debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
[ Bill Allombert ]
* Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
Proposed by Jari Aalto.
Closes: #544353
* Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
Proposed by Enrico Zini.
Closes: #550192
[ Manoj Srivastava ]
* [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
pointing this out.
* [c74ac74]:
Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
Wording: Steve Langasek.
Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
Seconded: Julien Cristau
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
Closes: #542865
* [7ac3ee6]:
virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
Wording: Manoj Srivastava
Seconded: Russ Allbery
Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Closes: #518199
* [8fd91a0]
README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
Wording: Manoj Srivastava
Seconded: Russ Allbery
Closes: #545548
* [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
* [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
Wording: Manoj Srivastava
Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <email address hidden>
Closes: #556972
This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
* [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
Wording: Ben Finney <email address hidden>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <email address hidden>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <email address hidden>
Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
* [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <email address hidden>
Closes: #391836
Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
- Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
- Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
- Correct support of /etc/crontab
- Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
ranges, step values
- Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
[ Russ Allbery ]
* Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <email address hidden>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <email address hidden>
* Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
(Closes: #552757)
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debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <email address hidden>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <email address hidden>
Closes: #530967
* Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
Wording: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <email address hidden>
Closes: #527871
* Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <email address hidden>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <email address hidden>
Closes: #514919
* Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
Wording: Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <email address hidden>
Seconded: Adeodato Simó <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
Closes: #519941
* Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <email address hidden>
Closes: #522217
* Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <email address hidden>
Closes: #493007
* Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
Wording: Colin Watson <email address hidden>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <email address hidden>
Closes: #537707
* Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <email address hidden>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
Closes: #533852
* Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <email address hidden>
Closes: #538665
* Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
Wording: Cyril Brulebois <email address hidden>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <email address hidden>
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.
-- Iulian Udrea <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:33:51 +0100
