code points in the definition of the syntax of
481 Debian control files and, where appropriate, show the character.
482 Patch from Ben Finney. (Closes: #821365)
483 * Remove obsolete footnote about a versioned dependency on a
484 liblockfile1 release from 1999. Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #794902)
485 * Fix the long name of the Common Public License in the copyright-format
486 policy. It is just Common Public License, with no leading "IBM".
487 Thanks, Stefano Zacchiroli. (Closes: #781654)
488 * Fix the copyright-format examples to not have duplicate License
489 paragraphs. Thanks, Stefan <bd@bc-bd.org>. (Closes: #824922)
490 * Replace reference to dbus-launch in the autopkgtest documentation with
491 dbus-run-session. Patch from Simon McVittie. (Closes: #835876)
492 * Add an example of an architecture restriction in a dependency with
493 multiple architectures separated by spaces. (Closes: #734662)
494 * Replace use of markdown with MultiMarkdown for the autopkgtest
495 documentation and convert README and Process to MultiMarkdown, thus
496 dropping the last org-mode files and the build dependency on Emacs.
497 Patch from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #849483)
498 * Add some additional information to the upgrading-checklist entry for
500 * Fix debian/changelog and upgrading-checklist dates for the 3.9.8.0
501 release to match the actual upload. (Closes: #822059)
502 * Fix duplicated "the" words in 4.4 and 8.6.3.2. Patch from Valentin
503 Samir. (Closes: #830989)
504 * Clean up the upgrading checklist a bit:
505 - Rewrite the introduction to read a bit more smoothly and mention
506 that the Standards-Version value omits the minor patch number.
507 - Remove the minor patch number from all the version headings except
508 for the anomalies that contain normative changes, and note those
510 - Remove some unhelpful section headings and trailing colons in very
511 old upgrading checklist entries.
512 - Standardize the release date format.
513 * Compress all files with gzip -n to avoid embedding timestamps,
514 enabling reproducible builds.
515 * Redo some of the Makefile and debian/rules dependencies to avoid
516 ambiguous pattern rules and to ensure that make at the top level
517 rebuilds output files if input files change.
518 * Switch to https URLs for Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser.
519 * Use the same URL for both Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser, which now works
520 fine and has some advantages over the gitweb version for Vcs-Browser.
521 Thanks, Mattia Rizzolo.
522 * Run wrap-and-sort -ast.
523 * Tag as Multi-Arch: foreign (mostly to silence the hinter).
526 * Remove references to DebianDoc-SGML from README.md.
527 * Fix typo & comma splice in Process.md.
529 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 28 May 2017 12:27:07 -0700
531 debian-policy (3.9.8.0) unstable; urgency=medium
533 * Policy: The Debian menu is optionally supported.
534 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer <perezmeyer@gmail.com>
536 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (for the menu entries)
537 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
540 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 03:49:58 +0000
542 debian-policy (3.9.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
544 * Policy: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
545 * Makefile: use gzip -n when compressing generated files.
546 * debian/control, Makefile:
547 - add missing Build-Depends on sp (opensp). Closes: #812663
548 - migrate to openjade and opensp.
549 * debian/rules: no more ship libc6-migration.txt. Closes: #797478
550 * Policy: Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
551 Wording: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
556 * Policy: [9.2.2] document 32-bit UIDs ranges.
557 Wording: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
562 * Policy: [5.1] empty field values in control files are only permitted in
563 the debian/control file of a source package.
564 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
568 * Policy: [4.9] debian/rules: required targets must not attempt network
570 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
572 Seconded: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
574 * Policy: [12.3] recommend to ship additional documentation for package 'pkg'
575 in a separate package 'pkg-doc' and install it into /usr/share/doc/pkg.
576 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
578 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
581 [ Stefano Zacchiroli ]
582 * autopkgtest: new document containing the specification of automatic,
583 as-installed (AKA autopkgtest, or DEP-8) package tests
586 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:03:51 +0100
588 debian-policy (3.9.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
590 * Fix FTBFS with emacs 24.4. Thanks to David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
591 for the help. Closes: #769219
593 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:55:55 +0100
595 debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
599 the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
601 - Build-Depends emacs-nox|emacs instead of emacs23. Closes: #753999
602 Thanks Gabriele Giacone and Rob Browning.
603 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
604 * Policy: [11.5.1] Web servers: Fix use of metasyntactic variables and
605 applications Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
606 * Policy: [5.6.21] Files: Fix typo "by" -> be. Closes: #753353.
