From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@canonical.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:43:00 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: State requirements for source package names. Closes: #525151
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State requirements for source package names. Closes: #525151
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index eaca3c9..7fa585f 100644
--- 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 0140043..144cbfb 100644
--- 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 99a972b..c451890 100644
--- 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