removed several references to the policy manual in the packaging manual stuff

Author: joy
Date: 2003/02/21 21:27:38
removed several references to the policy manual in the packaging manual stuff

git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-186

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ab0d713076b3a67f0046ef6600a838e07ffce476..67313982e789f7604c74a7dbf30ee31c8a791642 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
     in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975.
   * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
     that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864.
+  * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
+    imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923.
 
  -- 
 

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index e6660a88f94fe5c9de5111172dbe1615d8611343..96de9abd9735c023e7a991d2efd3597be9724712 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7973,16 +7973,6 @@ install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/foobar.info
        please see their manpages.
       </p>
 
-      <p>
-       It does <em>not</em> describe the policy requirements imposed
-       on Debian packages, such as the permissions on files and
-       directories, documentation requirements, upload procedure, and
-       so on.  You should see the Debian packaging policy manual for
-       these details.  (Many of them will probably turn out to be
-       helpful even if you don't plan to upload your package and make
-       it available as part of the distribution.)
-      </p>
-
       <p>
        It is assumed that the reader is reasonably familiar with the
        <prgn>dpkg</prgn> System Administrators' manual.
@@ -8333,12 +8323,6 @@ install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/foobar.info
        the easy and automatic building of binaries.
       </p>
 
-      <p>
-       There was a previous version of the Debian source format,
-       which is now being phased out.  Instructions for converting an
-       old-style package are given in the Debian policy manual.
-      </p>
-
       <sect id="pkg-sourcetools">
        <heading>Tools for processing source packages</heading>
 
@@ -9794,10 +9778,8 @@ install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/foobar.info
          It is important to note that there are several fields which
          are optional as far as <prgn>dpkg</prgn> and the related
          tools are concerned, but which must appear in every Debian
-         package, or whose omission may cause problems.  When writing
-         the control files for Debian packages you <em>must</em> read
-         the Debian policy manual in conjuction with the details
-         below and the list of fields for the particular file.</p>
+         package, or whose omission may cause problems.
+       </p>
       </sect>
 
       <sect><heading>List of fields
@@ -10033,10 +10015,7 @@ install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/foobar.info
          <p>
            These fields are not used by by <prgn>dpkg</prgn> proper,
            but by <prgn>dselect</prgn> when it sorts packages and
-           selects defaults.  See the Debian policy manual for the
-           priorities in use and the criteria for selecting the
-           priority for a Debian package, and look at the Debian FTP
-           archive for a list of currently in-use priorities.
+           selects defaults.
          </p>
 
          <p>
@@ -10166,9 +10145,8 @@ install-info --quiet --remove /usr/share/info/foobar.info
          </heading>
 
          <p>
-           The most recent version of the standards (the
-           <prgn>dpkg</prgn> programmers' and policy manuals and
-           associated texts) with which the package complies.  This
+           The most recent version of the standards (the Debian Policy
+           and associated texts) with which the package complies. This
            is updated manually when editing the source package to
            conform to newer standards; it can sometimes be used to
            tell when a package needs attention.