Add changelog and upgrading checklist for #489460

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b7c8b2ad4195b058bdd41d60955165cc8bf2c237..dd0e935219c6cc10922849fde6dc60a95d5c2fca 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Closes: #426877
+  * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
+    Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+    Closes: #489460
   * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
     multiple places.  Thanks, Kurt Roeckx.  (Closes: #488039)
   * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry.  Patch from Kobayashi

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index 6fe5f8d0f61f40fe5f1bf8c26ad28d830ffd0a5d..0bcb067874889270e75f5b7fdcb2fb4eedb7c758 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ picking your way through this list.
 <pre>
 3.8.1.0                        unreleased
 
+     * Tighten some format requirements for changelog files from a should
+       to a must.                                                [4.4]
+     * Remove alternative changelog formats.  Debian only supports one
+       changelog format for the Debian Archive.                  [4.4.1]
      * The start action of an init script must exit successfully and not
        start the daemon again if it's already running.           [9.3.2]