-debian-policy (3.8.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ [ Colin Watson ]
+ * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
+
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
+ looking .txt file.
+ Closes: #567845
+ * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
+ Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
+ * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
+ and distribution license' (three times).
+ Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Closes: #566220
+ * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
+ ranges.
+ Proposed by Santiago Vila
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Closes: #582495
+
+ [ Russ Allbery ]
+ * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
+ Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Closes: #530687
+ * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #562506
+ * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Closes: #224509
+ * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
+ Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
+ Closes: #579457
+ * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
+ Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #579461
+ * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
+ renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
+ capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
+ * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
+ is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
+ dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
+ was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
+ * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
+ new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
+ * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
+ don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
+ * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
+ sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
+ contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
+ * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
+ list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
+ noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
+ * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
+
+debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
[ Bill Allombert ]
* Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
-
+ * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
+ policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
+ Wording: Manoj Srivastava
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Closes: #556972
+ This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
+ directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
+ * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
+ policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
+ Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
+ must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
+ reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
+ * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
+ policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
+ wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Closes: #391836
+ Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
+ - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
+ - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
+ - Correct support of /etc/crontab
+ - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
+ ranges, step values
+ - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
+
[ Russ Allbery ]
* Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
(Closes: #552757)
- -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:46:35 -0500
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low