-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: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
Closes: #416450
+ * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #473019
+ * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #479080
+ * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
+ Closes: #470994
+ * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
+ Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
+ 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
+ for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
+ * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
+ 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
Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
-
- -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
+ * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
+ extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
+ * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
+ messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
+ uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
+ * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
+ extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
+ behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
+ * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
+ status on success to avoid double-negatives.
+ * 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)
+ * 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