From: Manoj Srivastava Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:04:37 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Added the new items for the checklist X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=11f493cdbfb0995c9312c21924145c676a07adb1;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git Added the new items for the checklist Author: srivasta Date: 1998/10/30 04:11:37 Added the new items for the checklist git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-12 --- diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html index 13aed5d..b21e990 100644 --- a/upgrading-checklist.html +++ b/upgrading-checklist.html @@ -1,28 +1,76 @@ -Policy checklist for upgrading your packages - + + + + -

About the checklist

+ Policy checklist for upgrading your packages + + + +

Policy checklist for upgrading your packages

+ +

About the checklist

+ +

The checklist below has been created to simplify the upgrading process of old packages. Note, that this list is not `official.' If you have doubts about a certain topic, if you need more details, or if you think some other package does not comply with policy, please refer to the Policy Manual. -

Here is how the check list works: Check out which policy version your packages complies with currently. Than move upwards until the top and check which of the items on the list might concern your package. If an item does not give you enough details, please check out the Policy Manual. -

The checklist

 
+2.5.0.0                         Oct 98
+
+  Policy Manual:
+    - Rearranged the manula to create a new Section 4, Files
+      + Section 3.3 ("Files") was moved to Section 4. The Sections
+        that  were Section 4 and Section 5 were  moved down to become
+        Section 5 and Section 6.
+      + What was Section 5.5 ("Log files") is now a subsection of the
+        new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8, placed after
+        "Configuration files", moving the Section 4.8 ("Permissions
+        and owners") to Section 4.9.  All subsections of the old
+        Section 5 after 5.5  were moved down to fill in the number
+        gap. 
+    - Modified the section about changelog files to accomodate
+      upstream changelogs which were formatted as HTML/ These
+      upstream chagelog files should now be accessible as
+      /usr/doc/package/changelog.html.gz 
+      + Symlinks are permissible to link the real, or upstream,
+        changelog name to the Debian mandated name.
+    - Clarified that HTML documentation should be present in some
+      package, though not necessarily the main binary package.
+    - Corrected all references to the location of the copyright
+      files. The correct location is /usr/doc/package/copyright
+    - Ratified the architecture specification strings to cater to the
+      HURD. 
+
 2.4.1.0                         Apr 98
 
   Policy Manual:
@@ -158,7 +206,25 @@ Manual.
 	* Upstream changelog must be installed too

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