10.51. Version 3.2.0

Released August, 2000.

10.1

By default executables should not be built with the debugging option -g. Instead, it is recommended to support building the package with debugging information optionally.

12.8

Policy for packages where the upstream uses HTML changelog files has been expanded. In short, a plain text changelog file should always be generated for the upstream changes

Please note that the new release of the X window system (3.2) shall probably need sweeping changes in policy

Policy for packages providing the following X-based features has been codified:

• 11.8.2

  X server (virtual package xserver)

  11.8.3

  X terminal emulator (virtual package x-terminal-emulator)

  11.8.4

  X window manager (virtual package x-window-manager, and /usr/bin/x-window-manager alternative, with priority calculation guidelines)

  12.8.5

  X fonts (this section has been written from scratch)

  11.8.6

  X application defaults

11.8.7

Policy for packages using the X Window System and FHS issues has been clarified;

11.7.3

No package may contain or make hard links to conffiles

8

Noted that newer dpkg versions do not require extreme care in always creating the shared lib before the symlink, so the unpack order be correct