From a6b5c99da21817476d98ca976e034a0dd86a9804 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:57:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Minor editing, changelog, and upgrading-checklist for #569174 --- debian/changelog | 6 ++++++ policy.sgml | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------ upgrading-checklist.sgml | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index d71fccd..d0d039f 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low Seconded: Andrew McMillan Seconded: Steve Langasek Closes: #224509 + * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries + Wording: Charles Plessy + Seconded: Russ Allbery + Seconded: Andrew McMillan + Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi + Closes: #569174 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version Wording: Niko Tyni Seconded: Russ Allbery diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index f0719b9..731d3f0 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -1619,25 +1619,34 @@

The date has the following format - This is generated by date -R. + This is the same as the format generated by date + -R. (compatible and with the same semantics of RFC 2822 and RFC 5322): day-of-week, dd month yyyy hh:mm:ss +zzzz - where: + where: - day-of week is one of: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun - dd is a one- or two-digit day of the month (01-31) - month is one of: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec + + day-of week is one of: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun + + + dd is a one- or two-digit day of the month (01-31) + + + month is one of: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, + Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec + yyyy is the four-digit year (e.g. 2010) - hh is the two-digit hour (00-23 + hh is the two-digit hour (00-23) mm is the two-digit minutes (00-59) ss is the two-digit seconds (00-60) - +zzzz or -zzzz is the the time zone offset from Coordinated Universal - Time (UTC). "+" indicates that the time is ahead of (i.e., east of) UTC - and "-" indicates that the time is behind (i.e., west of) UTC. The - first two digits indicate the hour difference from UTC and the last - two digits indicate the number of additional minutes difference from + +zzzz or -zzzz is the the time zone offset from Coordinated + Universal Time (UTC). "+" indicates that the time is ahead + of (i.e., east of) UTC and "-" indicates that the time is + behind (i.e., west of) UTC. The first two digits indicate + the hour difference from UTC and the last two digits + indicate the number of additional minutes difference from UTC. The last two digits must be in the range 00-59. @@ -3218,7 +3227,9 @@ Package: libc6 Date

- This field includes the date the package was built or last edited. + This field includes the date the package was built or last + edited. It must be in the same format as the date + in a debian/changelog entry.

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml index f58d9e6..03669f9 100644 --- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml +++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ picking your way through this list. Release Jun 2010.

+4.4, 5.6.15 + The required format for the date in a changelog entry and in the + Date control field is now precisely specified. + 5.6.8, 7.1, 11.1.1 Architecture wildcards may be used in addition to specific architectures in debian/control and *.dsc -- 2.39.2