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13 years agoClarify required rules in debian/rules
Russ Allbery [Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:55:34 +0000 (13:55 -0700)]
Clarify required rules in debian/rules

* Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
  debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules.  List
  the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
  paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
  as either required or optional.  (Closes: #536790)

13 years agoBetter define build architecture and host architecture
Russ Allbery [Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:23:22 +0000 (11:23 -0700)]
Better define build architecture and host architecture

* Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
  architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
  machine.  (Closes: #591857)

13 years agoAdd bug closer for #581011 (maintainer vs. uploader clarification)
Russ Allbery [Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:10:12 +0000 (11:10 -0700)]
Add bug closer for #581011 (maintainer vs. uploader clarification)

13 years agoChangelog for the FHS name fix in debian/control
Russ Allbery [Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:57:50 +0000 (10:57 -0700)]
Changelog for the FHS name fix in debian/control

13 years agoUse the correct name of the FHS in the package description
Christoph Anton Mitterer [Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:56:46 +0000 (10:56 -0700)]
Use the correct name of the FHS in the package description

The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is not the Linux Filesystem
Hierarchy Standard at this point.

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #459868
Russ Allbery [Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:53:02 +0000 (10:53 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #459868

13 years agoRephrase the wording for orphaned packages
Russ Allbery [Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:49:15 +0000 (14:49 -0700)]
Rephrase the wording for orphaned packages

Mention that orphaned packages are an exception to the dictate that every
package have a maintainer, and avoid saying that packages "should" be
orphaned in particular situations.  Be purely descriptive about the state
and describe only the package requirements for indicating an orphaned
package.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:50:05 +0000 (21:50 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoRemove ancient Conflicts and Replaces
Russ Allbery [Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:44:57 +0000 (21:44 -0700)]
Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces

13 years agoFix typo in closing tag in new trap requirements
Russ Allbery [Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:40:03 +0000 (19:40 -0700)]
Fix typo in closing tag in new trap requirements

13 years agoFinalize changes for 3.9.1.0
Russ Allbery [Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:38:25 +0000 (19:38 -0700)]
Finalize changes for 3.9.1.0

13 years agoAdd changelog entry for changelog first line footnote
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:48:36 +0000 (21:48 -0700)]
Add changelog entry for changelog first line footnote

13 years agoReformat information about first changelog line
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:47:21 +0000 (21:47 -0700)]
Reformat information about first changelog line

13 years agoMention optional special role for the first changelog line
Charles Plessy [Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:06:45 +0000 (11:06 +0900)]
Mention optional special role for the first changelog line

Points at the Debian Developer's Reference, that documents standardised
changelog first entries for NMU, QA, security and team uploads.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:31:12 +0000 (21:31 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #555977
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:29:36 +0000 (21:29 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #555977

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:25:22 +0000 (21:25 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #477240
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:21:41 +0000 (21:21 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #477240

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:11:19 +0000 (21:11 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #445203
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:08:15 +0000 (21:08 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #445203

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:57:24 +0000 (20:57 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:57:24 +0000 (20:57 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:57:24 +0000 (20:57 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:57:23 +0000 (20:57 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #232448
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:56:49 +0000 (20:56 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #232448

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:36 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:35 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:35 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:35 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:35 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra

13 years agoOnly dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitution
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:29:41 +0000 (10:29 -0700)]
Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitution

dpkg-genchanges and dpkg-source don't use substvars, so stop claiming
that they do.  Wording from Charles Plessy.

13 years agoOrphaning of unmaintained packages is a should
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:02:15 +0000 (10:02 -0700)]
Orphaning of unmaintained packages is a should

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:51 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:51 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:50 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:50 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:50 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #509933
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:59:12 +0000 (09:59 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #509933

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:55:11 +0000 (09:55 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoSpecify ownership and permission for control information files
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:48:13 +0000 (09:48 -0700)]
Specify ownership and permission for control information files

13 years agoAdd changelog for control information file terminology fix
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:43:33 +0000 (09:43 -0700)]
Add changelog for control information file terminology fix

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:49 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:47 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:47 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #184064
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:09 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #184064

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug184064-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:36:01 +0000 (09:36 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug184064-rra

13 years agoRequire GNAT *.ali files to be installed read-only
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:33:06 +0000 (09:33 -0700)]
Require GNAT *.ali files to be installed read-only

GNAT requires *.ali files to be read-only or it will attempt to
recompile them when used.

