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diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 5e2868b..4e0ad91 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -40,11 +40,21 @@ picking your way through this list.
Not yet released.
+3.2.1
+ - Date-based version components should be given as the four-digit
+ year, two-digit month, and then two-digit day, but may have embedded
+ punctuation.
+
3.9
- Maintainer scripts must pass --package
to dpkg-divert when creating or removing diversions and
must not use --local.
+4.10
+ - Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitution.
+ dpkg-genchanges (for *.changes)
+ and dpkg-source (for *.dsc) do not.
+
7.1
- Architecture restrictions and wildcards are also allowed in binary
package relationships provided that the binary package is not
@@ -55,6 +65,16 @@ Not yet released.
there are file conflicts or one package breaks the other, not just
because two packages provide similar functionality but don't interfere.
+8.1
+ - The SONAME of a library should change whenever the ABI of the
+ library changes in a way that isn't backward-compatible. It should not
+ change if the library ABI changes are backward-compatible. Discourage
+ bundling shared libraries together in one package.
+
+8.4
+ - Ada Library Information (*.ali) files must be
+ installed read-only.
+
8.6.1, 8.6.2, 8.6.5
- Packages should normally not include a shlibs.local
file since we now have complete shlibs coverage.
@@ -78,6 +98,32 @@ Not yet released.
that libraries should be built with threading support and to be
thread-safe if the library supports this.
+10.4
+ - /bin/sh scripts may assume that kill
+ supports an argument of -signal,
+ that kill and trap support the numeric signals
+ listed in the XSI extension, and that signal 13 (SIGPIPE) can be trapped
+ with trap.
+
+10.8
+ - Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for
+ logrotate rules.
+
+10.9
+ - Control information files should be owned by root:root
+ and either mode 644 or mode 755.
+
+11.4, 11.8.3, 11.8.4
+ - Packages providing alternatives for editor,
+ pager, x-terminal-emulator, or
+ x-window-manager should also provide a slave alternative
+ for the corresponding manual page.
+
+11.5
+ - Cgi-bin executable files may be installed in subdirectories
+ of /usr/lib/cgi-bin and web servers should serve out
+ executables in those subdirectories.
+
12.5
- The GPL version 1 is now included in common-licenses and should be
referenced from there instead of included in the copyright