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13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:14:48 +0000 (11:14 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoClarify the banned dependencies between main and non-main
Russ Allbery [Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:43:06 +0000 (10:43 -0700)]
Clarify the banned dependencies between main and non-main

* Add Pre-Depends and Build-Depends-Indep to the relationships not
  allowed from main to contrib or non-free and mention that such
  relationships are okay if the non-free package is only an
  alternative.  Thanks, Raphael Geissert.  (Closes: #587279)

13 years agoInclude GPL version 1 in common-licenses
Russ Allbery [Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:06:28 +0000 (10:06 -0700)]
Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses

Closes Bug#436105.

13 years agoFix typos in upgrading-checklist
Russ Allbery [Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:00:11 +0000 (11:00 -0700)]
Fix typos in upgrading-checklist

13 years agoBetter explanation of the Perl module naming policy
Russ Allbery [Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:56:19 +0000 (10:56 -0700)]
Better explanation of the Perl module naming policy

* Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
  provide some examples.  (Closes: #175202)

13 years agoSet the Perl Policy version to match the package version
Russ Allbery [Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:37:45 +0000 (09:37 -0700)]
Set the Perl Policy version to match the package version

* Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
  package.

13 years agoSwitch to source format 3.0 (native)
Russ Allbery [Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:46:53 +0000 (21:46 -0700)]
Switch to source format 3.0 (native)

13 years agoFinalize release for 3.9.0.0
Russ Allbery [Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:42:03 +0000 (21:42 -0700)]
Finalize release for 3.9.0.0

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #547272
Russ Allbery [Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:49:52 +0000 (20:49 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #547272

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:19:58 +0000 (11:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoFurther minor updates around the Format field description
Russ Allbery [Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:32:01 +0000 (15:32 -0700)]
Further minor updates around the Format field description

Be clear which control files consist of a single paragraph and use
consistent terminology.  Be more consistent about <file> markup.  Use
an SGML entity for the .changes file version to avoid repeating it.

13 years agoRemove a stray misplaced paragraph from merging original patch
Russ Allbery [Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:26:03 +0000 (10:26 -0700)]
Remove a stray misplaced paragraph from merging original patch

13 years agoFurther revisions to the Format update
Russ Allbery [Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:07:18 +0000 (10:07 -0700)]
Further revisions to the Format update

Drop historical information about the version changes in .changes
files.  It doesn't seem useful at this point.  Specify the format
of Format for source packages separately since referring to the
version format with exceptions and additions is more confusing and
it's not really a version in the same sense.  Add the full list of
supported source package formats in a footnote.  Add a bit more
explanation for how the source package format is used.

13 years agoClarification of the Format field in control files -- patch for #547272.
Charles Plessy [Sat, 29 May 2010 03:49:34 +0000 (12:49 +0900)]
Clarification of the Format field in control files -- patch for #547272.

The Format field has a different meaning for Debian source control files and
Debian changes files. This patch :

 - documents the use and syntax of the Format field for these two types
   of control files.

 - Specifies the format 1.8 of Debian changes files, adds descriptions for
   the Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256 files, and provides some history
   for the Closes, Changed-By and Maintainer fields.

13 years agoBump revision for the next release
Russ Allbery [Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:41:46 +0000 (09:41 -0700)]
Bump revision for the next release

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #578854
Russ Allbery [Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:38 +0000 (09:40 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #578854

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug578854-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:33:28 +0000 (09:33 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug578854-rra

13 years agoAdd bug closer for SETTITLE
Russ Allbery [Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:30:46 +0000 (09:30 -0700)]
Add bug closer for SETTITLE

13 years agoDocument debconf SETTITLE command
Russ Allbery [Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:29:32 +0000 (09:29 -0700)]
Document debconf SETTITLE command

Document the SETTITLE command in the debconf policy.  Inclusion of this
command should not pose any problems as it has been supported since 2003
(debconf version 1.3.22).

Patch from Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>.

