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3.8.1.0 unreleased
+ * Care should be taken when adding functionality to essential and
+ such additions create an obligation to support that functionality
+ in essential forever unless significant work is done. [3.8]
+ * Changelog files must be encoded in UTF-8. [4.4]
* Tighten some format requirements for changelog files from a should
to a must. [4.4]
* Remove alternative changelog formats. Debian only supports one
changelog format for the Debian Archive. [4.4.1]
+ * New nocheck option for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS indicating any build-time
+ test suite provided by the package should not be run. [4.9.1]
+ * All control files must be encoded in UTF-8. [5.1]
+ * Init scripts ending in .sh are not handled specially. They are not
+ sourced and are not guaranteed to be run by /bin/sh regardless of
+ the #! line. This brings Policy in line with the long-standing
+ behavior of the init system in Debian. [9.3]
* The start action of an init script must exit successfully and not
start the daemon again if it's already running. [9.3.2]
+ * /var/run and /var/lock may be mounted as temporary filesystems, and
+ init scripts must therefore create any necessary subdirectories
+ dynamically. [9.3.2]
+ * /bin/sh scripts may assume that local can take multiple variable
+ arguments and supports assignment. [10.4]
+ * User mailboxes may be mode 600 and owned by the user rather than
+ mode 660, owned by user, and group mail. [11.6]
3.8.0.0 Jun 2008