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v3.8.3.015a9ff0b · ·
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. Checksums-Sha1: 55a18b31606a3e4126895c3c1d26ce2b72f34e5d 1194 debian-policy_3.8.3.0.dsc 5955ff2079fbc7aa700e7c1073ce76cc456633eb 650740 debian-policy_3.8.3.0.tar.gz 79049f64018b7baa0ef03495b9cd36188849adfc 1607738 debian-policy_3.8.3.0_all.deb Checksums-Sha256: d4e0a4739ca5851c1099bb657b7c802c6087a5196a914a031149bc6726e25289 1194 debian-policy_3.8.3.0.dsc 2b9ca60381f16383ff5fc86313b88dc1fc3c8b2c3375dd7eb86dc7d67a2d1722 650740 debian-policy_3.8.3.0.tar.gz b4d662ea3b22b81b08bc1334c65c100cd1979ec3976a7f4e66c7d6e06c98f155 1607738 debian-policy_3.8.3.0_all.deb Files: b7811d713a26d8904ca6160245b5a356 1194 doc optional debian-policy_3.8.3.0.dsc 24a27ad230f789ef808cd32147e2229b 650740 doc optional debian-policy_3.8.3.0.tar.gz f0d3d90b31aa5a0ce230882b81d3fe9c 1607738 doc optional debian-policy_3.8.3.0_all.deb -
v3.8.1.0437feb15 · ·
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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