-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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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