607 Thanks Benedikt Wildenhain.
608 * Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
609 Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
611 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
613 * Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
614 Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
615 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
616 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
617 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
618 Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
620 * Perl Policy: @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
621 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
622 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
623 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
625 * Perl Policy: Explain %Config earlier
626 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
627 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
628 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
630 * Perl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch
631 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
632 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
633 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
635 * Perl Policy: Packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-*
637 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
638 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
639 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
640 Seconded: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
642 * Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories
643 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
644 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
645 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
647 * Policy: Discourage statically linked binaries
648 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
649 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
650 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
652 * Policy: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)
653 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
654 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
655 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
657 * Policy: Change default web document root to /var/www/html
658 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
659 Seconded: Arno Töll <arno@debian.org>
660 Seconded: Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de>
662 * virtual-package-names-list: Update java runtime list
663 Wording: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
664 Seconded: Tony Mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
665 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
667 * virtual-package-names-list: Add httpd-wsgi
668 Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
669 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
670 Seconded: Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
673 * Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when /lib<qual>
674 or /usr/lib<qual> does.
675 Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
676 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
677 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
678 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
681 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:03:20 +0200
683 debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Policy: Document the Package-List field.
686 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
687 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
688 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
690 * Policy: DM-Upload-Allowed is now obsolete
691 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
692 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
693 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
694 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
696 * Policy: Checksums-{Sha1,Sha256} are now mandatory
697 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
698 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
699 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
701 * Policy: Requirements for udebs are not well documented yet
702 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
703 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
704 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
705 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
706 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
708 * Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
709 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
710 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
711 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
713 * Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
714 Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
715 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
716 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
718 * Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
719 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
720 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
721 Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
723 * Policy: Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
724 Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
725 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
726 Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
727 Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
729 * Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
730 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
731 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
732 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
734 * Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
735 Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
736 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
737 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
739 * Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
740 Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
741 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
742 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
744 * debconf_spec: Document the 'escape' capability.
745 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
746 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
747 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
749 * virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder.
750 Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
751 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
752 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
754 * Clean outdated mentions of dpkg commands in appendix. Thanks, Guillem Jover
755 * Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation.
756 Closes: #700574. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
757 * Update dak reference from old katie name.
758 Closes: #700536. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
759 * Fix typo in 8.6.4. Thanks, Raúl Benencia. (Closes: #691352)
760 * Fix typo in 8.6.4.1. Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>.
761 * Added a warning in appendix G about diverting conffiles.
762 Closes: #703022. Thanks, Torsten Jerzembeck.
763 * List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
764 Closes: #704657. Thanks, Philipp Hahn.
765 * Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
767 * Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5. (Closes: #676784)
768 * Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
769 * Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
770 * Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
772 -- Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:40:48 +0900
774 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
777 implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385. Wording
778 review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
780 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
781 Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #670429)
782 * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
783 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
784 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
785 Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
786 Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
788 * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
789 Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
790 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
791 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
793 * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
794 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
795 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
796 Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
798 * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
799 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
800 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
801 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
802 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
803 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
805 * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
806 Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
807 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
808 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
810 * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
811 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
812 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
813 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
814 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
816 * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
817 Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
818 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
819 Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
821 * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
822 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
823 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
824 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
827 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
829 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
831 * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
832 package control files). Thanks, Jakub Wilk. (Closes: #661412)
833 * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
834 Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
835 and GNU find -path without [] patterns. Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
837 * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
838 whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
839 dash. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #490604)
840 * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
841 of files and directories follow the FHS. (Closes: #638060)
842 * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
843 contain spaces. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #647645)
844 * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
845 (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
846 or perform the equivalent actions. Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
847 of the wording. (Closes: #601839)
848 * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
849 and rewrite its description to be less indirect. (Closes: #622263)
850 * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
851 reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot. Wording from Sam
852 Morris. (Closes: #658009)
853 * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
855 * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
856 specification and the copyright-format document. We'll make
857 non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
858 good to know which version one is looking at.
859 * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
860 * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
861 directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
862 www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
863 work easily. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Partly addresses #639663)
864 * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
865 without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
867 * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
868 checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
869 * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
870 * Expand package long description to include all documents.
