Add changelog and upgrading checklist for #446712

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9e30dfed3bc0c8aa6ee8099e7af26bddfa6478c6..8bef383e429dbdf79598f5fafa77f8bde3440abc 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
     Closes: #514326
+  * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
+    Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
+    Closes: #446712
   * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
     in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
     on upgrade and handle error cases correctly.  Thanks to Olivier Berger

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.html b/upgrading-checklist.html
index d8f0e861be84fa334b1a26385be1b30c87df5cbb..5970c65425c296a78e725259da09d5736070a660 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.html
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.html
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ picking your way through this list.
      * New nocheck option for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS indicating any build-time
        test suite provided by the package should not be run.     [4.9.1]
      * All control files must be encoded in UTF-8.               [5.1]
+     * debian/control allows comment lines starting with # with no
+       preceding whitespace.                                     [5.2]
      * Init scripts ending in .sh are not handled specially.  They are not
        sourced and are not guaranteed to be run by /bin/sh regardless of
        the #! line.  This brings Policy in line with the long-standing