-debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
+ Closes: #436105
+ * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+ Closes: #561413
+ * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
+ Closes: #218897
+ * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+ * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #509932
+ * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #400322
+ * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Closes: #402721
+ * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
+ Closes: #475101
+ * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Closes: #104373
+ * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Closes: #186102
+ * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
+ Closes: #184064
+ * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
+ Closes: #509933
+ * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #589609
+ * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
+ Closes: #232448
+ * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
+ Closes: #445203
+ * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
+ Closes: #477240
+ * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #555977
+ * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
+ package.
+ * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
+ provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
+ * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
+ switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
+ mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
+ * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
+ Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
+ that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
+ references to fields in control files to use "control field"
+ uniformly.
+ * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
+ * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
+
+debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
[ Colin Watson ]
* Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
Closes: #582495
[ Russ Allbery ]
+ * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #578854
* Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
Closes: #347581
+ * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Closes: #575639
+ * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
+ Closes: #547272
+ * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
+ Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
+ Closes: #560411
* Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
+ * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
+ "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
+ (Closes: #586163)
+ * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
- -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low