871 * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build. Thanks,
873 * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
874 references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
875 layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
877 * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
878 add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
879 and the FHS. Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
880 for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
882 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
884 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
888 DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
889 in debian-devel and debian-project. Revise for clarity, to add more
890 examples, and to update the GFDL license versions. Thanks, Steve
891 Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
892 (Closes: #658209, #648387)
893 * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
894 that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
895 the standard. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #646119)
896 * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
897 Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
898 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
899 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
900 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
902 * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
903 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
904 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
905 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
906 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
908 * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
909 Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
910 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
911 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
912 Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
913 Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
915 * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
916 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
917 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
918 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
920 * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
921 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
922 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
923 Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
924 Closes: #620870, #532120
925 * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
926 Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
927 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
928 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
929 Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
931 * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
932 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
933 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
934 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
935 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
937 * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
938 "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
939 Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
940 * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
941 contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
943 * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
944 the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
945 * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
946 directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
947 Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
948 * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
949 source package and the manual page extensions are different for
950 separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
951 * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
952 bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
953 with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
954 * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
955 education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
956 Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
957 * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
958 Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either. Partly
960 * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples. Thanks,
962 * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
963 * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
964 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
965 Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
966 * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
967 when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
968 to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
969 * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
970 * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
971 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
974 * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
976 Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
977 * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
978 Proposed by: Justin B Rye
979 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
980 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
981 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
982 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
984 * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
985 Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
987 * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
988 Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
989 * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
990 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
991 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
993 * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
995 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
996 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
997 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
999 * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
1000 Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
1001 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1002 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
1004 * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
1005 Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1006 Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
1008 * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
1009 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1010 Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
1011 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
1012 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
1013 Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
1015 * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
1016 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1017 Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
1018 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
1020 * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
1021 Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
1022 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1023 Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
1024 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
1026 * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
1027 fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
1028 Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
1029 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1030 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
1032 * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
1033 Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
1034 Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
1035 Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
1037 * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
1038 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1039 Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
1040 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1043 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
1045 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
1048 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1049 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1050 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1051 Closes: #459868, #581011
1052 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
1053 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1054 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1055 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1057 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
1058 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1059 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1060 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1062 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
1063 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1064 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
1065 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1067 * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
1068 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1069 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1070 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1072 * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
1073 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1074 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1075 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1076 Closes: #501930, #593909
1077 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
1078 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1079 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1080 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
1082 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
1083 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
1084 machine. (Closes: #591857)
1085 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
1086 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
1087 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
1088 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
1089 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
1090 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
1091 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
1092 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
1093 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
1094 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
1096 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
1097 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
1098 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
1099 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
1100 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
1101 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
1102 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
1103 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
1104 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
1105 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
1106 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
1107 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
1108 than the version in oldstable.
1109 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
1110 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
1111 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
1112 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
1113 * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
1114 Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
1115 * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
1116 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
1117 Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
1118 * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
1119 This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
1120 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
1121 Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
1122 package. (Closes: #609160)
1124 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
1126 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
1129 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1130 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
1131 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
1132 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
1134 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
1135 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1136 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1137 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
1139 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
1140 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1141 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1142 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
1144 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
1145 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1146 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1147 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
1148 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
1149 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
1150 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1151 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1152 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1154 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
1155 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1156 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1157 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1159 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
1160 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1161 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1162 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
1164 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
1165 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1166 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1167 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
1169 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
1170 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1171 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1172 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1174 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
1175 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1176 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1177 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
1178 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1180 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
1181 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1182 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1183 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
1184 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
1186 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
1187 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1188 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1189 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
1191 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
1192 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1193 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
1194 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1196 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
1197 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1198 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
1199 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
1201 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
1202 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1203 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1204 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
1206 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
1207 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1208 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
1209 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
1211 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
1212 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1213 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
1214 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1216 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
1218 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
1219 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
1220 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
1221 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
1222 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
1223 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
1224 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
1225 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
1226 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
1228 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
1229 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
1230 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
1231 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
1232 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
1233 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
1235 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
1237 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
1243 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
1246 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
1247 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
1248 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
1249 and distribution license' (three times).
1250 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
1251 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1252 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
1253 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1254 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
1256 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
1258 Proposed by Santiago Vila
1259 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1260 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
1261 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1262 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1266 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
1267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1268 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1269 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1271 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
1272 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1273 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1274 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1275 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1276 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1278 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
1279 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1280 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1281 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1283 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
1284 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1285 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1286 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1287 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1289 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
1290 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1291 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1292 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1293 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
1295 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
1296 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1297 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
1298 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
1299 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
1301 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
1302 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
1303 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1304 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
1306 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
1307 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1308 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1309 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1310 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
1312 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
1313 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1314 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1315 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1317 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
1318 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1319 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
1320 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1322 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
1323 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1324 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1325 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
1326 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
1328 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
1329 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
1330 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1331 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
1333 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
1334 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
1335 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1336 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
1337 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
1339 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
1340 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
1341 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1342 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1344 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
1345 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
1346 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
1347 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
1348 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
1349 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
1350 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
1351 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
1352 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
1353 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
1354 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
1355 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
1356 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
1357 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
1358 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
1359 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
1360 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
1361 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
1362 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
1363 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
1364 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
1365 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
1366 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
1367 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
1368 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
1369 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
1370 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
1371 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
1372 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
1373 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
1374 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
1375 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
1377 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
1379 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
1381 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
1385 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
1387 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
1388 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
1391 [ Manoj Srivastava ]
