X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=upgrading-checklist.sgml;h=e1e789b03eca7c6a1076cf192a2a2fc4b8ba0661;hb=f545dfd88c291812520adee2147723a47e16f220;hp=f4cb6d6c0a590f38a8481953e73ce3e6b47f6e73;hpb=f59bcc6cfdf41f8a0d60e3b89ea83c3423e031eb;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml index f4cb6d6..e1e789b 100644 --- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml +++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml @@ -34,10 +34,91 @@ picking your way through this list. The checklist + Version 3.9.6.0 +

+ +Not yet released. + +

+9.6 + The requirements for the FreeDesktop menu entries are now + documented, in particular regarding the icon size and format, when to display + the entry, and where to coordinate the integration of the entries in menus of + specific desktop systems. The Debian menu is optionally supported. + +9.7 + Packages already shipping FreeDesktop menu entries should use + them to associate applications with media types. Only in the absence of + desktop entries, a file in mailcap format should be used. + Associations between media types and files should be done via upstream + databases, nevertheless it is also possible to register these associations + directly in Debian if needed. + +

+ + Version 3.9.5.0 +

+ +Released October, 2013. + +

+5.1 + Control data fields must not start with the hyphen character + (-), to avoid potential confusions when parsing clearsigned control + data files that were not properly unescaped. + +5.4, 5.6.24 + Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256 are now + mandatory in .dsc files. + +5.6.25, 5.8.1 + The DM-Upload-Allowed field is obsolete. Permissions + are now granted via dak-commands files. +5.6.27 + New section documenting the Package-List field in Debian + source control files. + +5.6.28 + New section documenting the Package-Type field in source + package control files. + +5.6.29 + New section documenting the Dgit field in Debian + source control files. + +9.1.1.8 + The exception to the FHS for the /selinux was removed. + +10.7.3 + Packages should remove all obsolete configuration files without + local changes during upgrades. The dpkg-maintscript-helper + tool, available from the dpkg package since + Wheezy, can help with this. + +10.10 + The name of the files and directories installed by binary packages + must be encoded in UTF-8 and should be restricted to ASCII when possible. + In the system PATH, they must be restricted to ASCII. + +11.5.2 + Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from + /usr/share/doc/package. + +12.2 + Packages distributing Info documents should use + install-info's trigger, and do not need anymore + to depend on dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info. + +debconf + The escape capability is now documented. + +virtual + mp3-decoder and mp3-encoder are removed. +

Version 3.9.4.0

-Unreleased. +Released August, 2012.

2.4 @@ -74,6 +155,9 @@ Unreleased. is usable without a dependency on initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3) until the stable release of Debian supports /run. +9.7 + Packages including MIME configuration can now rely on triggers and + do not need to call update-mime. 9.11 New section documenting general requirements for alternate init systems and specific requirements for integrating with upstart.