From 83314dc6d23a9b650f36b31248b018b2e602897a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:05:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed Remove the reference to the fixed tag and describe NMU and regular package uploads the same. Both close the bug using the version of the changelog entry. Thanks to Sandro Tosi for the report. Closes: #481640 --- debian/changelog | 3 +++ policy.sgml | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 06e118f..26a714d 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low Tautschnig (Closes: #422552). * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731). + * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed + Wording: Russ Allbery (thanks, Sandro Tosi) + Closes: #481640 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document. * Add an md5sums control file. * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields. diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 5a5e6c2..48db55a 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -1547,8 +1547,8 @@ /closes:\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+(?:,\s*(?:bug)?\#?\s?\d+)*/i Then all of the bug numbers listed will be closed by the - archive maintenance script (katie), or in - the case of an NMU, marked as fixed. + archive maintenance script (katie) using the + version of the changelog entry. This information is conveyed via the Closes field in the .changes file (see ). -- 2.39.5