+debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
+ Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #426877
+ * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #489460
+ * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Closes: #241333
+ * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #143941
+ * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@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
+ * 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)
+ * 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)
+ * 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.
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
+
+debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
+ document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
+
+debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
+ non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
+ and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
+ Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
+ DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
+ Millan (Closes: #209008).
+ * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
+ Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
+ (Closes: #430649).
+ * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
+ (Closes: #379150).
+ * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
+ (Closes: #431813).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
+ thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
+ Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
+ * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
+ Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
+ * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
+ used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
+ (Closes: #442070).
+ * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
+ /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
+ * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
+ not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
+ (Closes: #65577).
+ * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
+ Küster (Closes: #403391).
+ * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
+ names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
+ * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
+ thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
+ * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #186700, #458910
+ * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
+ Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Closes: #480551
+ * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
+ to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
+ * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
+ Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
+ * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
+ deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
+ * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
+ Closes: #481640
+ * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
+ Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
+ Closes: #481954
+ * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
+ * Add an md5sums control file.
+ * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
+ * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
+ * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
+ * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
+ currently part of policy.
+ * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
+ * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
+ * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
+ and debian/rules.
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
+
debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
* Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
(ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
+ * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
+ debconf specification.
* Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
* Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
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