+debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ [ Russ Allbery ]
+ * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
+ Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #626779
+ * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Closes: #593533
+ * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
+ Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
+ Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
+ Closes: #609162
+ * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #23712
+ * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
+ "Source package control file" for debian/control files. Patch from
+ Charles Plessy. (Closes: #626796)
+ * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
+ contain at least one non-whitespace character. Thanks, Guillem Jover.
+ (Closes: #627490)
+ * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
+ the chown or chmod fail. Thanks, Joey Hess. (Closes: #617315)
+ * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
+ directory to another and add examples and a rationale. Thanks,
+ Carsten Hey. (Closes: #626338)
+ * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
+ source package and the manual page extensions are different for
+ separate module packages. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #643690)
+ * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
+ bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
+ with the long-standing release goal. (Closes: #646166)
+ * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
+ education, introspection, and metapackages. Patch from Charles
+ Plessy. (Closes: #651020)
+ * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
+ * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
+ * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths. Thanks,
+ Michael Dorrington. (Closes: #626408)
+ * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
+ when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
+ to specific entries. Patch from Charles Plessy.
+ * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
+ * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
+
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
+ strings (11.1).
+ Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
+ * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
+ Proposed by: Justin B Rye
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Closes: #621479
+ * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
+ Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
+ Closes: #623050
+ * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
+ Patch by Charles Plessy. Closes: #628540
+ * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Closes: #641071
+ * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
+ files (12.5)
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Closes: #617516
+ * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
+ Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Closes: #640735
+ * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
+ Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Closes: #649674
+ * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
+ Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
+ Closes: #633797
+ * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Closes: #640737
+ * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
+ Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Closes: #619275
+ * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
+ fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
+ Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
+ Closes: #644230
+ * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #637614
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:27:54 +0100
+
+debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #459868, #581011
+ * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #594658
+ * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #588014
+ * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
+ Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #619186
+ * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #504880
+ * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
+ Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #501930, #593909
+ * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
+ Closes: #488214
+ * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
+ architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
+ machine. (Closes: #591857)
+ * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
+ description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
+ * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
+ debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
+ the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
+ paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
+ as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
+ * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
+ to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
+ multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
+ (Closes: #597074)
+ * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
+ the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
+ Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
+ * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
+ Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
+ from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
+ * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
+ * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
+ * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
+ * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
+ -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
+ packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
+ than the version in oldstable.
+ * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
+ from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
+ files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
+ list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
+ * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
+ Thanks, David Prévot. (Closes: #606869)
+ * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
+ 7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined. Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
+ Nieder. (Closes: #599944)
+ * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
+ This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
+ 3.9.3.0 release. Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
+ Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
+ package. (Closes: #609160)
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
+
+debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; 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.
+ * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
+ an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
+ maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
+ * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
+ * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
+ * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
+
debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
[ Colin Watson ]