1392 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
1395 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
1396 Wording: Steve Langasek.
1397 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
1398 Seconded: Julien Cristau
1399 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
1402 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
1403 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
1404 Seconded: Russ Allbery
1405 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
1408 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
1409 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
1410 Seconded: Russ Allbery
1412 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
1413 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
1414 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
1415 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
1416 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
1417 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
1418 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
1419 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1420 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1422 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
1423 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
1424 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
1425 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
1426 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
1427 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1428 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1429 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1430 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
1431 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
1432 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
1433 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
1434 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
1435 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
1436 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1437 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1439 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
1440 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
1441 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
1442 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
1443 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
1445 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
1448 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
1449 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1450 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1451 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1452 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
1453 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
1456 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
1458 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
1461 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1462 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1463 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1465 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
1466 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1467 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1468 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1470 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
1471 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1472 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1473 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1475 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
1476 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1477 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1478 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1479 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
1480 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1482 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
1483 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1484 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1485 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1486 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1488 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
1489 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1490 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1491 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1493 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
1494 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
1495 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1496 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
1498 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
1499 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1500 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1501 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1503 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
1504 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1505 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1506 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1508 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
1509 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
1510 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1511 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1513 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
1514 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
1515 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
1516 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
1517 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
1518 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
1519 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
1520 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
1521 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
1522 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
1523 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
1524 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
1525 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
1526 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
1527 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
1529 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
1530 Source field descriptions.
1531 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
1532 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
1533 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
1534 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
1535 description says otherwise.
1537 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
1539 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1542 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
1543 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
1544 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1545 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
1546 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
1547 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1549 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
1550 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1551 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1552 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
1554 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
1555 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1556 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1557 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
1559 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
1560 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1561 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1562 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
1564 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
1565 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
1566 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
1567 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
1571 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
1572 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
1573 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
1574 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
1575 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
1577 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
1578 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
1579 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1580 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1582 * Add myself to Uploaders.
1585 * Add myself to Uploaders.
1586 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
1588 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
1589 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
1590 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
1592 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
1594 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1596 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
1597 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
1598 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1599 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1601 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
1602 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1603 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
1604 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1606 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
1607 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1608 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1609 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1611 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
1612 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1613 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1614 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1616 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
1617 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1618 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1619 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1621 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
1622 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1623 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1624 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1626 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
1627 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1628 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
1629 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1631 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
1632 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1633 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
1634 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
1636 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
1637 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
1638 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1639 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
1641 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
1642 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
1643 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1644 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
1646 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
1647 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1648 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1649 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
1650 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1652 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
1653 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
1654 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
1655 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
1656 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
1657 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
1658 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
1659 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
1660 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
1661 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
1662 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
1663 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
1664 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
1665 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
1666 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
1667 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
1668 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
1669 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
1670 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
1671 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
1672 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
1673 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
1674 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
1675 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
1676 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
1677 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
1678 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
1679 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
1680 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
1681 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
1683 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
1684 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
1685 links was completed long ago.
1686 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
1688 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
1690 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1692 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
1693 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
1695 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
1697 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1699 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
1700 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
1701 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
1702 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
1703 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
1704 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
1705 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
1706 Millan (Closes: #209008).
1707 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
1708 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
1710 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
1712 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
1714 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
1715 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
1716 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
1717 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
1718 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
1719 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
1720 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
1722 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
1723 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
1724 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
1725 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
1727 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
1728 Küster (Closes: #403391).
1729 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
1730 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
1731 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
1732 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
1733 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
1734 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1735 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1736 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
1737 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
1738 Closes: #186700, #458910
1739 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
1740 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
1741 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
1743 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
1744 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
1745 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
1746 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
1747 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
1748 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
1749 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
1750 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
1752 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
1753 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
1755 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
1756 * Add an md5sums control file.
1757 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
1758 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
1759 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
1760 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
1761 currently part of policy.
