Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for Bug#224509

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e347276b2ec794a95e48be1bb6ae85e80f929b70..8ca0ff624aa1a55ce144e652826d593037c4cf58 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #562506
+  * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+    Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+    Closes: #224509
   * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
     Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 5f960c7e1a3c8a762c46f5862732422f407b17d5..639e1171152efbe7d5e97c68565ba041d6923950 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ Release Jun 2010.
   Architecture fields, and in architecture restrictions in build
   relationships.
   </item>
+<tag>6.3</tag>
+  <item>Maintainer scripts are no longer guaranteed to run with a
+  controlling terminal and must be able to fall back to noninteractive
+  behavior (debconf handles this).  Maintainer scripts may abort if there
+  is no controlling terminal and no reasonable default for a high-priority
+  question, but should avoid this if possible.
+  </item>
 <tag>9.2.2</tag>
   <item>The UID range of user accounts is extended to 1000-59999.
   </item>