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diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 3783037..a147fca 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -40,16 +40,37 @@ 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
architecture-independent.
+7.4
+ - Conflicts and Breaks should only be used when
+ 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.
+
8.6.1, 8.6.2, 8.6.5
- Packages should normally not include a shlibs.local
file since we now have complete shlibs coverage.
@@ -67,6 +88,23 @@ Not yet released.
that depend on that library have removed or emptied
their .la files.
+10.2
+ - Libraries no longer need to be built with -D_REENTRANT,
+ which was an obsolete LinuxThreads requirement. Instead, say explicitly
+ that libraries should be built with threading support and to be
+ thread-safe if the library supports this.
+
+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