-debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+debian-policy (3.8.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
+ Proposed by Jari Aalto.
+ Closes: #544353
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:32:42 +0200
+
+debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
- Seconded: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Closes: #519941
+ * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #522217
+ * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #493007
+ * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
+ Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
+ Closes: #537707
+ * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #533852
+ * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #538665
* Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
* Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
+ * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
+ the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
* Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
-
- -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
+ * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
+ * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
+ for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
+ add more details about the contents of the Description field in
+ a *.changes file.
+ * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
+ Source field descriptions.
+ * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
+ sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
+ and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
+ * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
+ description says otherwise.
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low