Author: srivasta
Date: 2001/01/29 04:15:26
* There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
* More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
<cts@nikocity.de>
* Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
closes: Bug#83924
* Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
* Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
* [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
* Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
* document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
xutils, closes: Bug#82966
* Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
* Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
* Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
* Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
* Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
closes: Bug#80506
git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-71
<h2>The checklist</h2>
<pre>
+3.5.0.0 Jan 28
+
+ Policy Manual:
+ - If your package had fonts for the X Window System, and you
+ converted BDF to PCF formats, the <tt>bdftopcf</tt> utility has
+ moved to the xutils package.
+ - Font packages for the X Window System must now declare a
+ dependency on xutils >= 4.0.2
+
3.2.1.1 Jan 01
Policy Manual: