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8 years agoRelease policy 3.9.7.0 master
Bill Allombert [Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:12:45 +0000 (23:12 +0100)]
Release policy 3.9.7.0

8 years agodebian/rules: no more ship libc6-migration.txt
Bill Allombert [Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:10:47 +0000 (23:10 +0100)]
debian/rules: no more ship libc6-migration.txt

Proposed by Julian Gilbey. Closes: #797478

8 years agoFix FTBFS and migrate to openjade/opensp
Bill Allombert [Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:36:36 +0000 (22:36 +0100)]
Fix FTBFS and migrate to openjade/opensp

debian/control, Makefile:
 - add missing Build-Depends on sp (opensp). Closes: #812663
 - migrate to openjade and opensp.

8 years agoautopkgtest.desc: replace reference to packages-tests by autopkgtest
Bill Allombert [Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:54:38 +0000 (17:54 +0200)]
autopkgtest.desc: replace reference to packages-tests by autopkgtest

8 years agoautopkgtest: new specification for autopkgtest/DEP-8 tests
Stefano Zacchiroli [Sun, 5 Oct 2014 21:41:40 +0000 (23:41 +0200)]
autopkgtest: new specification for autopkgtest/DEP-8 tests

8 years agoUse gzip -n for compressing generated files.
Bill Allombert [Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:09:08 +0000 (22:09 +0200)]
Use gzip -n for compressing generated files.

8 years agodebian/rules: dpkg-gencontrol: remove useless -isp
Bill Allombert [Fri, 8 May 2015 14:03:45 +0000 (16:03 +0200)]
debian/rules: dpkg-gencontrol: remove useless -isp

8 years agoRecommendation for additional documentation
Bill Allombert [Fri, 8 May 2015 13:29:34 +0000 (15:29 +0200)]
Recommendation for additional documentation

Policy: [12.3] recommend to ship additional documentation for package 'pkg'
in a separate package 'pkg-doc' and install it into /usr/share/doc/pkg.

Wording:  Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Closes: #106073
8 years agoSome further wording tweaks to additional documentation
Russ Allbery [Sat, 7 Jan 2012 16:50:11 +0000 (08:50 -0800)]
Some further wording tweaks to additional documentation

Weaken the documentation location to "should" to match previous
behavior.  Change the example of text documentation from TODOs to
FAQs.  Clarify that documentation should be installed elsewhere if
it is used or read by programs, rather than using the ambiguous
term "referenced."

8 years agoFurther overhaul of the additional documentation section
Russ Allbery [Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:12:20 +0000 (09:12 -0800)]
Further overhaul of the additional documentation section

Building on top of Ben's patch, this includes the following changes:

* Shared library documentation is called out as a special case of the
  general rule that documentation should be packaged separately if it's
  large, recommending installing documentation of any appreciable size in
  the development package or a separate documentation package rather than
  the shared library package.

* The naming convention for documentation packages (package-doc or
  package-doc-language) is explicitly stated (but is not a requirement).

* package-doc is allowed to put documentation in either
  /usr/share/doc/package or /usr/share/doc/package-doc, but the former is
  preferred.  package-doc still has to install its own mandatory
  documentation files (changelog, copyright) in
  /usr/share/doc/package-doc.

* The paragraph about /usr/doc is removed.

* Some reorganization and wording tweaks to hopefully make things clearer.

8 years agoRecommend <package> documentation go in /usr/share/doc/<package>
Ben Finney [Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:27:28 +0000 (08:27 -0800)]
Recommend <package> documentation go in /usr/share/doc/<package>

Recommend that <package> documentation be installed into
/usr/share/doc/<package> even if it's packaged separately.

