Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #676561
+ * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+ Seconded: Raphaƫl Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #571776
-- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:30:33 -0700
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>