Policy: Obsolete the DM-Upload-Allowed field.

[debian/debian-policy.git] / virtual-package-names-list.txt

diff --git a/virtual-package-names-list.txt b/virtual-package-names-list.txt
index 7944d8de07d05168c78608befe8d3aa63570f1fc..42a52a52d7724ea3db822603b9a8c8a51e1ca220 100644 (file)
--- a/virtual-package-names-list.txt
+++ b/virtual-package-names-list.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
               AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES
 
-                              December 2007
+                              February 2012
 
 
 Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ The procedure for updating the list is as follows:
 3. Mail the maintainer of the virtual package name list (which is the
    Debian Policy list <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>) notifying them
    of the consensus reached (or your suggestions if noone objected).
-   Please update the bug report at the same time (retitling the bug to
-   [ACCEPTED] ....
+   Please update the bug report at the same time.
 
    Please include a proposed brief description of the new virtual name(s)
-   for the list.  The list maintainer will then post the new list to
-   debian-devel and upload it to the FTP site.
+   for the list.  The list maintainer will then include the updated list
+   in the next release of Policy.
 
 4. Go and use the new or changed names.
 
@@ -83,7 +82,8 @@ System
                          other applications
  time-daemon             anything that serves as a time daemon
  ups-monitor             anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
- cron-daemon             Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy requirements
+ cron-daemon             Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy
+                         requirements
 
 Documentation
 -------------
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ News and Mail
  imap-server             an IMAP mail server
  mail-reader             a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
  mail-transport-agent    a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
- mailx                   a /usr/bin/mailx binary (*)
+ mailx                   a /usr/bin/mailx binary that provides at least
+                         the POSIX mailx interface (*)
  news-reader             a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
  news-transport-system   a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
  pgp                     a version of PGP (International or US)
@@ -143,8 +144,8 @@ X Window System
 
 Fonts
 -----
- ttf-japanese-gothic     Gothic-style Japanese font
- ttf-japanese-mincho     Mincho-style Japanese font
+ fonts-japanese-gothic   Gothic-style Japanese font
+ fonts-japanese-mincho   Mincho-style Japanese font
 
 Graphics and MultiMedia
 -----------------------
@@ -162,9 +163,6 @@ Graphics and MultiMedia
 
 Java and virtual machines
 -------------------------
- java-compiler           a java compiler, for Java version 1
- java2-compiler          a java compiler, for Java version 2
- java-virtual-machine    a JAVA virtual machine
  java1-runtime           a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
  java2-runtime           a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
 
@@ -183,7 +181,6 @@ Scheme and interpreters
 
 Games and Game-related
 ----------------------
-
  doom-engine             An executable Doom engine
  boom-engine             An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
                          feature-set
@@ -320,3 +317,13 @@ Russ Allbery:
 
 Manoj Srivastava:
   21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
+
+Russ Allbery:
+  27 Aug 2010 Added mailx
+
+Bill Allombert:
+  22 Feb 2012 Rename ttf-japanese-gothic to fonts-japanese-gothic
+              Rename ttf-japanese-mincho to fonts-japanese-mincho
+              Removed java-compiler
+              Removed java2-compiler
+              Removed java-virtual-machine