Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed

Remove the reference to the fixed tag and describe NMU and regular
package uploads the same.  Both close the bug using the version of
the changelog entry.

Thanks to Sandro Tosi for the report.  Closes: #481640

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 06e118faf5729b6f4471bebdf08fec21c236d40d..26a714dc266019baa930d95831988120862e082e 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
     Tautschnig                                               (Closes: #422552).
   * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
     deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith                (Closes: #475731).
+  * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
+    Closes: #481640
   * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
   * Add an md5sums control file.
   * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 5a5e6c2308f63af15f79c099cbe05145e8ee5891..48db55a0827a7f4fbd2334b06a8af59775ada4dd 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1547,8 +1547,8 @@
 /closes:\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+(?:,\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+)*/i
              </example>
              Then all of the bug numbers listed will be closed by the
-             archive maintenance script (<prgn>katie</prgn>), or in
-             the case of an NMU, marked as fixed.
+             archive maintenance script (<prgn>katie</prgn>) using the
+             <var>version</var> of the changelog entry.
          </footnote>
          This information is conveyed via the <tt>Closes</tt> field
          in the <tt>.changes</tt> file (see <ref id="f-Closes">).