Changelog
debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: gregor herrmann <email address hidden>
Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <email address hidden>
Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <email address hidden>
Closes: #436105
* Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <email address hidden>
Closes: #561413
* Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphael Geissert <email address hidden>
Closes: #218897
* Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <email address hidden>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <email address hidden>
* Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <email address hidden>
Closes: #509932
* Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <email address hidden>
Closes: #400322
* Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <email address hidden>
Closes: #402721
* Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <email address hidden>
Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <email address hidden>
Closes: #475101
* Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <email address hidden>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <email address hidden>
Closes: #104373
* Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <email address hidden>
Seconded: Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
Closes: #186102
* Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <email address hidden>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden>
Closes: #184064
* Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <email address hidden>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden>
Closes: #509933
* Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
Wording: Charles Plessy <email address hidden>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
Closes: #589609
* Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden>
Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <email address hidden>
Closes: #232448
* Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <email address hidden>
Closes: #445203
* Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphael Geissert <email address hidden>
Closes: #477240
* Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
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.
-- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