13 years agoFix typo in prgn tag
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:32:29 +0000 (09:32 -0700)]
Fix typo in prgn tag

13 years agoAlternatives should have slave alternatives for manual pages
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:33:18 +0000 (18:33 -0700)]
Alternatives should have slave alternatives for manual pages

Require that the alternatives for editor, pager, x-terminal-emulator,
and x-window-manager have slave alternatives pointing to the appropriate
manual page.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:27 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:27 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:26 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:26 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:26 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug186102-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:01 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug186102-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #186102
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:12:45 +0000 (18:12 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #186102

13 years agoAdd changelog for formatting error fix
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:58:59 +0000 (16:58 -0700)]
Add changelog for formatting error fix

13 years agoFix formatting error in footnote to 7.7
Jakub Wilk [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:58:31 +0000 (16:58 -0700)]
Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7

13 years agoAdd a script to generate a report of Policy bugs
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:35:26 +0000 (10:35 -0700)]
Add a script to generate a report of Policy bugs

13 years agoRevise the section discussing version numbers based on dates
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:53:45 +0000 (09:53 -0700)]
Revise the section discussing version numbers based on dates

State the important requirement (year, month, date, all numeric)
and confine the discussion just to the date portion of the version
number.  Don't require that Debian packages avoid punctuation in
the date, but caution against use of -.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:42 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:41 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:41 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:41 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:41 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #104373
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:16 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #104373

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:06 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:05 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:05 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:05 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:05 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:03 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #475101
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:57:36 +0000 (10:57 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #475101

13 years agokill extensions must only be supported if it's a built-in
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:52:08 +0000 (09:52 -0700)]
kill extensions must only be supported if it's a built-in

Otherwise, coreutils will take care of it.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:10 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:10 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:09 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:09 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:09 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:09 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:08 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoRevert "Clarify the banned dependencies between main and non-main"
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:20:00 +0000 (09:20 -0700)]
Revert "Clarify the banned dependencies between main and non-main"

This reverts commit 30daa4aab845a7972bff3f0e33994176bc912dc6.  Bill
Allombert objects to this change, so we'll do it through the
normative process.

Conflicts:

debian/changelog

13 years agoFix typo in new shared library wording
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:43:01 +0000 (08:43 -0700)]
Fix typo in new shared library wording

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:11 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug459868-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:11 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:11 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog entry for upgrading-checklist typo fix
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:18:38 +0000 (19:18 -0700)]
Add changelog entry for upgrading-checklist typo fix

13 years agoImprove wording around package orphaning
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:14:42 +0000 (19:14 -0700)]
Improve wording around package orphaning

Wording suggestion from Steve Langasek.  Also fix another wording
choice.

13 years agoShared library wording updates
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:56:11 +0000 (18:56 -0700)]
Shared library wording updates

Update the wording of the proposed patch based on suggestions from
Raphael Hertzog and Steve Langasek.  Remove the footnote discussing
shared libraries without versioning information, since they're not
Policy-compliant in other ways and are all weird special cases.
Rephrase the footnote about shared library file naming conventions.
Add a reference to the deb-symbols man page.

13 years agoOverhaul the documentation of shared library SONAMEs
Russ Allbery [Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:04:55 +0000 (10:04 -0700)]
Overhaul the documentation of shared library SONAMEs

Provide much more background information about shared library
versioning and how the different symlinks are used.  Clearly
require the SONAME and corresponding binary package name to be
changed if the library ABI changes.  Add more cautions to the
practice of bundling multiple shared libraries together in one
package.  Clarify that the shared library section does not
apply to private libraries and loadable modules.

13 years agoUse start-stop-daemon instead of kill for logrotate
Russ Allbery [Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:21:18 +0000 (09:21 -0700)]
Use start-stop-daemon instead of kill for logrotate

13 years agoMake it clear package maintainers don't need upload rights
Russ Allbery [Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:17:11 +0000 (09:17 -0700)]
Make it clear package maintainers don't need upload rights

Wording suggestion from Raphael Hertzog.

13 years agoAvoid the phrase "Debian maintainer" when defining maintainer
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 16:00:16 +0000 (09:00 -0700)]
Avoid the phrase "Debian maintainer" when defining maintainer