Closes: #106073
8 years agoupgrading-checklist.sgml: fix typo in previous patch
Bill Allombert [Fri, 8 May 2015 12:34:12 +0000 (14:34 +0200)]
upgrading-checklist.sgml: fix typo in previous patch

9 years agoPolicy: [4.9] debian/rules: required targets must not attempt network access.
Bill Allombert [Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:39:21 +0000 (17:39 +0100)]
Policy: [4.9] debian/rules: required targets must not attempt network access.

Wording:  Bill  Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Seconded: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>
Closes: #770016
9 years agoDocument that empty field values are only allowed in debian/control.
Bill Allombert [Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:16:21 +0000 (16:16 +0100)]
Document that empty field values are only allowed in debian/control.

Policy: [5.1] empty field values in control files are only permitted in
the debian/control file of a source package.
Wording:  Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Closes: #666726
9 years agoPolicy: [9.2.2] document 32-bit uids
Bill Allombert [Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:56:12 +0000 (19:56 +0100)]
Policy: [9.2.2] document 32-bit uids

Wording: Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Closes: #765499
9 years agoPolicy: Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
Bill Allombert [Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:21:33 +0000 (17:21 +0100)]
Policy: Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.

Wording: Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
Closes: #555979
9 years agoPolicy: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
Bill Allombert [Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:30:15 +0000 (17:30 +0100)]
Policy: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.

9 years agoBump version to 3.9.7.0
Bill Allombert [Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:48:08 +0000 (20:48 +0200)]
Bump version to 3.9.7.0

9 years agoMerge branch 'master' of ssh://git.debian.org/git/dbnpolicy/policy
Bill Allombert [Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:55:26 +0000 (15:55 +0100)]
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.debian.org/git/dbnpolicy/policy

9 years agoReset version to 3.9.6.1
Bill Allombert [Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:58:39 +0000 (11:58 +0100)]
Reset version to 3.9.6.1

9 years agoProcess.org: Do the same
Bill Allombert [Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:30:00 +0000 (11:30 +0100)]
Process.org: Do the same

9 years agoREADME.org: comment out emacs mode line.
David Bremner [Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:59:54 +0000 (22:59 +0100)]
README.org: comment out emacs mode line.

Another apparent change in the org-mode exported causes this to show
up in the output.

9 years agoREADME.org: move latex header stuff to external file
David Bremner [Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:57:41 +0000 (22:57 +0100)]
README.org: move latex header stuff to external file

Apparently these TeX macros were previously ignored, but they are not
any longer.

9 years agoMakefile: update for new org function names in org 8.2
David Bremner [Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:36:35 +0000 (22:36 +0100)]
Makefile: update for new org function names in org 8.2

Emacs 24.4 includes an updated org-mode, which changes the export framework quite a lot.

This patch also stops sending errors and warnings to /dev/null, in
order to help with debugging.

9 years agoAdd more versions of the Creative Commons licenses in tools/license-count.
Charles Plessy [Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:53:18 +0000 (06:53 +0900)]
Add more versions of the Creative Commons licenses in tools/license-count.

9 years agoAdd MPL-2.0 to tools/license-count.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 9 Nov 2014 10:00:43 +0000 (19:00 +0900)]
Add MPL-2.0 to tools/license-count.

9 years agoBump version to 3.9.7.0
Bill Allombert [Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:48:08 +0000 (20:48 +0200)]
Bump version to 3.9.7.0

9 years agoRelease policy 3.9.6.0
Bill Allombert [Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:05:07 +0000 (20:05 +0200)]
Release policy 3.9.6.0

9 years agodebian/control: now Build-Depends on emacs-nox|emacs
Bill Allombert [Tue, 9 Sep 2014 13:21:19 +0000 (15:21 +0200)]
debian/control: now Build-Depends on emacs-nox|emacs

9 years agoPolicy: Change default web document root to /var/www/html
Bill Allombert [Thu, 1 May 2014 20:48:30 +0000 (22:48 +0200)]
Policy: Change default web document root to /var/www/html

Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Arno Töll <arno@debian.org>
Seconded: Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de>
Closes: #491547
9 years agoUpdate upgrading-checklist.sgml
Bill Allombert [Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:44:38 +0000 (22:44 +0100)]
Update upgrading-checklist.sgml

