Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #475101

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 92264b2cdb7ab01cbcd6d0d9dcfcd6496d3bd493..c5e5f89c3bcc7f9783b25af779d9d5a832c564ca 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Closes: #402721
+  * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+    Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
+    Closes: #475101
   * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
     package.
   * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 6d08cc225824bf0d611f1b50e251ef62796c2975..5e2868b01c3282c339b733be62dddf383c6a0847 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ Not yet released.
   that depend on that library have removed or emptied
   their <file>.la</file> files.
   </item>
+<tag>10.2</tag>
+  <item>Libraries no longer need to be built with <tt>-D_REENTRANT</tt>,
+  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.
+  </item>
 <tag>12.5</tag>
   <item>The GPL version 1 is now included in common-licenses and should be
   referenced from there instead of included in the <file>copyright</file>