From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:17:02 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #509932
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Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #509932
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 87729e3..864d46b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
     Closes: #218897
+  * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+  * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+    Closes: #509932
   * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
     package.
   * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index b8ed4dc..d4a32a4 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ Not yet released.
   to <prgn>dpkg-divert</prgn> when creating or removing diversions and
   must not use <tt>--local</tt>.
   </item>
+<tag>8.6.1, 8.6.2, 8.6.5</tag>
+  <item>Packages should normally not include a <file>shlibs.local</file>
+  file since we now have complete <file>shlibs</file> coverage.
+  </item>
+<tag>8.6.3</tag>
+  <item>The SONAME of a library may instead be of the
+  form <tt><var>name</var>-<var>major-version</var>.so</tt>.
+  </item>
 <tag>10.2</tag>
   <item>Libtool <file>.la</file> files should not be installed for public
   libraries.  If they're required (for <tt>libltdl</tt>, for instance),