From 5115862c945337cdf63cb4fabdc4835233e48087 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Allbery
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:02:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document debian-installer section and link to section list
Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
---
debian/changelog | 3 +++
policy.sgml | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7e7fb00..5b595e2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
* Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
+ * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
+ sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
+ contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
-- Bill Allombert Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 9cb4d6c..91ae7b0 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -689,7 +689,15 @@
ruby, science, shells, sound,
tex, text, utils, vcs,
video, web, x11, xfce,
- zope.
+ zope. The additional section debian-installer
+ contains special packages used by the installer and is not used
+ for normal Debian packages.
+
+
+
+ For more information about the sections and their definitions,
+ see the .
--
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