1762 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
1763 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
1764 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
1767 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
1769 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1771 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
1772 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1773 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
1774 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
1775 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
1776 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
1777 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
1778 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
1779 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
1780 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
1781 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
1782 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
1783 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
1784 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
1785 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
1786 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
1788 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
1790 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
1791 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
1792 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
1794 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
1795 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
1796 list?" (Closes: #412634).
1797 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
1798 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
1799 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
1800 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
1801 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
1802 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
1803 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
1804 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
1805 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
1806 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
1807 debconf specification.
1808 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
1809 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
1811 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
1813 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1815 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
1816 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
1817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
1818 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
1819 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
1821 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
1823 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
1824 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
1825 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
1826 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
1827 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1829 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
1830 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
1831 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
1832 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
1833 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
1834 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
1835 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
1836 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
1837 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
1838 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
1839 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
1840 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
1841 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
1842 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
1843 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
1844 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1846 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
1848 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
1849 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
1850 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
1851 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
1852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
1853 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
1854 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
1855 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
1857 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
1859 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1861 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
1862 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
1863 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
1864 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
1865 Polo (Closes: #372497).
1866 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
1867 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
1869 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
1870 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
1871 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
1872 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
1873 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
1874 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
1875 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
1876 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
1877 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
1878 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
1880 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
1881 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
1882 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
1883 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
1884 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
1885 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
1887 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
1889 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1891 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
1892 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
1893 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
1894 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
1896 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
1897 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
1899 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
1901 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1903 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
1904 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
1905 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
1906 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
1907 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
1908 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
1909 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
1910 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
1911 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
1912 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
1914 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
1915 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
1916 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
1917 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
1918 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
1919 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
1920 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
1921 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
1922 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
1923 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
1924 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
1927 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
1929 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1931 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
1932 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
1933 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
1934 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
1935 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
1936 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
1937 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
1938 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
1939 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
1940 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
1941 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
1942 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
1943 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
1944 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
1945 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
1946 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
1947 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
1948 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
1949 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
1950 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
1951 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
1952 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
1953 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
1954 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
1955 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
1956 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
1957 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
1958 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
1960 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
1961 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
1962 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
1963 Hess (Closes: #362247).
1964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
1965 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
1966 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
1967 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
1968 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
1969 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
1970 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
1971 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
1972 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
1973 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
1974 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
1975 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
1977 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
1978 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
1980 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
1981 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
1982 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
1983 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
1984 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
1985 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
1986 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
1987 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
1988 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
1989 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
1990 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
1992 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
1994 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1997 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
1998 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
1999 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
2000 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
2001 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
2002 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
2003 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
2004 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
2005 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
2006 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
2007 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
2008 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
2009 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
2011 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
2012 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
2013 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
2014 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
2015 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
2016 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
2017 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
2018 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
2019 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
2020 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
2021 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
2022 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
2023 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
2024 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
2025 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
2026 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
2027 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
2028 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
2029 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
2032 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
2034 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
2036 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
2037 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
2038 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
2039 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
2041 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
2042 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
2043 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
2044 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
2046 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
2048 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
2051 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
2052 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
2053 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
2054 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
2055 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
2056 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
2057 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
2058 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
2059 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
2060 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
2062 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
2063 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
2064 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
2066 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
2067 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
2068 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
2069 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
2070 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
2071 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
2072 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
2074 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
2075 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
2076 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
2077 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
2079 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
2080 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
2081 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
2082 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
2083 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
2084 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
2085 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
2086 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
2088 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
2089 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
2090 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
2091 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
2092 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
2093 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
2094 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
2095 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
2096 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
2097 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
2098 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
2099 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
2100 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
2101 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
2102 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
2103 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
2104 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
2106 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
2108 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2111 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
2112 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
2113 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
2114 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
2115 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
2116 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
2117 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
2118 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
2119 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
2121 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
2122 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
2123 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
2124 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
2125 this section. closes: Bug#248618
2126 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
2127 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
2128 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
2129 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
2130 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
2131 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
2132 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
2133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
2134 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
2135 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
2136 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
2137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
2139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
2140 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
2141 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
2144 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
2145 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
2146 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
2148 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
2149 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
2150 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
2151 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
2152 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
2153 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
2155 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
2156 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
2158 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
2159 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
2160 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
2161 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
2162 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
2163 Closes: #185943, #237049
2165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
2167 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2170 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
2173 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
2174 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
2175 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
2176 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
2177 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
2178 running. closes: Bug#187250
2179 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
2180 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
2181 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
2182 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
2183 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
2184 user closes: Bug#176506
2186 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
2188 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
2191 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
2192 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
2193 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
2194 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
2195 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
2196 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
2197 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
2198 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
2199 deb-building toolchain.