9 years agoPolicy: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)
Bill Allombert [Sat, 1 Mar 2014 17:35:39 +0000 (18:35 +0100)]
Policy: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)

Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
Closes: #593611
9 years agopolicy.sgml 9.1.1: Remove 'the planned development of' before multiarch
Bill Allombert [Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:28:56 +0000 (15:28 +0200)]
policy.sgml 9.1.1: Remove 'the planned development of' before multiarch

9 years agovirtual-package-names-list.txt: Add httpd-wsgi
Bill Allombert [Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:45:34 +0000 (13:45 +0200)]
virtual-package-names-list.txt: Add httpd-wsgi

Wording: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
Seconded: Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
Closes: #588497
9 years agovirtual-package-names-list.txt: update java-runtime list
Bill Allombert [Sat, 19 Jul 2014 12:21:58 +0000 (14:21 +0200)]
virtual-package-names-list.txt: update java-runtime list

Added java{5,6,7,8,9}-runtime{,-headless}
Removed java1-runtime, java2-runtime

Wording: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
Seconded: Tony Mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Closes: #754876
9 years agoBuild-Depends on emacs24-nox|emacs24 instead of emacs23.
Bill Allombert [Mon, 7 Jul 2014 19:55:02 +0000 (21:55 +0200)]
Build-Depends on emacs24-nox|emacs24 instead of emacs23.

Closes: #753999 Thanks Gabriele Giacone.
9 years agoPolicy: [5.6.21] Files: Fix typo "by" -> be.
Bill Allombert [Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:47:33 +0000 (21:47 +0200)]
Policy: [5.6.21] Files: Fix typo "by" -> be.

Wording: Benedikt Wildenhain.
Closes: #753353.
9 years agoFix typo in latest entry reported by Niko Tiny
Bill Allombert [Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:46:28 +0000 (21:46 +0200)]
Fix typo in latest entry reported by Niko Tiny

9 years agoPerl Policy: Packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-* dependency
Bill Allombert [Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:55:10 +0000 (21:55 +0200)]
Perl Policy: Packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-* dependency

Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
Seconded: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
Closes: #750017
9 years agoAll packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-* dependency
Niko Tyni [Fri, 30 May 2014 11:10:22 +0000 (14:10 +0300)]
All packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-* dependency

Having $Config{vendorarch} change between Perl major versions (for
multiarch or other reasons) implies that packages using it need a strict
dependency on those versions of perl-base that have a compatible search
path (@INC).

The vast majority of these packages are binary ("XS") modules, where we
already require a dependency on the virtual package perlapi-*, provided
by perl-base. The name of this virtual package will change when the
interface between the Perl interpreter and the modules changes.

If we consider @INC part of that interface, we can use the existing
mechanism also for the few nonbinary modules using $Config{vendorarch}.
This is a new requirement that currently affects six packages in
the archive.

9 years agoPerl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch
Bill Allombert [Fri, 30 May 2014 18:53:51 +0000 (20:53 +0200)]
Perl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch

Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
Closes: #748380
9 years agoRecommend $Config{vendorarch} et al. over hardcoding @INC locations
Niko Tyni [Thu, 15 May 2014 20:35:52 +0000 (23:35 +0300)]
Recommend $Config{vendorarch} et al. over hardcoding @INC locations

The most pressing need for this is for including the multiarch
triplet in vendorarch, but it is also a logical continuation for the
$Config{debian_abi} concept introduced earlier.

If we ever have to make a binary incompatible change without a major
version bump, we'll probably have to change @INC too, at least for
locally installed binary modules (sitearch).

