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tag v3.9.7.0

Release 3.9.6.1

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debian-policy (3.9.5.0) unstable; urgency=low

Release 3.9.4.0

Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:36 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.4.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 374029 571776 591791 641153 654958 661816 661933 663918 670429 676561
Changes:
 debian-policy (3.9.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * build-arch and build-indep are now mandatory targets in debian/rules,
     implementing the Technical Committee ruling in #629385.  Wording
     review by Jonathan Nieder, Jakub Wilk, and Roger Leigh.
     (Closes: #374029)
   * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding tasks.
     Patch from Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #670429)
   * Policy: Copyright files must be encoded in UTF-8
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
     Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
     Closes: #661933
   * Policy: Prohibit deprecated < and > relations
     Wording: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Closes: #663918
   * Policy: Document the Built-Using field
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org>
     Closes: #641153
   * Policy: Document the Vcs-* fields
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #654958
   * Policy: Document restrictions on the use of /run for wheezy
     Wording: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Closes: #676561
   * Policy: Rewrite shared library dependency policy to document symbols
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Closes: #571776
   * Policy: Document generic and upstart-specific init system requirements
     Wording: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@canonical.com>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
     Closes: #591791
   * Policy: Rely on triggers instead of calling update-mime
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #661816
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Release 3.9.3.1

Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:02:12 -0800
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.3.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 490604 601839 622263 638060 647645 658009 661412
Changes:
 debian-policy (3.9.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Fix cross-reference to control field syntax in Policy 5.4 (source
     package control files).  Thanks, Jakub Wilk.  (Closes: #661412)
   * Additional wording improvements to copyright-format 1.0 for clarity.
     Also mention that the Files pattern syntax is the same as fnmatch(3)
     and GNU find -path without [] patterns.  Thanks, Jonathan Nieder and
     Ben Finney.
   * Suggest checkbashisms from devscripts or the posh shell for checking
     whether /bin/sh scripts are Policy-compliant rather than recommending
     dash.  Thanks, Raphael Geissert.  (Closes: #490604)
   * Remove the ambiguous word "installed" when requiring that the location
     of files and directories follow the FHS.  (Closes: #638060)
   * Clarify the syntax of field names to make it clear that they may not
     contain spaces.  Thanks, Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #647645)
   * Clarify that only one of build-arch or build-indep may be provided
     (currently, at least) and that build should depend on whichever exist
     or perform the equivalent actions.  Thanks to Jonathan Nieder for some
     of the wording.  (Closes: #601839)
   * Clearly state that "yes" is the only valid value of DM-Upload-Allowed
     and rewrite its description to be less indirect.  (Closes: #622263)
   * Update the dpkg-buildpackage -r documentation in the appendix to
     reflect the current behavior of using fakeroot.  Wording from Sam
     Morris.  (Closes: #658009)
   * Fix the legal notice in copyright-format to not refer to a nonexistent
     copyright notice.
   * Embed the Debian Policy version and build date in the debconf
     specification and the copyright-format document.  We'll make
     non-normative changes without updating other version numbers, and it's
     good to know which version one is looking at.
   * Fix some whitespace issues in the debconf specification articleinfo.
   * Install the HTML version of upgrading-checklist in the policy.html
     directory as upgrading-checklist.html so that it can be deployed on
     www.debian.org in a way that will allow links to Policy sections to
     work easily.  Thanks, Charles Plessy.  (Partly addresses #639663)
   * Ship the copyright-format source as copyright-format.xml.tar.gz
     without a version, since it will include all of the versions, not just
     the current version.
   * Fix mistaken word choice (prefix instead of suffix) in the upgrading
     checklist entry for 3.9.3.0.
   * Add some missing entries to the virtual package names list changelog.
   * Expand package long description to include all documents.
   * Remove unused substitution variable generated by the build.  Thanks,
     Charles Plessy.
   * Strip down and reformat debian/rules to remove unused variables,
     references to old files no longer included, use a more standard
     layout and standardize variable names, and add comments for better
     maintainability.
   * Convert debian/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, and in the process
     add the license information for the documents other than Policy itself
     and the FHS.  Note the implication of the GPL source code requirement
     for distributing generated versions of the Policy documents.
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Release 3.9.3.0

Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:36 -0800
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.3.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 23712 89038 498300 532120 578421 593533 609162 617315 617516 619275 620870 621479 623050 626338 626408 626779 626796 627490 628540 633797 637614 640735 640737 641071 643690 644230 646119 646166 648387 649674 651020 658209
Changes:
 debian-policy (3.9.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Russ Allbery ]
   * Update the copyright format document to the version of DEP-5 from the
     DEP web site and apply additional changes from subsequent discussion
     in debian-devel and debian-project.  Revise for clarity, to add more
     examples, and to update the GFDL license versions.  Thanks, Steve
     Langasek, Charles Plessy, Justin B Rye, and Jonathan Nieder.
     (Closes: #658209, #648387)
   * Publish the copyright format specification as copyright-format-1.0 so
     that later versions can be added without removing previous versions of
     the standard.  Patch from Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #646119)
   * Policy: Improve Architecture field in source package
     Wording: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #626779
   * Policy: Initial Debian maintainers need not be listed in copyright
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Closes: #593533
   * Policy: Document cron job file naming restrictions
     Wording: Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk>
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li>
     Seconded: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
     Closes: #609162
   * Policy: Document issues with conflicting packages sharing a conffile
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #23712
   * Policy: Add /run FHS exception, clarify rules for /run and /var/run
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net>
     Closes: #620870, #532120
   * Policy: Architecture restrictions in a dependency must be non-empty
     Wording: Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
     Closes: #498300
   * MIME Policy: Retire this document and merge it with Policy
     Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Closes: #89038
   * Consistently use "Debian source control file" for *.dsc files and
     "Source package control file" for debian/control files.  Patch from
     Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #626796)
   * Clarify that continuation lines of the Description control field must
     contain at least one non-whitespace character.  Thanks, Guillem Jover.
     (Closes: #627490)
   * Fix the example of creating a /usr/local subdirectory to not fail if
     the chown or chmod fail.  Thanks, Joey Hess.  (Closes: #617315)
   * Clarify the requirements for symlinks from inside one top-level
     directory to another and add examples and a rationale.  Thanks,
     Carsten Hey.  (Closes: #626338)
   * 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)
   * Resynchronize the archive section list with ftp-master, adding
     education, introspection, and metapackages.  Patch from Charles
     Plessy.  (Closes: #651020)
   * Clarify that packages in main may not declare Pre-Depends or
     Build-Depends-Indep relationships outside of main either.  Partly
     addresses #587279.
   * Fix typo in the version numbers in the dpkg-divert examples.  Thanks,
     Slavko.
   * 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,
     Michael Dorrington.  (Closes: #626408)
   * Add id tags for each version entry in upgrading-checklist so that,
     when eventually published somewhere, other Debian web sites can link
     to specific entries.  Patch from Charles Plessy.
   * Add AGPL-3 to tools/license-count.
   * Update tools/license-count to work with the new Lintian lab layout.
   * Add build-arch and build-indep targets to debian/rules.
 .
   [ Bill Allombert ]
   * Policy: Link relationship fields (7.1) to architecture specification
     strings (11.1).
     Patch from Charles Plessy in #628174.
   * Policy: Retire legacy Motif policy (11.8.8)
     Proposed by: Justin B Rye
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Closes: #621479
   * copyright-format: Fix URL for the Eiffel Forum License.
     Reported by Thomas Preud'homme, patch by Charles Plessy.
     Closes: #623050
   * copyright-format: Update SPDX link to point to the SPDX license registry.
     Patch by Charles Plessy.  Closes: #628540
   * copyright-format: Correct or add links to SPDX.
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
     Closes: #641071
   * Policy: Clarify that 'machine-extractable' referer the copyright
     files (12.5)
     Wording:  Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Closes: #617516
   * copyright-format: remove drivers from abstract and useless appendix
     Wording: Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Closes: #640735
   * copyright-format: Fix syntax of examples.
     Proposed by: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Wording: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
     Closes: #649674
   * copyright-format: Clarify specification of multiple license exception:
     Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
     Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
     Closes: #633797
   * copyright-format: Specify URL on www.debian.org
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
     Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
     Closes: #640737
   * Perl policy: Document major version upgrade trigger
     Wording: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
     Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
     Closes: #619275
   * Virtual: change ttf-japanese-{mincho, gothic} to
     fonts-japanese-{mincho, gothic}.
     Proposed by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
     Closes: #644230
   * Virtual: Retire java-compiler, java2-compiler, and java-virtual-machine.
     Proposed by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
     Seconded: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>
     Closes: #578421
   * Policy 9.10: No more recommend to call install-docs for doc-base.
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #637614
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Release 3.9.2.0

Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.2.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 459868 488214 501930 504880 536790 581011 588014 590696 591857 593909 594274 594542 594656 594658 597074 599944 606869 609160 619186
Changes:
 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #459868, #581011
   * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #594658
   * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Closes: #588014
   * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
     Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #619186
   * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #504880
   * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Closes: #501930, #593909
   * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Closes: #488214
   * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
     architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
     machine.  (Closes: #591857)
   * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
     description.  Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer.  (Closes: #590696)
   * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
     debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules.  List
     the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
     paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
     as either required or optional.  (Closes: #536790)
   * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
     to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
     multiarch triplet directories.  Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
     (Closes: #597074)
   * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
     the purpose of that archive area.  Based on a proposal by CJ
     Fearnley.  (Closes: #594542)
   * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
     Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures.  Patch
     from Guillem Jover.  (Closes: #594656)
   * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
   * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
   * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
   * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
     -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
     packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
     than the version in oldstable.
   * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
     from org source from the revision control repository.  Build and clean
     files from org source unconditionally.  Add Process.{txt,html} to the
     list of files generated from org source.  (Closes: #594274)
   * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
     Thanks, David Prévot.  (Closes: #606869)
   * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
     7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined.  Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
     Nieder.  (Closes: #599944)
   * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
     This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
     3.9.3.0 release.  Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
     Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
     package.  (Closes: #609160)
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Release 3.9.1.0

Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.1.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 104373 175202 184064 186102 218897 232448 400322 402721 436105 445203 475101 477240 509932 509933 555977 561413 588750 589362 589605 589609
Changes:
 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
     Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Closes: #436105
   * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
     Closes: #561413
   * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
     Closes: #218897
   * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
   * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #509932
   * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #400322
   * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Closes: #402721
   * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Closes: #475101
   * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Closes: #104373
   * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Closes: #186102
   * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Closes: #184064
   * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
     Closes: #509933
   * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #589609
   * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
     Closes: #232448
   * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
     Closes: #445203
   * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     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
     provide some examples.  (Closes: #175202)
   * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
     switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
     mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
   * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
     Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation.  Use
     that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
     references to fields in control files to use "control field"
     uniformly.
   * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
     an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
     maintainer.  Patch from Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #589605)
   * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist.  (Closes: #588750)
   * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7.  (Closes: #589362)
   * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
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Release 3.9.0.0

Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.0.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 224509 284340 328951 347581 442134 470633 478295 530687 547272 555009 555978 558430 560411 560839 562506 563425 566220 567845 569174 572253 575639 576594 577666 578854 579457 579461 582495 584521 584796 586163
Changes:
 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Colin Watson ]
   * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
 .
   [ Bill Allombert ]
   * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
     looking .txt file.
     Closes: #567845
   * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
     Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
   * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
     and distribution license' (three times).
     Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
     Seconded:  Steve Langasek  <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded:  Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
     Seconded:  Julien Cristau  <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded:  Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
     Closes: #566220
   * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
     ranges.
     Proposed by Santiago Vila
     Seconded:  Russ Allbery    <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded:  Luk Claes       <luk@debian.org>
     Seconded:  Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded:  Steve Langasek  <vorlon@debian.org>
     Closes: #582495
 .
   [ Russ Allbery ]
   * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #578854
   * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
     Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Closes: #530687
   * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #562506
   * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Closes: #224509
   * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Closes: #569174
   * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
     Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
     Closes: #284340
   * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Closes: #478295
   * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Closes: #555978
   * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Closes: #347581
   * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Closes: #575639
   * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
     Closes: #547272
   * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
     Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
     Closes: #560411
   * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
     Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
     Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
     Closes: #579457
   * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
     Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #579461
   * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
     renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
     capitalization and punctuation.  (Closes: #442134)
   * 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)
   * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
     new feature and not well-known.  (Closes: #563425)
   * 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)
   * 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)
   * 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.
   * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote.  (Closes: #560839)
   * 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)
   * Fix typo in footnote about help2man.  (Closes: #584796)
   * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split.  Thanks, Uwe
     Kleine-König.  (Closes: #572253)
   * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
     configuration files during  upgrade.  (Closes: #470633)
   * 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)
   * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
     "Debian package" as appropriate.  Patch from Ben Finney.
     (Closes: #586163)
   * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
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Release policy 3.8.4.0

Release 3.8.3.0

Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.8.3.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 493007 514919 519941 522217 525190 527871 529771 530967 533577 533852 534408 537707 538665 539389 541537
Changes:
 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
     Closes: #530967
   * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
     Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Closes: #527871
   * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
     Closes: #514919
   * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
     Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
     Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Closes: #519941
   * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #522217
   * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #493007
   * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
     Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
     Closes: #537707
   * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #533852
   * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #538665
   * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
     Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
     Closes: #525190
   * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
     warnings against its use.  Thanks, Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #533577)
   * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
     on binary dependencies.  Thanks, Frank Küster.  (Closes: #529771)
   * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
     approximation.  Thanks, Martin Dorey.  (Closes: #534408)
   * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
     the postrm script.  Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld.  (Closes: #539389)
   * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
     and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
     revisions available.  (Partly addresses #47438)
   * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
   * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
     for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
     add more details about the contents of the Description field in
     a *.changes file.
   * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
     Source field descriptions.
   * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
     sensible-utils package, not by the base system.  Thanks, Clint Adams
     and Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #541537)
   * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
     description says otherwise.
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Debian policy 3.8.2.0 release.

Release 3.8.1.0

Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.8.1.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description:
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 143941 163666 241333 416450 426877 446712 470994 473019 473439 479080 483418 487701 488039 489460 491985 492624 503685 511804 513955 514326
Changes:
 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
     Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Closes: #426877
   * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #489460
   * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
     Closes: #241333
   * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #143941
   * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #416450
   * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #473019
   * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #479080
   * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
     Closes: #470994
   * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
     Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
     Closes: #513955
   * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
     Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
     Closes: #514326
   * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #446712
   * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
     in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
     on upgrade and handle error cases correctly.  Thanks to Olivier Berger
     for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review.  (Closes: #483418)
   * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
     in the presence of alternatives.  Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
     explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
     for wording review.  (Closes: #163666)
   * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
     contrib, and non-free.  This is closer to the wording of the Social
     Contract.  (Closes: #473439)
   * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
     multiple places.  Thanks, Kurt Roeckx.  (Closes: #488039)
   * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry.  Patch from Kobayashi
     Noritada.  (Closes: #487701)
   * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
     extra priority.  Thanks, Charles Plessy.  (Closes: #491985)
   * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
     messages.  Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
     uniformly.  Thanks, Julian Andres Klode.  (Closes: #492624)
   * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
     extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
     behavior.  Thanks, Yan Morin.  (Closes: #503685)
   * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
     status on success to avoid double-negatives.
   * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
     portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
     lists.  Thanks, Christoph Berg.  (Closes: #511804)
   * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra.  texlive appears to
     be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
     fewer packages.
   * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts.  doc-base registration is now
     handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
     links was completed long ago.
   * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
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