2200 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
2201 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
2202 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
2203 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
2204 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
2205 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
2206 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
2207 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
2208 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
2209 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
2210 sections about changelog files.
2212 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
2213 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
2214 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
2215 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
2216 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
2217 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
2219 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
2220 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
2221 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
2222 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
2223 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
2224 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
2225 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
2226 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
2227 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
2228 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
2229 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
2230 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
2231 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
2232 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
2233 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
2234 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
2235 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
2236 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
2237 for the restructuring
2239 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
2241 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
2244 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
2246 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
2247 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
2248 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
2249 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
2250 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
2251 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
2253 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
2254 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
2255 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
2256 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
2257 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
2258 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
2259 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
2261 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
2262 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
2263 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
2264 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
2266 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
2268 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
2271 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
2272 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
2273 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
2274 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
2275 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
2276 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
2278 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
2279 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
2280 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
2281 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
2283 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
2284 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
2285 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
2286 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
2287 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
2288 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
2289 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
2290 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
2291 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
2292 offtopic stuff, too.
2293 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
2294 script should start it, closes: #60979
2295 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
2296 "should", closes: #170019
2297 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
2298 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
2299 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
2300 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
2301 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
2302 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
2303 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
2304 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
2307 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
2309 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
2312 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
2313 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
2314 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
2315 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
2316 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
2317 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
2318 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
2319 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
2320 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
2322 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
2323 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
2324 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
2325 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
2326 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
2327 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
2328 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
2329 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
2330 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
2332 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
2333 file, closes: Bug#65764
2335 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
2337 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
2339 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
2340 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
2341 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
2342 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
2343 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
2344 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
2345 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
2346 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
2347 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
2348 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
2349 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
2350 details. closes: Bug#133030
2351 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
2352 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
2353 parts of Bug#161455.
2355 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
2357 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
2359 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
2360 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
2361 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
2362 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
2363 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
2364 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
2365 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
2366 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
2367 not. closes: Bug#139820
2368 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
2369 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
2370 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
2371 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
2372 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
2373 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
2374 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
2375 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
2376 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
2377 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
2379 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
2381 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
2382 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
2383 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
2384 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
2385 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
2386 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
2387 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
2388 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
2389 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
2390 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
2391 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
2392 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
2393 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
2394 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
2395 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
2396 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
2397 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
2398 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
2399 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
2400 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
2402 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
2403 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
2404 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
2405 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
2406 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
2407 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
2408 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
2410 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
2411 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
2412 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
2413 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
2414 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
2415 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
2416 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
2417 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
2418 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
2420 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
2422 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
2424 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
2425 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
2426 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
2427 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
2428 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
2429 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
2430 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
2431 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
2432 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
2433 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
2434 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
2435 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
2436 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
2437 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
2438 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
2439 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
2440 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
2441 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
2442 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
2443 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
2444 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
2445 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
2446 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
2448 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
2450 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
2452 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
2453 medium, high, emergency.
2454 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
2455 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
2456 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
2457 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
2458 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
2461 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
2462 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
2463 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
2465 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
2466 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
2467 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
2468 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
2469 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
2470 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
2471 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
2474 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
2476 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
2478 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
2479 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
2480 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
2481 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
2483 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
2484 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
2485 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
2486 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
2487 debian/rules to do this
2488 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
2489 patches are incorporated upstream
2490 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
2491 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
2492 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
2493 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
2494 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
2495 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
2497 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
2498 system closes: Bug#91249
2499 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
2500 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
2501 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
2502 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
2503 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
2504 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
2505 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
2506 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
2507 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
2508 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
2509 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
2510 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
2511 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
2513 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
2515 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
2517 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
2518 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
2519 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
2520 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
2522 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
2523 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
2524 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
2526 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
2529 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
2531 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2533 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
2534 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
2535 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
2536 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
2537 package for the time being
2538 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
2539 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
2540 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
2541 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
2542 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
2543 * Rename all .text files as .txt
2544 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
2545 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
2546 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
2547 Build-Depends arch syntax
2548 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
2550 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
2551 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
2553 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
2554 from policy maintenance duties.