13 years agoAvoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in Policy wording
Russ Allbery [Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:30:01 +0000 (11:30 -0700)]
Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in Policy wording

* Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
  "Debian package" as appropriate.  Patch from Ben Finney.
  (Closes: #586163)

13 years agoFix various wording problems with the new Breaks/Conflicts sections
Russ Allbery [Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:22:04 +0000 (11:22 -0700)]
Fix various wording problems with the new Breaks/Conflicts sections

13 years agoFix a missing word in Breaks
Russ Allbery [Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:19:15 +0000 (11:19 -0700)]
Fix a missing word in Breaks

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug578854-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:02:21 +0000 (11:02 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug578854-rra

13 years agoClose the <qref> tag for f-Checksums
Russ Allbery [Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:01:58 +0000 (11:01 -0700)]
Close the <qref> tag for f-Checksums

13 years agoSignificantly rework the discussion of Breaks and Conflicts
Russ Allbery [Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:00:04 +0000 (11:00 -0700)]
Significantly rework the discussion of Breaks and Conflicts

Recommend Breaks over Conflicts for most purposes.  List the places
Breaks should be used and the places Conflicts should be used.  Add
Breaks to the example in Replaces, and add a footnote explaining
why Breaks is normally required along with Replaces when files are
moving between packages.  Add additional discussion of conflicting
with a virtual package.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:38:50 +0000 (12:38 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug575639-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:37:45 +0000 (12:37 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug575639-rra

Conflicts:
debian/changelog

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #575639
Russ Allbery [Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:36:39 +0000 (12:36 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #575639

13 years agoFix some minor (pre-existing) Maintainer and Uploaders syntax
Russ Allbery [Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:51:57 +0000 (10:51 -0700)]
Fix some minor (pre-existing) Maintainer and Uploaders syntax

Terminate an HTML entity and be clearer about the cross-reference
to the Maintainer field in the Uploaders field.

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #347581
Russ Allbery [Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:47:59 +0000 (10:47 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #347581

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug347581-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:44:28 +0000 (10:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug347581-rra

13 years agoTighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
Russ Allbery [Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:14:43 +0000 (13:14 -0700)]
Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields

The syntax of Maintainer is a must, not a should.  The comma
separator in Uploaders is a must, not a should.  Now allow people
to use multi-line Uploaders fields freely.  Be explicit that the
Changed-By field has the same syntax as Maintainer and be clearer
about what identity goes here.

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #555978
Russ Allbery [Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:36:43 +0000 (12:36 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #555978

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555978-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:33:02 +0000 (12:33 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555978-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug478295-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:30:48 +0000 (12:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug478295-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #478295
Russ Allbery [Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:30:38 +0000 (12:30 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #478295

13 years agoFix pluralization error in Checksums-* description
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:18:00 +0000 (16:18 -0700)]
Fix pluralization error in Checksums-* description

13 years agoFix typo (in BSD license footnote)
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:23:31 +0000 (15:23 -0700)]
Fix typo (in BSD license footnote)

13 years agoDocument Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:26:28 +0000 (13:26 -0700)]
Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256

Add documentation for the Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256 fields
and mark them as recommended for both source and changes files.  Also
reorder the field listing in source and changes files to match the
order in which dpkg-dev writes the fields.

13 years agoRelax requirement that library development files be in one package
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:57:40 +0000 (12:57 -0700)]
Relax requirement that library development files be in one package

Say instead that installing the library development package must
result in installation of all the required files, which allows for
further splits with appropriate Depends.

13 years agoExplicitly allow cgi-bin programs in a subdirectory
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:32:47 +0000 (12:32 -0700)]
Explicitly allow cgi-bin programs in a subdirectory

The current wording could be read to imply that subdirectories of
/usr/lib/cgi-bin aren't allowed.  Explicitly permit installation of
CGI programs in a subdirectory of that directory.

