X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=upgrading-checklist.sgml;h=5e5f4e73c0f7689ff5e3b17d79557f75a0d52edf;hb=ea7b78163e560dd646e5aea079d2e59163ea4e07;hp=0bcb07548f15d0191571b606c2a1abc72395457e;hpb=7896173bc22489f056c8d7ac64f798cbdd8af758;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml index 0bcb075..5e5f4e7 100644 --- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml +++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ picking your way through this list. Version 3.9.1.0

-Not yet released. +Released July, 2010.

3.2.1 @@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ Not yet released. 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 @@ -60,6 +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. @@ -83,6 +98,21 @@ 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