Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #591791

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

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 480fef68d53f54513a61f7aa8804757d73bf362c..f4cb6d6c0a590f38a8481953e73ce3e6b47f6e73 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Unreleased.
 <tag>2.4</tag>
   <item>New <em>tasks</em> archive section.
   </item>
+<tag>4.9</tag>
+  <item><tt>build-arch</tt> and <tt>build-indep</tt> are now mandatory
+  targets in <file>debian/rules</file>.
+  </item>
 <tag>5.6.26</tag>
   <item>New section documenting the <tt>Vcs-*</tt> fields, which are
   already in widespread use.  Note the mechanism for specifying the Git
@@ -57,6 +61,23 @@ Unreleased.
   at build time.  This is used to ensure that the archive meets license
   requirements for providing source for all binaries.
   </item>
+<tag>8.6</tag>
+  <item>Policy for dependencies between shared libraries and other
+  packages has been largely rewritten to document the <tt>symbols</tt>
+  system and more clearly document handling of shared library ABI
+  changes.  <file>symbols</file> files are now recommended
+  over <file>shlibs</file> files in most situations.  All maintainers of
+  shared library packages should review the entirety of this section.
+  </item>
+<tag>9.1.1</tag>
+  <item>Packages must not assume the <file>/run</file> directory exists or
+  is usable without a dependency on <tt>initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)</tt>
+  until the stable release of Debian supports <file>/run</file>.
+  </item>
+<tag>9.11</tag>
+  <item>New section documenting general requirements for alternate init
+  systems and specific requirements for integrating with upstart.
+  </item>
 <tag>12.5</tag>
   <item>All copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8.
   </item>