13 years agoClarify the wording about which build dependencies must be satisfied
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:25:02 +0000 (12:25 -0700)]
Clarify the wording about which build dependencies must be satisfied

* Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
  for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
  description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
  this split does not currently work as desired.  (Closes: #328951)

13 years agoExplicitly say that obsolete config files may be removed
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:51:42 +0000 (11:51 -0700)]
Explicitly say that obsolete config files may be removed

* Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
  configuration files during  upgrade.  (Closes: #470633)

13 years agoAdd an example of Replaces for a package split
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:39:42 +0000 (11:39 -0700)]
Add an example of Replaces for a package split

* Add an example for Replaces when a package is split.  Thanks, Uwe
  Kleine-König.  (Closes: #572253)

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist information for Bug#284340
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:49:45 +0000 (10:49 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist information for Bug#284340

13 years agoWording improvement for forbidding duplicate fields
Russ Allbery [Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:43:32 +0000 (10:43 -0700)]
Wording improvement for forbidding duplicate fields

13 years agoProhibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
Russ Allbery [Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:56:16 +0000 (09:56 -0700)]
Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph

Bug#555978.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug284340-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:55:23 +0000 (16:55 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug284340-rra

13 years agoSome additional tweaks to the license count script
Russ Allbery [Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:54:48 +0000 (16:54 -0700)]
Some additional tweaks to the license count script

Also look for LPPL version 1.3a and for any version of the license.
Be case-insensitive when looking for the Artistic 2.0 license.

13 years agoDo not tell packagers to reference /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
Russ Allbery [Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:10:26 +0000 (13:10 -0700)]
Do not tell packagers to reference /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD

Remove the University of California BSD license from the list of
licenses that should be represented by references to
/usr/share/common-licenses and explain in the footnote why packages
should copy the license text instead.

Part of the resolution of Bug#284340.

13 years agoSome additional fixes to the license classification script
Russ Allbery [Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:34:41 +0000 (11:34 -0700)]
Some additional fixes to the license classification script

Add counts for any version of the GFDL, GPL, or LGPL.  Clarify which
version of the LaTeX PPL this is checking.  Add a total package count
to the bottom.

13 years agoAdd a script to count license usage in Debian
Russ Allbery [Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:25:25 +0000 (11:25 -0700)]
Add a script to count license usage in Debian

Add tools/license-count, which takes the path to a Lintian lab and
counts license usage in Debian using regular expression matches
against the text of the debian/copyright file.

13 years agoFix typo in footnote about help2man
Russ Allbery [Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:16:39 +0000 (10:16 -0700)]
Fix typo in footnote about help2man

13 years agoMinor editing, changelog, and upgrading-checklist for #569174
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:57:37 +0000 (09:57 -0700)]
Minor editing, changelog, and upgrading-checklist for #569174

13 years agoSpecification of date format -- bug #569174.
Charles Plessy [Tue, 1 Jun 2010 01:27:39 +0000 (10:27 +0900)]
Specification of date format -- bug #569174.

RFC 822 dates use only two digits for the years, but Debian changelogs
described by this paragraph (§4.4 in Policy 3.8.4) use four digits.

This patch replaces the reference to the RFC 822 by a specification that is
compatible with its successors, RFC 2822 and RFC 5322, but does not use their
full range of options.

13 years agoReletter Process and update HTML style for *.org files
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:43:00 +0000 (09:43 -0700)]
Reletter Process and update HTML style for *.org files

Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
README.html.  (Closes: #584521)

13 years agoPerl: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:24:20 +0000 (09:24 -0700)]
Perl: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL

Packages using Makefile.PL should use DESTDIR rather than PREFIX
to install into the package staging area.  PREFIX only worked due
to a Debian-local patch.

