Minor editing, changelog, and upgrading-checklist for #569174

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index f0719b95c8beecb8a965ee6bbf05fd70e7e7f601..731d3f096958015d5e1ae428296beb3f95b303b2 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1619,25 +1619,34 @@
 
        <p>
          The <var>date</var> has the following format<footnote>
-             This is generated by <tt>date -R</tt>.
+             This is the same as the format generated by <tt>date
+             -R</tt>.
          </footnote> (compatible and with the same semantics of
          RFC 2822 and RFC 5322):
          <example>day-of-week, dd month yyyy hh:mm:ss +zzzz</example>
-         where: 
+         where:
          <list compact="compact">
-           <item>day-of week is one of: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun</item>
-           <item>dd is a one- or two-digit day of the month (01-31)</item>
-           <item>month is one of: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec</item>
+           <item>
+             day-of week is one of: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
+           </item>
+           <item>
+             dd is a one- or two-digit day of the month (01-31)
+           </item>
+           <item>
+             month is one of: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug,
+             Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
+           </item>
            <item>yyyy is the four-digit year (e.g. 2010)</item>
-           <item>hh is the two-digit hour (00-23</item>
+           <item>hh is the two-digit hour (00-23)</item>
            <item>mm is the two-digit minutes (00-59)</item>
            <item>ss is the two-digit seconds (00-60)</item>
            <item>
-             +zzzz or -zzzz is the the time zone offset from Coordinated Universal
-             Time (UTC).  "+" indicates that the time is ahead of (i.e., east of) UTC
-             and "-" indicates that the time is behind (i.e., west of) UTC.  The
-             first two digits indicate the hour difference from UTC and the last
-             two digits indicate the number of additional minutes difference from
+             +zzzz or -zzzz is the the time zone offset from Coordinated
+             Universal Time (UTC).  "+" indicates that the time is ahead
+             of (i.e., east of) UTC and "-" indicates that the time is
+             behind (i.e., west of) UTC.  The first two digits indicate
+             the hour difference from UTC and the last two digits
+             indicate the number of additional minutes difference from
              UTC.  The last two digits must be in the range 00-59.
            </item>
          </list>
@@ -3218,7 +3227,9 @@ Package: libc6
          <heading><tt>Date</tt></heading>
 
          <p>
-           This field includes the date the package was built or last edited.
+           This field includes the date the package was built or last
+           edited.  It must be in the same format as the <var>date</var>
+           in a <file>debian/changelog</file> entry.
          </p>
 
          <p>