9 years agoPolicy: Discourage statically linked binaries
Bill Allombert [Fri, 30 May 2014 09:50:35 +0000 (11:50 +0200)]
Policy: Discourage statically linked binaries

Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Closes: #555980
9 years agoPolicy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories
Bill Allombert [Mon, 19 May 2014 17:34:19 +0000 (19:34 +0200)]
Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories

Wording Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #742756
9 years agoPerl Policy: Explain %Config earlier
Niko Tyni [Fri, 16 May 2014 16:40:35 +0000 (19:40 +0300)]
Perl Policy: Explain %Config earlier

Move the footnote about the Config module to the first reference
The new Config reference was introduced in cc34dcc0 but the
footnote wasn't moved accordingly.

Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
Closes: #748479
9 years agoDocument that @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
Niko Tyni [Thu, 15 May 2014 20:35:11 +0000 (23:35 +0300)]
Document that @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2

Since at least 5.8.4-8 (Debian sarge release), the Perl search
path for the core modules has used the major version (5.18)
instead of the full one (5.18.2).

9 years agolib<qual>: gives an example of what <qual> is
Bill Allombert [Sat, 17 May 2014 16:58:39 +0000 (18:58 +0200)]
lib<qual>: gives an example of what <qual> is

Wording by Jonathan Nieder: add
(where lib<qual> is a variant of lib such as lib32 or lib64)

9 years agoPolicy: Relax FHS requirement about when /usr/local/lib<qual> should exist.
Jonathan Nieder [Thu, 8 May 2014 18:14:22 +0000 (11:14 -0700)]
Policy: Relax FHS requirement about when /usr/local/lib<qual> should exist.

Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #613143
9 years agoPolicy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.
Bill Allombert [Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:55:55 +0000 (23:55 +0100)]
Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed content.

Wording: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
Seconded: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Closes: #741304
10 years agoRemove Charles from Uploaders
Bill Allombert [Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:26:01 +0000 (23:26 +0100)]
Remove Charles from Uploaders

Charles has resigned as Policy editor in October.

10 years agoPolicy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
Bill Allombert [Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:07:34 +0000 (00:07 +0100)]
Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)

Wording: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Closes: #731810
10 years agoFix use of metasyntactic variable in [11.5.1] Web servers and applications
Bill Allombert [Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:08:43 +0000 (18:08 +0100)]
Fix use of metasyntactic variable in [11.5.1] Web servers and applications

Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
10 years agoupgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in'
Bill Allombert [Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:05:03 +0000 (23:05 +0100)]
upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in'

The details in are left overs from the HTML transition.  Closes: #740100.
Thanks Jakub Wilk.

10 years agoRevert premature merge of bug707851-plessy by Charles Plessy
Bill Allombert [Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:53:38 +0000 (20:53 +0100)]
Revert premature merge of bug707851-plessy by Charles Plessy

10 years agoMerge branch 'bug707851-plessy'
Charles Plessy [Sat, 15 Feb 2014 02:46:12 +0000 (11:46 +0900)]
Merge branch 'bug707851-plessy'

10 years agoChangelog and checklist entries for #707851.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 15 Feb 2014 02:45:27 +0000 (11:45 +0900)]
Changelog and checklist entries for #707851.

10 years agoDocument the FreeDesktop menu entries and media type declarations.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 15 Feb 2014 02:12:30 +0000 (11:12 +0900)]
Document the FreeDesktop menu entries and media type declarations.

The Debian menu is optionally supported.

Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer <perezmeyer@gmail.com>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (for the menu entries)
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #707851
10 years agodebian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
Charles Plessy [Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:58:23 +0000 (09:58 +0900)]
debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low

10 years agoConforms with Itself.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:58:01 +0000 (11:58 +0900)]
Conforms with Itself.

10 years agoPackaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 19 Oct 2013 04:26:38 +0000 (13:26 +0900)]
Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.

10 years agoPackaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".
Charles Plessy [Sat, 19 Oct 2013 04:19:01 +0000 (13:19 +0900)]
Packaging: normalised debian/control with the tool "config-model-edit".