13 years agoMove silly version ordering example to a footnote
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:55:51 +0000 (22:55 -0700)]
Move silly version ordering example to a footnote

Closes: #560839
13 years agoRemove footnote listing all known architectures
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:44:14 +0000 (22:44 -0700)]
Remove footnote listing all known architectures

Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg.  This
list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for Bug#224509
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:33:36 +0000 (22:33 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for Bug#224509

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug224509-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:27:56 +0000 (22:27 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug224509-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist entries for Bug#530687
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:21:46 +0000 (22:21 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist entries for Bug#530687

13 years agoMove Architecture Wildcards to a subsection
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:20:44 +0000 (22:20 -0700)]
Move Architecture Wildcards to a subsection

Make Architecture Wildcards a subsection of Architecture specification
strings so that we don't renumber all the subsequent sections (and
because it seems to make slightly more sense).

13 years agoThe architecture value "any" may not be combined with others
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:12:39 +0000 (22:12 -0700)]
The architecture value "any" may not be combined with others

Adjust the wording for architecture wildcards to reflect that dpkg
requires "any" be alone if it is used.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 4 Jun 2010 05:10:21 +0000 (22:10 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra

13 years agoFix SGML error in upgrading-checklist entry for init.d scripts
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:06:08 +0000 (10:06 -0700)]
Fix SGML error in upgrading-checklist entry for init.d scripts

13 years agoPerl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:04:11 +0000 (10:04 -0700)]
Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version

Perl now provides perlapi-<abiversion> where <abiversion> may be
more than just the version of Perl.  Packages must update their
dependencies accordingly, using $Config{debian_abi} to form the
package dependency if set and falling back on $Config{version}
otherwise.

13 years agoRephrase architecture wildcard description somewhat
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:51:52 +0000 (09:51 -0700)]
Rephrase architecture wildcard description somewhat

Reorganize and rephrase the description of architecture wildcards
to combine related paragraphs and to ensure consistency of wording
between the source control section and the *.dsc section.

13 years agoRemove some extraneous information about architecture wildcards
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:44:53 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Remove some extraneous information about architecture wildcards

Remove some details in footnotes that are internal implementation
details or just confusing and reword somewhat based on feedback from
Guillem Jover.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:34:56 +0000 (09:34 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra

13 years agoAllow abort if a required prompt can't be answered
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:31:35 +0000 (09:31 -0700)]
Allow abort if a required prompt can't be answered

Allow, but caution against, maintainer scripts to abort if a required
prompt has no reasonable default and there is no controlling terminal.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug224509-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:26:14 +0000 (09:26 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug224509-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading checklist for Bug#562506
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:23:48 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading checklist for Bug#562506

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug562506-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:19:41 +0000 (09:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug562506-rra

13 years agoFix additional typo in architecture wildcards
Russ Allbery [Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:05:17 +0000 (10:05 -0700)]
Fix additional typo in architecture wildcards

Found by Cyril Brulebois.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:04:50 +0000 (10:04 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra

13 years agoIgnore upgrading-checklist.html
Russ Allbery [Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:04:22 +0000 (10:04 -0700)]
Ignore upgrading-checklist.html

13 years agoDocument debian-installer section and link to section list
Russ Allbery [Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:02:43 +0000 (10:02 -0700)]
Document debian-installer section and link to section list

Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
contains longer descriptions.  (Closes: #577666)

13 years agoClarify Perl Policy about essentialness of perl-base
Russ Allbery [Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:53:15 +0000 (09:53 -0700)]
Clarify Perl Policy about essentialness of perl-base

Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base.  (Closes: #576594)

13 years agoRemove obsolete footnote comment about dpkg-statoverride
Russ Allbery [Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:46:03 +0000 (09:46 -0700)]
Remove obsolete footnote comment about dpkg-statoverride

Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
new feature and not well-known.  (Closes: #563425)

13 years agoRemove documentation of alternative changelog formats
Russ Allbery [Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:37:39 +0000 (09:37 -0700)]
Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats

Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats.  This feature
is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
dpkg-dev documentation instead.  The documentation that was in Policy
was also somewhat outdated.  (Closes: #555009, see #584141)

