-debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+debian-policy (3.8.3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
+ Proposed by Jari Aalto.
+ Closes: #544353
+
+ [ Manoj Srivastava ]
+ * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
+ pointing this out.
+ * [c74ac74]:
+ Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
+ Wording: Steve Langasek.
+ Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
+ Closes: #542865
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:00:18 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Closes: #530967
+ * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
+ Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Closes: #527871
+ * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Closes: #514919
+ * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
+ Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #519941
+ * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #522217
+ * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #493007
+ * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
+ Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
+ Closes: #537707
+ * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #533852
+ * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #538665
+ * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
+ Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Closes: #525190
+ * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
+ warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
+ * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
+ on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
+ * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
+ approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
+ * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
+ the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
+ * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
+ and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
+ revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
+ * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
+ * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
+ for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
+ add more details about the contents of the Description field in
+ a *.changes file.
+ * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
+ Source field descriptions.
+ * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
+ sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
+ and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
+ * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
+ description says otherwise.
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
+
+debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Russ Allbery ]
+ * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
+ Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #206684
+ * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
+ Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
+ Closes: #522219
+ * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Closes: #522364
+ * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
+ Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
+ Closes: #522218
+ * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
+ - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
+ - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
+ * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
+ (Closes: #519706)
+
+ [ Colin Watson ]
+ * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
+ preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
+ search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
+ * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
+ debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
+ Closes: #533257
+ * Policy: State requirements for source package names
+ Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #525151
+ * Add myself to Uploaders.
+
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * Add myself to Uploaders.
+ * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
+ * debian/rules:
+ - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
+ `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
+ - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
+
+debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
Closes: #513955
+ * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
+ Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
+ Closes: #514326
+ * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #446712
* Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
+ * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
+ contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
+ Contract. (Closes: #473439)
* Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
* Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
* Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
-
- -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
+ * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
+ be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
+ fewer packages.
+ * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
+ handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
+ links was completed long ago.
+ * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low