Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #555977

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ceb26d280964aa97f6f2051287368cb41842c821..05a3c22b66ab4b018c9195a50a7caa776e6e1f8c 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
     Closes: #477240
+  * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Closes: #555977
   * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
     package.
   * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and

diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index 2df51e5d7916922a3157337cbb0cced201fa9fa7..4e0ad915bc5dc940596024e86398dfe689a67066 100644 (file)
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ Not yet released.
   <item>Recommend <file>/etc/logrotate.d/<var>package</var></file> for
   logrotate rules.
   </item>
+<tag>10.9</tag>
+  <item>Control information files should be owned by <tt>root:root</tt>
+  and either mode 644 or mode 755.
+  </item>
 <tag>11.4, 11.8.3, 11.8.4</tag>
   <item>Packages providing alternatives for <prgn>editor</prgn>,
   <prgn>pager</prgn>, <prgn>x-terminal-emulator</prgn>, or