2555 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
2556 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
2558 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
2560 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
2562 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
2564 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
2566 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2568 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
2569 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
2570 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
2571 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
2572 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
2573 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
2574 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
2575 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
2576 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
2577 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
2578 minor version number for this
2579 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
2580 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
2581 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
2582 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
2583 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
2584 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
2585 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
2586 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
2587 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
2589 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
2591 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2593 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
2594 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
2595 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
2596 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
2597 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
2599 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
2601 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
2602 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
2603 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
2604 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
2605 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
2606 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
2607 xutils closes: Bug#82966
2608 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
2609 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
2610 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
2611 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
2612 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
2613 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
2614 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
2615 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
2616 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
2619 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
2621 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2623 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
2624 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
2626 * Document the Enhances relationship
2627 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
2628 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
2629 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
2630 policy. closes: Bug#53496
2631 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
2632 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
2634 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
2636 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
2637 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
2638 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
2639 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
2641 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
2642 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
2643 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
2644 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
2645 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
2647 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
2649 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2651 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
2652 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
2653 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
2655 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
2656 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
2657 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
2658 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
2659 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
2660 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
2661 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
2662 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
2663 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
2665 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
2667 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
2669 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2671 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
2672 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
2673 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
2674 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
2675 policy. closes: Bug#64437
2676 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
2677 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
2678 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
2679 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
2680 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
2681 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
2682 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
2683 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
2684 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
2685 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
2686 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
2687 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
2688 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
2689 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
2690 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
2691 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
2692 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
2694 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
2695 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
2697 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
2699 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2701 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
2702 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
2703 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
2704 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
2705 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
2706 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
2707 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
2708 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
2709 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
2710 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
2711 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
2712 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
2713 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
2714 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
2715 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
2716 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
2717 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
2718 alternative closes: Bug#53755
2719 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
2720 list closes: Bug#53756
2721 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
2722 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
2723 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
2724 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
2725 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
2726 policy closes: Bug#53760
2727 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
2728 policy closes: Bug#53761
2729 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
2730 that use X closes: Bug#53762
2731 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
2732 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
2733 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
2734 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
2735 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
2736 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
2737 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
2738 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
2739 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
2741 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
2742 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
2743 to install with older fileutils.
2744 * Installed FHS version 2.1
2745 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
2746 * Added FHS details to copyright file
2747 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
2749 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
2750 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
2752 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
2754 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2756 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
2757 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
2759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
2761 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
2763 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
2764 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
2766 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
2769 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2771 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
2772 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
2774 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
2776 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
2778 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2780 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
2781 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
2783 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
2785 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2787 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
2788 #45561, #42447, #48570)
2789 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
2790 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
2791 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
2792 directoried (closes: #41547)
2793 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
2794 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
2795 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
2796 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
2797 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
2798 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
2799 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
2800 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
2801 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
2802 package criteria (closes: #45318)
2803 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
2805 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
2806 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
2807 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
2808 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
2809 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
2810 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
2811 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
2813 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
2814 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
2815 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
2816 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
2818 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
2820 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
2822 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
2823 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
2825 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
2827 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
2829 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
2830 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
2832 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
2834 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2836 * A few typos and omissions corrected
2837 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
2839 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
2840 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
2841 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
2842 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
2843 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
2844 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
2845 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
2846 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
2847 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
2848 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
2849 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
2850 this closes: Bug#38612
2851 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
2852 before. closes: Bug#40864
2854 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
2856 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2858 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
2859 officially uploaded.
2860 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
2862 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
2863 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
2864 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
2866 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
2867 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
2868 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
2869 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
2870 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
2871 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
2873 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
2874 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
2875 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
2877 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
2879 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
2880 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
2881 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
2882 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
2883 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
2885 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
2887 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
2889 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
2890 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
2891 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
2892 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
2893 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
2894 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
2895 there). closes: Bug#34233
2896 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
2897 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
2898 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
2899 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
2900 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
2902 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
2904 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2906 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
2907 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
2908 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
2909 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
2912 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
2913 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
2914 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
2915 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
2916 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
2919 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
2920 number. closes: BUG#25911
2922 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
2923 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
2924 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
2925 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
2926 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
2927 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
2929 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
2930 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
2931 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
2934 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
2935 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
2936 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
2938 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
2939 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
2940 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
2941 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
2943 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
2944 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
2945 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
2947 * Make the package optional, not extra.
