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13 years agoMention optional special role for the first changelog line
Charles Plessy [Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:06:45 +0000 (11:06 +0900)]
Mention optional special role for the first changelog line

Points at the Debian Developer's Reference, that documents standardised
changelog first entries for NMU, QA, security and team uploads.

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #555977
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:29:36 +0000 (21:29 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #555977

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:25:22 +0000 (21:25 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #477240
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:21:41 +0000 (21:21 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #477240

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:11:19 +0000 (21:11 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #445203
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:08:15 +0000 (21:08 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #445203

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:57:24 +0000 (20:57 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:57:24 +0000 (20:57 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:57:23 +0000 (20:57 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #232448
Russ Allbery [Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:56:49 +0000 (20:56 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #232448

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:36 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:35 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:35 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:35 +0000 (10:30 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra

13 years agoOnly dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitution
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:29:41 +0000 (10:29 -0700)]
Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitution

dpkg-genchanges and dpkg-source don't use substvars, so stop claiming
that they do.  Wording from Charles Plessy.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:51 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:51 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:50 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:50 +0000 (10:00 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #509933
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:59:12 +0000 (09:59 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #509933

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:55:11 +0000 (09:55 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoSpecify ownership and permission for control information files
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:48:13 +0000 (09:48 -0700)]
Specify ownership and permission for control information files

13 years agoAdd changelog for control information file terminology fix
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:43:33 +0000 (09:43 -0700)]
Add changelog for control information file terminology fix

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:49 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:47 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:47 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug232448-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #184064
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:09 +0000 (09:39 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #184064

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug184064-rra
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:36:01 +0000 (09:36 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug184064-rra

13 years agoRequire GNAT *.ali files to be installed read-only
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:33:06 +0000 (09:33 -0700)]
Require GNAT *.ali files to be installed read-only

GNAT requires *.ali files to be read-only or it will attempt to
recompile them when used.

13 years agoFix typo in prgn tag
Russ Allbery [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:32:29 +0000 (09:32 -0700)]
Fix typo in prgn tag

13 years agoAlternatives should have slave alternatives for manual pages
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:33:18 +0000 (18:33 -0700)]
Alternatives should have slave alternatives for manual pages

Require that the alternatives for editor, pager, x-terminal-emulator,
and x-window-manager have slave alternatives pointing to the appropriate
manual page.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:27 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:27 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:26 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:26 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug186102-rra
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:13:01 +0000 (18:13 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug186102-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #186102
Russ Allbery [Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:12:45 +0000 (18:12 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #186102

13 years agoAdd changelog for formatting error fix
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:58:59 +0000 (16:58 -0700)]
Add changelog for formatting error fix

13 years agoFix formatting error in footnote to 7.7
Jakub Wilk [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:58:31 +0000 (16:58 -0700)]
Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7

13 years agoAdd a script to generate a report of Policy bugs
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:35:26 +0000 (10:35 -0700)]
Add a script to generate a report of Policy bugs

13 years agoRevise the section discussing version numbers based on dates
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:53:45 +0000 (09:53 -0700)]
Revise the section discussing version numbers based on dates

State the important requirement (year, month, date, all numeric)
and confine the discussion just to the date portion of the version
number.  Don't require that Debian packages avoid punctuation in
the date, but caution against use of -.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:42 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:41 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:41 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:41 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #104373
Russ Allbery [Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:44:16 +0000 (09:44 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #104373

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:06 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:05 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:05 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:05 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:58:03 +0000 (10:58 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #475101
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:57:36 +0000 (10:57 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #475101

13 years agokill extensions must only be supported if it's a built-in
Russ Allbery [Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:52:08 +0000 (09:52 -0700)]
kill extensions must only be supported if it's a built-in

Otherwise, coreutils will take care of it.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:10 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:10 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:09 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:09 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:09 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:23:08 +0000 (09:23 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoRevert "Clarify the banned dependencies between main and non-main"
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:20:00 +0000 (09:20 -0700)]
Revert "Clarify the banned dependencies between main and non-main"

This reverts commit 30daa4aab845a7972bff3f0e33994176bc912dc6.  Bill
Allombert objects to this change, so we'll do it through the
normative process.

Conflicts:

debian/changelog

13 years agoFix typo in new shared library wording
Russ Allbery [Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:43:01 +0000 (08:43 -0700)]
Fix typo in new shared library wording

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:12 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509933-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:11 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:19:11 +0000 (19:19 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog entry for upgrading-checklist typo fix
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:18:38 +0000 (19:18 -0700)]
Add changelog entry for upgrading-checklist typo fix

13 years agoShared library wording updates
Russ Allbery [Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:56:11 +0000 (18:56 -0700)]
Shared library wording updates

Update the wording of the proposed patch based on suggestions from
Raphael Hertzog and Steve Langasek.  Remove the footnote discussing
shared libraries without versioning information, since they're not
Policy-compliant in other ways and are all weird special cases.
Rephrase the footnote about shared library file naming conventions.
Add a reference to the deb-symbols man page.

13 years agoOverhaul the documentation of shared library SONAMEs
Russ Allbery [Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:04:55 +0000 (10:04 -0700)]
Overhaul the documentation of shared library SONAMEs

Provide much more background information about shared library
versioning and how the different symlinks are used.  Clearly
require the SONAME and corresponding binary package name to be
changed if the library ABI changes.  Add more cautions to the
practice of bundling multiple shared libraries together in one
package.  Clarify that the shared library section does not
apply to private libraries and loadable modules.

