+debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ [ Colin Watson ]
+ * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
+
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
+ looking .txt file.
+ Closes: #567845
+ * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
+ Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
+ * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
+ and distribution license' (three times).
+ Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ Closes: #566220
+ * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
+ ranges.
+ Proposed by Santiago Vila
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Closes: #582495
+
+ [ Russ Allbery ]
+ * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #562506
+ * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
+ Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
+ Closes: #579457
+ * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
+ renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
+ capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
+ * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
+ is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
+ dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
+ was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
+ * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
+ 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 <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
+
+debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
+ Proposed by Jari Aalto.
+ Closes: #544353
+ * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
+ Proposed by Enrico Zini.
+ Closes: #550192
+
+ [ Manoj Srivastava ]
+ * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
+ pointing this out.
+ * [c74ac74]:
+ Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
+ Wording: Steve Langasek.
+ Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
+ Closes: #542865
+ * [7ac3ee6]:
+ virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
+ Wording: Manoj Srivastava
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery
+ Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
+ Closes: #518199
+ * [8fd91a0]
+ README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
+ Wording: Manoj Srivastava
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery
+ Closes: #545548
+ * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
+ policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
+ wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
+ * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
+ policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
+ Wording: Manoj Srivastava
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Closes: #556972
+ This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
+ directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
+ * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
+ policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
+ Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
+ must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
+ reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
+ * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
+ policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
+ wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Closes: #391836
+ Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
+ - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
+ - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
+ - Correct support of /etc/crontab
+ - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
+ ranges, step values
+ - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
+
+ [ Russ Allbery ]
+ * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
+ avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
+ (Closes: #552757)
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
+
+debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Closes: #530967
+ * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
+ Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Closes: #527871
+ * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Closes: #514919
+ * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
+ Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
+ Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #519941
+ * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #522217
+ * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #493007
+ * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
+ Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
+ Closes: #537707
+ * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Closes: #533852
+ * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
+ Closes: #538665
+ * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
+ Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
+ Closes: #525190
+ * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
+ warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
+ * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
+ on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
+ * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
+ approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
+ * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
+ the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
+ * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
+ and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
+ revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
+ * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
+ * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
+ for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
+ add more details about the contents of the Description field in
+ a *.changes file.
+ * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
+ Source field descriptions.
+ * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
+ sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
+ and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
+ * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
+ description says otherwise.
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
+
+debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Russ Allbery ]
+ * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
+ Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Closes: #206684
+ * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
+ Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
+ Closes: #522219
+ * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
+ Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
+ Closes: #522364
+ * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
+ Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+ Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
+ Closes: #522218
+ * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
+ - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
+ - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
+ * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
+ (Closes: #519706)
+
+ [ Colin Watson ]
+ * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
+ preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
+ search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
+ * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
+ debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
+ Closes: #533257
+ * 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
+ * Add myself to Uploaders.
+
+ [ Bill Allombert ]
+ * Add myself to Uploaders.
+ * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
+ * debian/rules:
+ - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
+ `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
+ - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
+
+ -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
+
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* Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
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