2949 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
2950 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
2951 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
2952 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
2953 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
2954 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
2955 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
2956 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
2959 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
2961 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
2962 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
2965 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
2967 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
2969 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
2971 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
2973 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
2975 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
2976 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
2977 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
2978 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
2979 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
2980 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
2981 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
2982 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
2984 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
2985 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
2987 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
2989 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2991 * non-maintainer release
2992 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
2993 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
2995 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
2996 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
2997 * no content changes
2998 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
3000 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
3002 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3006 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
3008 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3010 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
3012 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
3013 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
3014 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
3016 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
3017 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
3019 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
3020 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
3021 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
3022 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
3024 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
3025 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
3026 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
3027 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
3028 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
3029 and restart options and to comply with the console message
3030 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
3032 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
3033 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
3034 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
3037 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
3038 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
3039 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
3041 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
3042 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
3043 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
3045 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
3046 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
3048 * New version numbering scheme:
3050 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
3051 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
3052 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
3055 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
3056 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
3057 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
3058 differ between the manuals.
3060 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
3061 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
3062 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
3063 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
3065 * Packaging changes:
3067 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
3068 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
3070 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
3072 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
3074 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3076 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
3078 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
3079 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
3080 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
3082 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
3083 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
3086 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
3087 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
3088 file extension as the referenced file
3090 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
3091 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
3093 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
3094 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
3095 start, stop, restart, force-reload
3096 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
3099 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
3100 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
3101 be installed into /etc/cron.d
3103 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
3104 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
3105 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
3106 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
3109 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
3110 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
3113 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
3114 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
3115 reasonable default configuration
3117 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
3118 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
3119 by all news servers and clients
3121 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
3122 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
3123 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
3124 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
3125 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
3127 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
3128 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
3131 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
3133 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
3134 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
3136 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
3139 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
3140 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
3142 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
3143 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
3145 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
3147 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
3149 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
3151 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
3152 - X library package is now called xlib6g
3153 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
3154 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
3156 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
3158 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
3159 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
3160 * Don't use debstd anymore
3162 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
3164 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3166 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
3167 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
3168 contrib/non-free policy
3169 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
3170 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
3171 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
3172 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
3173 - new section about `Daemons'
3174 - updated section about `Configuration files'
3175 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
3176 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
3177 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
3178 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
3179 * Paper about libc6 migration:
3180 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
3181 * SGML source code included in package
3182 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
3184 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
3186 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3188 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
3189 - completely reworked structure
3190 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
3191 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
3192 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
3193 - removed all those ugly footnotes
3194 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
3195 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
3196 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
3197 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
3198 - mention "orphaned packages"
3199 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
3200 distributions' policy
3201 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
3202 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
3203 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
3204 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
3205 - added section about arch spec strings
3206 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
3207 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
3208 - added section about "menus"
3209 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
3210 the new documentation policy soon
3211 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
3212 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
3214 - added section about editors and pagers
3215 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
3216 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
3217 - added section about device files
3218 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
3219 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
3220 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
3222 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
3223 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
3224 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
3225 - Added new section about obsolete names
3226 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
3227 * Fixed package's description
3229 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
3231 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3233 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
3235 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
3237 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3239 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
3240 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
3241 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
3242 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
3244 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
3246 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3248 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
3249 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
3250 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
3252 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
3253 and upload it "byhand" too.
3255 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
3257 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
3260 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
3261 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
3262 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
3263 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
3264 functionality must not have the same name.
3265 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
3266 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
3267 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
3268 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
3269 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
3270 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
3271 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
3273 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
3274 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
3275 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
3276 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
3277 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
3278 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
3279 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
3280 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
3283 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
3285 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
3287 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
3289 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
3290 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
3291 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
3292 a package into. (Guy Maor)
3293 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
3296 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
3298 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
3300 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
3302 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
3303 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
3304 description of deb file format.
3305 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
3306 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
3308 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
3310 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
3311 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
3313 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
3315 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
3317 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
3318 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
3319 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
3320 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
3321 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
3322 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
3323 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
3324 packages in section on Procedure
3325 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
3326 a package maintainer
3327 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
3328 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
3329 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
3331 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
3332 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
3333 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
3334 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
3335 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
3336 on various shlib files
3337 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
3338 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
3339 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
3341 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
3343 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
3345 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
3346 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
3347 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
3349 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
3350 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
3351 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
3352 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
3353 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
3355 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
3357 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
3359 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
3361 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
3363 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
3364 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
3365 compatibility go in contrib.
3367 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
3368 instructions in policy manual.
3369 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
3372 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
3374 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
3376 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
3377 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
3378 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
3379 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
3381 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
3382 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
3385 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
3387 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
3389 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
3390 * More detail about changelog format names.
3392 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
3393 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
3397 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
3399 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
3401 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
3403 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
3405 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
3407 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
3409 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
3411 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
3412 * More verbosity about netiquette.
3413 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
3415 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
3417 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
3419 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
3421 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
3423 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
3427 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100