13 years agoUse start-stop-daemon instead of kill for logrotate
Russ Allbery [Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:21:18 +0000 (09:21 -0700)]
Use start-stop-daemon instead of kill for logrotate

13 years agoBe clearer in the logrotate config text about postrotate purpose
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:58:40 +0000 (08:58 -0700)]
Be clearer in the logrotate config text about postrotate purpose

It's not to get the daemon to re-read its configuration, but rather
to force it to reopen its log files.

13 years agoRemove spurious whitespace change from patch
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:57:48 +0000 (08:57 -0700)]
Remove spurious whitespace change from patch

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:57:06 +0000 (08:57 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoAvoid init scripts entirely in logrotate example
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:55:05 +0000 (08:55 -0700)]
Avoid init scripts entirely in logrotate example

The best way to call the init script in a logrotate example is
debated and will be handled in another bug.  In the meantime, avoid
the problem entirely by not calling the init script.

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #402721
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:52:11 +0000 (08:52 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #402721

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:48:15 +0000 (08:48 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug555977-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:48:14 +0000 (08:48 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug475101-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:48:14 +0000 (08:48 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug477240-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:48:14 +0000 (08:48 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug445203-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug402721-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:48:14 +0000 (08:48 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug402721-rra

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:48:13 +0000 (08:48 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoChangelog and upgrading-checklist for #400322
Russ Allbery [Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:47:46 +0000 (08:47 -0700)]
Changelog and upgrading-checklist for #400322

13 years agoMinor wording changes to control information files description
Russ Allbery [Sun, 4 Jul 2010 16:26:33 +0000 (09:26 -0700)]
Minor wording changes to control information files description

13 years agoArchitecture restrictions are supported for binary packages
Russ Allbery [Sun, 4 Jul 2010 05:25:04 +0000 (22:25 -0700)]
Architecture restrictions are supported for binary packages

Document architecture restrictions for binary relationship fields
as well as build relationships, with their limitation that they're
only valid in source package control files and are used to generate
the fields in the binary package.

13 years agoRephrasing of the rule for numeric signals in trap
Russ Allbery [Sun, 4 Jul 2010 05:03:42 +0000 (22:03 -0700)]
Rephrasing of the rule for numeric signals in trap

13 years agoUse invoke-rc.d in logrotate example
Russ Allbery [Sun, 4 Jul 2010 01:12:48 +0000 (18:12 -0700)]
Use invoke-rc.d in logrotate example

13 years agoUse consistent terminology for control files
Russ Allbery [Sun, 4 Jul 2010 01:11:48 +0000 (18:11 -0700)]
Use consistent terminology for control files

Introduce control information files, which refer to the members of
the control.tar.gz part of the .deb, and change terminology to be
consistent about that term, control files, and control fields.

13 years agoRequire /bin/sh support XSI extensions for kill and trap
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 23:49:58 +0000 (16:49 -0700)]
Require /bin/sh support XSI extensions for kill and trap

Due to the widespread use of these extensions by scripts already in
the archive, require that /bin/sh support the XSI extensions for kill
and trap which permit kill -<signal> and use of numeric signals for
well-known signals.  Also permit trapping of SIGPIPE by signal number,
since this is done by well-known portable shell scripts like libtool.

13 years agoBreaks/Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 20:24:03 +0000 (13:24 -0700)]
Breaks/Conflicts should not be used unless necessary

State explicitly that Breaks and Conflicts should only be used where
needed, and should not be used if two packages merely provide similar
functionality.

13 years agoRecommend logrotate config name, use missingok
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 20:11:26 +0000 (13:11 -0700)]
Recommend logrotate config name, use missingok

Recommend that files installed in /etc/logrotate.d be named after
the package and use missingok in the example to demonstrate avoiding
errors if the package is removed but not purged.

13 years agoRemove obsolete -D_REENTRANT requirement, ask for thread support
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:21:39 +0000 (12:21 -0700)]
Remove obsolete -D_REENTRANT requirement, ask for thread support

Remove the obsolete requirement that libraries be built with
-D_REENTRANT, as this no longer does anything significant in current
versions of glibc.  Instead, state directly that libraries should be
built with threading support and to be thread-safe if this is
supported.

13 years agoWording tweak to the shlibs.local description
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:52:02 +0000 (11:52 -0700)]
Wording tweak to the shlibs.local description

Suggestion from Steve Langasek.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:17:36 +0000 (11:17 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug104373-rra

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #509932
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:17:02 +0000 (11:17 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #509932

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into bug509932-rra
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:11:06 +0000 (11:11 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' into bug509932-rra

13 years agoDocument the alternate SONAME format used by libtool -release
Russ Allbery [Thu, 1 Jul 2010 19:51:39 +0000 (12:51 -0700)]
Document the alternate SONAME format used by libtool -release

Document the SONAME format where the version number comes before
the .so and after a hyphen and provide another example.

13 years agoAdd changelog and upgrading-checklist for #218897
Russ Allbery [Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:05:07 +0000 (11:05 -0700)]
Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #218897