Packages in main may not recommend packages in non-free

* Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
  bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
  with the long-standing release goal.  (Closes: #646166)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a53b8f98e267229fc9e8d8047919f00640664825..c9f9e53b790f952d85a6153eecc972d518675776 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ debian-policy (3.9.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Clarify that Perl Policy 2.4 is for packages built from the perl
     source package and the manual page extensions are different for
     separate module packages.  Thanks, Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #643690)
+  * Say that packages in main may also not recommend packages in non-free,
+    bringing the main text in line with the list of fields and in line
+    with the long-standing release goal.  (Closes: #646166)
   * Add the release date of 3.9.2.0 to upgrading-checklist.
   * Fix ordering of the last entries in the 3.9.2.0 upgrading-checklist.
   * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist entry for multiarch paths.  Thanks,

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index bfb7cf51e749eb0c8fcfe5f98fab5b7e6556a124..b61bc1952217b50ff6c9a30fcef3b287c5c69b5e 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@
            In addition, the packages in <em>main</em>
            <list compact="compact">
              <item>
-                 must not require a package outside of <em>main</em>
-                 for compilation or execution (thus, the package must
-                 not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or
+                 must not require or recommend a package outside
+                 of <em>main</em> for compilation or execution (thus, the
+                 package must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", or
                  "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-<em>main</em>
                  package),
              </item>