10 years agoPackaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 19 Oct 2013 04:14:57 +0000 (13:14 +0900)]
Packaging: use the VCS URLs proposed by Lintian.

10 years agoPolicy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.
Charles Plessy [Mon, 16 Sep 2013 02:30:41 +0000 (11:30 +0900)]
Policy: Control data fields must not start with a hyphen character.

Wording: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Closes: #706778
10 years agoPolicy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.
Charles Plessy [Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:13:01 +0000 (08:13 +0900)]
Policy: on upgrades, recommend removing obsolete unchanged conf. files.

Wording: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Closes: #707077
10 years agoPolicy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.
Charles Plessy [Mon, 16 Sep 2013 02:43:02 +0000 (11:43 +0900)]
Policy: Remove the exception to the FHS for the /selinux directory.

Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Closes: #707183
10 years agoChangelog and checklist entries for #720507.
Charles Plessy [Mon, 9 Sep 2013 23:01:00 +0000 (08:01 +0900)]
Changelog and checklist entries for #720507.

10 years agoDocument the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 24 Aug 2013 01:14:12 +0000 (10:14 +0900)]
Document the Dgit field for Debian Source Control files.

Wording: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Seconded: Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox@debian.org>
Closes: #720507
10 years agoCorrected syntax error.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 24 Aug 2013 01:15:48 +0000 (10:15 +0900)]
Corrected syntax error.

10 years agovirtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 17 Aug 2013 06:48:59 +0000 (15:48 +0900)]
virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-decoder.

Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Closes: #668394
10 years agoChangelog and upgrading checklist for #701081.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:53:00 +0000 (18:53 +0900)]
Changelog and upgrading checklist for #701081.

10 years agoPolicy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:50:05 +0000 (17:50 +0900)]
Policy: File names encoded in UTF-8. ASCII preferred and mandatory in PATH.

Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Julian Gilbey <julian@d-and-j.net>
Closes: #701081
10 years agovirtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-encoder.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 3 Aug 2013 06:55:56 +0000 (15:55 +0900)]
virtual-package-names-list: removed mp3-encoder.

Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Closes: #668394
10 years agoClarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 3 Aug 2013 06:37:12 +0000 (15:37 +0900)]
Clarify what is meant by "compressed" in section 10.5.

Closes: #676784
10 years agoPolicy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.
Charles Plessy [Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:53:17 +0000 (06:53 +0900)]
Policy: Stop recommending to serve HTML documents from /usr/share/doc.

Wording: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Closes: #715804
10 years agoClarify occurences of 'unpacked' and 'installed'.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:49:39 +0000 (13:49 +0900)]
Clarify occurences of 'unpacked' and 'installed'.

This is related to #705403

11 years agoChangelog entry for #705403
Charles Plessy [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:10:10 +0000 (15:10 +0900)]
Changelog entry for #705403

11 years agoReplaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:06:57 +0000 (15:06 +0900)]
Replaced non-standard names of dpkg states by normalised ones.

Closes: #705403
11 years agoList build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 6 Apr 2013 07:51:03 +0000 (16:51 +0900)]
List build-arch and build-indep with the other required targets in 4.9.

Closes: #704657
Thanks: Philipp Hahn

11 years agoChangelog for #703022.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:05:36 +0000 (13:05 +0900)]
Changelog for #703022.

11 years agoDo not attempt to divert a conffile.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:02:41 +0000 (13:02 +0900)]
Do not attempt to divert a conffile.

Future version of dpkg will better support diversion of conffiles.  At that
time, this warning can be removed.

Closes: #703022
11 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #669915
Charles Plessy [Sat, 30 Mar 2013 03:52:22 +0000 (12:52 +0900)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #669915

11 years agoPolicy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.
Charles Plessy [Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:46:13 +0000 (08:46 +0900)]
Policy: install-info is run by a dpkg trigger.

Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Closes: #669915
11 years agoChangelog entry for the previous commit.
Charles Plessy [Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:11:38 +0000 (08:11 +0900)]
Changelog entry for the previous commit.

11 years agoCorrect cut-paste typo by replacing 'symbols' with 'shlibs'.
Charles Plessy [Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:03:35 +0000 (08:03 +0900)]
Correct cut-paste typo by replacing 'symbols' with 'shlibs'.

Thanks: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
See: #688220

Not closing the bug as it later evolved on addressing the deprecation
of 'dpkg-query --control-path'.

11 years agoDelegate udeb policy description to d-i internals manual
Jonathan Nieder [Sat, 9 Mar 2013 23:14:17 +0000 (15:14 -0800)]
Delegate udeb policy description to d-i internals manual

Closes: #698030
11 years agoChangelog entry for the work in progress in #598645.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 9 Mar 2013 04:01:18 +0000 (13:01 +0900)]
Changelog entry for the work in progress in #598645.

11 years agoDelegate deb(5) format description to the man page
Guillem Jover [Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:29:05 +0000 (19:29 +0100)]
Delegate deb(5) format description to the man page

The information in this section is in any case not very complete,
and covered already in way more detail by the man page.

11 years agoSwitch appendix section for dpkg-buildpackage into a stub
Guillem Jover [Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:09:11 +0000 (19:09 +0100)]
Switch appendix section for dpkg-buildpackage into a stub

The section only documents things already present in the man page,
and in cases the documentation is outdated. Just turn it into a stub
pointing to the man page, to avoid renumbering issues.

11 years agoReplace appendix sections by stubs.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:28:02 +0000 (12:28 +0900)]
Replace appendix sections by stubs.

(Replaces Guillem's patch "Remove appendix sections for dpkg-genchanges,
dpkg-parsechangelog and dpkg-architecture")

11 years agoRefer to the dpkg man pages for programs not described in the appendices
Guillem Jover [Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:26:06 +0000 (14:26 +0100)]
Refer to the dpkg man pages for programs not described in the appendices

This will allow to progressively remove specific program sections, that
have been either integrated into the policy or the dpkg documentation.

11 years agoDocument Debconf's escape capability.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:01:07 +0000 (08:01 +0900)]
Document Debconf's escape capability.

Closes: #671355.
11 years agoChangelog for #700574.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:49:42 +0000 (12:49 +0900)]
Changelog for #700574.

11 years agoRemove outdated mention of dselect documentation
Guillem Jover [Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:25:00 +0000 (14:25 +0100)]
Remove outdated mention of dselect documentation

There's no description in the appendices of the dselect access methods.

11 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #697433.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 6 Jan 2013 13:06:59 +0000 (22:06 +0900)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #697433.

11 years agoDescription of the Package-List field.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 6 Jan 2013 12:58:49 +0000 (21:58 +0900)]
Description of the Package-List field.

Closes: #697433
11 years agoChangelog for #700536
Charles Plessy [Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:48:16 +0000 (12:48 +0900)]
Changelog for #700536

11 years agoUpdate dak reference from old katie name
Guillem Jover [Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:41:05 +0000 (04:41 +0100)]
Update dak reference from old katie name

Closes: #700536
11 years agoUpdated following the delegation of October 2012.
Charles Plessy [Wed, 9 Jan 2013 13:05:55 +0000 (22:05 +0900)]
Updated following the delegation of October 2012.

See: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/10/msg00006.html

11 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #679326
Charles Plessy [Sun, 6 Jan 2013 23:47:56 +0000 (08:47 +0900)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #679326

11 years agoPolicy: Obsolete the DM-Upload-Allowed field.
Charles Plessy [Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:46:19 +0000 (09:46 +0900)]
Policy: Obsolete the DM-Upload-Allowed field.

Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Closes: #679326
See: http://lists.debian.org/87vcf6lbw4.fsf@deep-thought.43-1.org