+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: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
+ to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
+ * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
+ /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
+ operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
+ * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
+ Allombert (Closes: #361418).
+ * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
+ Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
+ thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
+ * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
+ Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
+ * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
+ Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
+ and Marco d'Itri.
+ * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
+ virtual packages.
+ * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
+ thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
+ * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
+ (Closes: #431813).
+ * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
+ * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
+ list?" (Closes: #412634).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
+ files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
+ * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
+ templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
+ * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
+ specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
+ * 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).
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
+
+debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
+ Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
+ Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
+ * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
+ (Closes: #375728).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
+ (Closes: #376104).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
+ world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
+ * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
+ s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
+ quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
+ (Closes: #377215).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
+ /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
+ premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
+ actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
+ * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
+ Jackson (Closes: #379630).
+ * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
+ Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
+ * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
+ case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
+ the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
+ * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
+ prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
+ thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
+ (Closes: #379974).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
+ (Closes: #386178).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
+ exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
+ to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
+ thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
+ * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
+ package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
+ s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
+ like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
+ Polo (Closes: #372497).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
+ should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
+ (Closes: #372522).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
+ thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
+ * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
+ to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
+ Huehner (Closes: #366032).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
+ Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
+ to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
+ (Closes: #372148).
+ * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
+ thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
+ * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
+ thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
+ * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
+ Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Revert the cgi-lib change.
+ * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
+ Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
+ Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
+ (Closes: #328951).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
+ thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
+ when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
+ * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
+ to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
+ directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
+ static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
+ doing so. (Closes: #329762).
+ * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
+ Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
+ * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
+ (Closes: #364983).
+ * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
+ Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
+ clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
+ * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
+ Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
+ "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
+ Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
+ * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
+ (Closes: #365323).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
+ Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
+ Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
+ (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
+ debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
+ except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
+ may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
+ is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
+ allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
+ language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
+ * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
+ Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
+ * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
+ gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
+ interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
+ to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
+ licenses. (Closes: #355263).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
+ to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
+ legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
+ anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
+ have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
+ uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
+ it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
+ current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
+ (Closes: #357613).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
+ available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
+ * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
+ Hess (Closes: #362247).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
+ mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
+ thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
+ dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
+ dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
+ dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
+ some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
+ dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
+ on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
+ to be on. (Closes: #362975).
+ * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
+ provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
+ (Closes: #341232).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
+ redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
+ (Closes: #349010).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
+ upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
+ thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
+ dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
+ * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
+ Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
+ * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
+ relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
+ http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Manoj ]
+ * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
+ Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
+ thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
+ thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
+ * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
+ Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
+ summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
+ * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
+ Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
+ (Closes: #334913).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
+ Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
+ unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
+ Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
+ to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
+ "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
+ section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
+ ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
+ thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
+ * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
+ Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
+ non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
+ (Closes: #315470).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
+
debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
+ to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
+ * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
+ virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
+ (Closes: #313626).
+ * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
+ to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
+ virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
+
+debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
Manoj:
* Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
* Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
Robinson (Closes: #284967).
-
- --
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
+ calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
+ and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
+ problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
+ (Closes: #286549).
+ * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
+ thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
+ suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
+ essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
+ (Closes: #291026).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
+ history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
+ directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
+ informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
+ to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
+ * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
+ binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
+ (Closes: #146023).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
+ Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
+ * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
+ thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
+ aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
+ * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
+ images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
+ * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
+ files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
+ when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
+ * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
+ Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
+ as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
+ * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
+ Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
+ spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
+
+ -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
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