State requirements for source package names. Closes: #525151

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index eaca3c945b8f5a9eb7812a64b2c52fb18f481ac1..7fa585fcb4637d1443a1fa0008db4e967909c4bb 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
     Closes: #522218
+  * Policy: State requirements for source package names
+    Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Closes: #525151
   * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
     - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
     - Update the list of archive sections.  (Closes: #519835)

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 01400438da03ddaf3ed7306e93b54a37d353ce55..144cbfb25c63a859e2ec9a049a8b6299f9f15d42 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -2588,6 +2588,14 @@ Package: libc6
            package control file when the source package has the same
            name and version as the binary package.
          </p>
+
+         <p>
+           Package names must consist only of lower case letters
+           (<tt>a-z</tt>), digits (<tt>0-9</tt>), plus (<tt>+</tt>)
+           and minus (<tt>-</tt>) signs, and periods (<tt>.</tt>).
+           They must be at least two characters long and must start
+           with an alphanumeric character.
+         </p>
        </sect1>
 
        <sect1 id="f-Maintainer">

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index 99a972bab298820397d277dc0e446e97218bd6cb..c45189087a86a8306756fdcdf22cd771629c2144 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ picking your way through this list.
        starting in lenny.                                        [11.8.5]
      * The GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 is included in
        common-licenses and should be referenced from there.      [12.5]
+     * The requirements for source package names are now explicitly
+       spelled out.                                              [5.6.1]
 
 3.8.1.0                        Mar 2009