10.55. Version 3.0.0
Released June, 1999.
9.1
Debian formally moves from the FSSTND to the FHS. This is a major change, and the implications of this move are probably not all known.
4.1
Only 3 digits of the Standards version need be included in control files, though all four digits are still permitted.
12.6
The location of the GPL has changed to /usr/share/common-licenses
. This may require changing the copyright files to point to the correct location of the GPL and other major licenses
10.2
Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries must include the .la files in the -dev packages
10.8
Use logrotate to rotate log files
now 11.8
section 5.8 has been rewritten (Programs for the X Window System)
9.6; menu-policy
There is now an associated menu policy, in a separate document, that carries the full weight of Debian policy
11.3
Programs which need to modify the files /var/run/utmp
, /var/log/wtmp
and /var/log/lastlog
must be installed setgid utmp