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Debian CLI Policy
Chapter 1 - Policy History

Here are the changes to the Debian CLI Policy document.

Changes from 0.5.1 to 0.7:

• File Locations, Section 3.1.2: GAC libraries must now go in /usr/lib/cli/assembly_name-X.Y instead of /usr/lib/cli/upstream_package_name-X.Y, as one source package might ship many assemblies with different ABI versions. This would produce very confusing directory names.

• Naming & Versioning, Section 3.2.1: Late-GAC install is now mandatory.

• Build Dependencies, Section 3.1.4: Added CLI SDKs as alternative to the compiler.

• Signing, Section 3.2.5: Using the mono.snk key of cli-common-dev is now mandatory if upstream doesn't ship one.

• MONO_DISABLE_SHM, Section 4.3: Replaced MONO_SHARED_DIR workaround with cli.make and MONO_DISABLE_SHM.

• debhelper 7 Example, Section 6.2.2: Added debhelper 7 example.

• Policy Files, Section 3.2.2: Added reference to the mono-api-check tool and made raising clilibs version mandatory.

• ".NET" or long "Microsoft .NET Framework", Section 2.4: Updated URL to Microsoft .NET Guidelines.

• Package Names, Section 2.6: Made upstream tarball names clearer.

• File Permissions, Section 3.1.3: Replaced find commands with dh + cli.make.

• Naming & Versioning, Section 3.2.1: Removed ASP.NET as it's not a programming language and added IronPython and IronRuby.

Changes from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1:

• Package Names, Section 2.6: Added examples for the different meanings of package name.

• Naming & Versioning, Section 3.2.1: Explicitly name the "lib" prefix requirement for library packages.

Changes from 0.4.4 to 0.5.0:

• Removed DRAFT tag, the policy is now official.

• Build Dependencies, Section 3.1.4: Added C# 3.0 to the compiler list.

• File Permissions, Section 3.1.3: Added dh_clifixperms as alternative to the find command.

Changes from 0.4.2 to 0.4.3:

• dh_installcligac, Section 6.1.3: Fixed order of dh_installcligac calls.

• debhelper 5/6 Example, Section 6.2.1: Fixed debhelper example (order).

• cdbs Example, Section 6.2.3: Fixed cdbs example (order).

Changes from 0.4.1 to 0.4.2:

• GAC Policy File Example, Section 6.2.6: Fixed naming of the policy files.

Changes from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1:

• debhelper 5/6 Example, Section 6.2.1: Fixed typo.

Changes from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0:

• Build Dependencies, Section 3.1.4: Added nemerle to the compilers.

• Packaging Policy, Chapter 3: Added a packaging chapter that includes some of the old chapter and some new.

• GAC Library Packaging, Section 3.2: Added informations about signing and policy files.

• dh_installcligac, Section 6.1.3: Added and consolidated the information on dh_installcligac.

• File Locations, Section 3.1.2: Require that files are installed into /usr/lib/package or /usr/lib/cli/package-X.Y now.

Changes from 0.2.1 to 0.3.0:

• ".NET" or long "Microsoft .NET Framework", Section 2.4: Added URL for the ".NET" term.

• GAC - Global Assembly Cache, Section 2.5: Added explanation of GAC.

• GAC Library Packaging, Section 3.2: Added section for naming of GAC packages.

Changes from 0.2.0 to 0.2.1:

• Helper Scripts: cli-common-dev, Section 6.1: Added examples for debhelper and CDBS.

Changes from 0.1.1 to 0.2.0:

• Policy History, Chapter 1: Added chapter "Policy History"

• Build Dependencies, Section 3.1.4: Compiler dependency is no longer strict on mono-mcs

• Helper Scripts: cli-common-dev, Section 6.1: Note that dh_makeclilibs must be called before dh_clideps

• Build Dependencies, Section 3.1.4: Moved dh_clideps and dh_makeclilibs into their own subsections

• File Permissions, Section 3.1.3: Added chapter "File Permissions"

• Migrating Existing Packages, Section 6.3: cli-wrapper is now deprecated

• Introduction, Section 4.2.1: Added an external link for DllNotFoundException

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