-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200 Source: debian-policy Binary: debian-policy Architecture: source all Version: 3.6.0 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Description: debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents Closes: 169744 174982 178809 183195 187615 189306 189516 191369 191411 193903 194972 194974 Changes: debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low . Josip: * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306. + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy. In particular, the appendices that included the list of control fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added) and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the deb-building toolchain. + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out, Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc. + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked. Some things remained split up between different chapters when they talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax, and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new sections about changelog files. Manoj: * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy. closes: Bug#174982 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one way relationship. closes: Bug#183195 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist for the restructuring Files: 0b15bf1611f90d47ad33b3cc8d7571af 795 doc optional debian-policy_3.6.0.dsc 2dff15b4752390c6e926e36485e58765 1583897 doc optional debian-policy_3.6.0.tar.gz 35e4c741ad40db4cc20e97ebaa378059 1216054 doc optional debian-policy_3.6.0_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/DEBWC1RHoiANFZYRAgh8AKCJvDJxwkYFtZCiJqEjMOKlWBig2wCgtu3p 6cyqEFQbbB0fzyeewGi+y7E= =WloH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Accepted: debian-policy_3.6.0.dsc to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.6.0.dsc debian-policy_3.6.0.tar.gz to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.6.0.tar.gz debian-policy_3.6.0_all.deb to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.6.0_all.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-changes-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