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug562506-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 1 Jun 2010 22:55:05 +0000 (15:55 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug562506-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug224509-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 1 Jun 2010 22:51:25 +0000 (15:51 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug224509-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 1 Jun 2010 22:51:25 +0000 (15:51 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra

13 years agoFurther fixes to the architecture wildcard patch
Russ Allbery [Tue, 1 Jun 2010 22:47:48 +0000 (15:47 -0700)]
Further fixes to the architecture wildcard patch

Based on feedback from Kurt Roeckx.  Be explicit about what happens with
*.dsc and *.changes files, reorder the discussion somewhat, and remove
some duplicate text.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 1 Jun 2010 22:42:18 +0000 (15:42 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra

13 years agoExtend UID range of user accounts
Bill Allombert [Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:37:25 +0000 (20:37 +0200)]
Extend UID range of user accounts

Extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
ranges.  Proposed by Santiago Vila. Closes: #582495

13 years agoExcept init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
Russ Allbery [Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:40:41 +0000 (10:40 -0700)]
Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement

Mention init.d scripts as a special exception from the normal advise
to always use set -e in all shell scripts, and add a new paragraph to
the section on init.d scripts advising caution in using set -e and
explaining some of the issues.

13 years agoFurther architecture wildcard wording clarifications
Russ Allbery [Mon, 31 May 2010 18:38:49 +0000 (11:38 -0700)]
Further architecture wildcard wording clarifications

Call out "all" specifically in more places and fix some grammatical
and wording issues from multiple editings.

13 years agoReplace 'copyright' by 'copyright information'.
Bill Allombert [Thu, 20 May 2010 21:05:53 +0000 (23:05 +0200)]
Replace 'copyright' by 'copyright information'.

Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.  Closes: #566220

13 years agoReplace 'copyright' by 'copyright information'.
Bill Allombert [Thu, 20 May 2010 21:05:53 +0000 (23:05 +0200)]
Replace 'copyright' by 'copyright information'.

Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.  Closes: #566220

13 years agoWhitespace fixes in architecture wildcard paragraph
Russ Allbery [Mon, 31 May 2010 17:16:12 +0000 (10:16 -0700)]
Whitespace fixes in architecture wildcard paragraph

13 years agoTreat any as just another architecture wildcard
Russ Allbery [Mon, 31 May 2010 17:11:43 +0000 (10:11 -0700)]
Treat any as just another architecture wildcard

Now that we describe architecture wildcards, any is just another
wildcard.  This mostly reverts to the state of Manoj's previous
wording proposal but also updates the list of possible values at
the start of the Architecture section.

13 years agoAdditional wording improvements for arch wildcards
Russ Allbery [Mon, 31 May 2010 17:04:17 +0000 (10:04 -0700)]
Additional wording improvements for arch wildcards

Keep the previous wording discussing use of any and all in the
Architecture control field.  Try to further clarify how wildcard
matching is done to decide whether a binary package is built on the
current architecture.  Explain how the first component of the
Debian architecture triplet is derived.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 31 May 2010 16:34:44 +0000 (09:34 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug530687-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog entry for #442134
Russ Allbery [Mon, 31 May 2010 16:17:53 +0000 (09:17 -0700)]
Add changelog entry for #442134

13 years agoCorrect punctuation pointed out by Guillem Jover
Russ Allbery [Mon, 31 May 2010 16:15:05 +0000 (09:15 -0700)]
Correct punctuation pointed out by Guillem Jover

Uniformly use double quotes around references to "Half-Installed" or
"Half-Configured".

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug442134-srivasta
Russ Allbery [Mon, 31 May 2010 16:11:15 +0000 (09:11 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug442134-srivasta

14 years agoFix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
Bill Allombert [Fri, 21 May 2010 19:16:09 +0000 (21:16 +0200)]
Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.

Closes: #558430
14 years agoConvert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml
Bill Allombert [Thu, 20 May 2010 22:39:47 +0000 (00:39 +0200)]
Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml

(Closes: #567845)