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• 2026/01/29 Bug#1029831: debian-policy: Make required packages build-essential Guillem Jover
• 2026/01/29 Bug#401452: Standardize syntax of the name in the Maintainer control field Guillem Jover
• 2026/01/24 Re: Bug#795402: base-files: Please add Creative Commons license texts Soren Stoutner
• 2026/01/23 Bug#795402: base-files: Please add Creative Commons license texts Charles Plessy
• 2026/01/19 Re: Bug#401452: Standardize syntax of the name in the Maintainer control field Guillem Jover
• 2026/01/18 Processing of developers-reference_14.3_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/01/18 developers-reference_14.3_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/01/03 Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Simon Josefsson
• 2026/01/02 Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Aurelien Jarno
• 2026/01/02 Bug#1124522: debian-policy: Suggest 0.0~ in front of date-based versions Sean Whitton
• 2026/01/01 Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Russ Allbery
• 2026/01/01 Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Aurelien Jarno
• 2026/01/01 Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Sean Whitton
• 2026/01/01 Bug#1124443: debian-policy: misleading information about Priority field in upgrading checklist Aurelien Jarno
• 2025/12/27 Re: Add guidance for file locking; transition from existence-based locking and /var/lock to file locking Josh Triplett
• 2025/12/27 Re: Add guidance for file locking; transition from existence-based locking and /var/lock to file locking Sean Whitton
• 2025/12/26 Re: Stop compressing manual pages Simon McVittie
• 2025/12/26 Re: Stop compressing manual pages Marc Haber
• 2025/12/25 Re: Stop compressing manual pages G. Branden Robinson
• 2025/12/25 Re: Stop compressing manual pages Russ Allbery
• 2025/12/25 Stop compressing manual pages (was: Bug#1123959: manpages: Please consider shipping uncompressed man pages) Alejandro Colomar
• 2025/12/24 Re: Add guidance for file locking; transition from existence-based locking and /var/lock to file locking Josh Triplett
• 2025/12/23 Bug#1114994: marked as done (debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/12/23 Bug#1110017: marked as done (debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended`) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/12/23 Bug#1100632: marked as done (debian-policy: document subuids) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/12/23 Bug#1091868: marked as done (debian-policy: Document Git-Tag-Tagger and Git-Tag-Info fields) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/12/23 Bug#1100455: marked as done (debian-policy: Reporting a typo) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/12/23 Processing of debian-policy_4.7.3.0_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2025/12/23 debian-policy_4.7.3.0_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2025/12/21 Bug#1123657: marked as done (debian-policy: Virtual package name list not updated) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/12/21 Bug#1123657: debian-policy: Virtual package name list not updated Gard Spreemann
• 2025/12/19 Bug#1123657: debian-policy: Virtual package name list not updated Sean Whitton
• 2025/12/19 Bug#1123657: debian-policy: Virtual package name list not updated Gard Spreemann
• 2025/12/18 Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles Guillem Jover
• 2025/12/18 Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields Guillem Jover
• 2025/12/10 Processed: block bug report Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: block bug report Rafael Laboissière
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Rafael Laboissière
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Marc Haber
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Sean Whitton
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Santiago Vila
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Rafael Laboissière
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Rafael Laboissière
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Santiago Vila
• 2025/12/10 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Santiago Vila
• 2025/12/09 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Rafael Laboissière
• 2025/12/09 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Guillem Jover
• 2025/12/09 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Simon McVittie
• 2025/12/09 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Santiago Vila
• 2025/12/09 Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Rafael Laboissière
• 2025/12/09 Processed: Re: Bug#1122270: base-files: Adding more Creative Commons licenses Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/12/05 Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles Guillem Jover
• 2025/12/04 Re: Bug#1121601: debian-policy: encourage keeping backwards compatibility with older releases past current minus one Otto Kekäläinen
• 2025/12/04 Re: Bug#1121601: debian-policy: encourage keeping backwards compatibility with older releases past current minus one gregor herrmann
• 2025/12/03 Bug#1121601: debian-policy: encourage keeping backwards compatibility with older releases past current minus one Jeremy Bícha
• 2025/11/29 Bug#1121601: debian-policy: encourage keeping backwards compatibility with older releases past current minus one Santiago Vila
• 2025/11/29 Bug#1121601: debian-policy: encourage keeping backwards compatibility with older releases past current minus one Bill Allombert
• 2025/11/29 Bug#1121601: debian-policy: encourage keeping backwards compatibility with older releases past current minus one Chris Hofstaedtler
• 2025/11/29 Bug#1121601: debian-policy: encourage keeping backwards compatibility with older releases past current minus one Daniel Baumann
• 2025/11/28 Bug#1121601: debian-policy: encourage keeping backwards compatibility with older releases past current minus one Otto Kekäläinen
• 2025/11/26 Bug#757760: please update the spec for the Build-Profiles attribute Matthias Klose
• 2025/11/26 Bug#757760: please update the spec for the Build-Profiles attribute Guillem Jover
• 2025/11/26 Bug#757760: please update the spec for the Build-Profiles attribute Guillem Jover
• 2025/11/26 Bug#757760: please update the spec for the Build-Profiles attribute Matthias Klose
• 2025/11/25 Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles Sean Whitton
• 2025/11/24 Bug#757760: please update the spec for the Build-Profiles attribute Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
• 2025/11/23 Bug#757760: please update the spec for the Build-Profiles attribute Matthias Klose
• 2025/11/23 Processing of developers-reference_14.2_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2025/11/23 developers-reference_14.2_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Sean Whitton
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Sean Whitton
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Santiago Vila
• 2025/11/18 Bug#1120935: debian-policy: Remove /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD reference Bastian Germann
• 2025/11/18 Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles Helmut Grohne
• 2025/11/17 Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
• 2025/11/16 Bug#757760: debian-policy: please document build profiles Helmut Grohne
• 2025/11/15 Processed: Re: Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/11/15 Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Dmitry Shachnev
• 2025/11/12 Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Holger Levsen
• 2025/11/12 Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Adrian Bunk
• 2025/11/12 Processed: Re: Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/11/11 Processed: Re: Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/11/02 Processing of developers-reference_14.1_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2025/11/02 Bug#1094412: marked as done (developers-reference: link to the library packaging guide return 403 Forbidden) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/11/02 developers-reference_14.1_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2025/10/26 Processed: Bug#1094412 marked as pending in developers-reference Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/10/26 Bug#1094412: marked as pending in developers-reference Holger Levsen
• 2025/10/26 Bug#1094412: marked as pending in developers-reference Holger Levsen
• 2025/10/26 Processed: Bug#1094412 marked as pending in developers-reference Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/10/25 Bug#1029831: debian-policy: Make required packages build-essential Santiago Vila
• 2025/10/25 Bug#1029831: debian-policy: Make required packages build-essential Santiago Vila
• 2025/10/25 Bug#1102295: d/control must not change during build Jochen Sprickerhof
• 2025/10/25 Bug#1029831: debian-policy: Make required packages build-essential Jochen Sprickerhof
• 2025/10/24 Bug#1118763: debian-policy: Don't mention doc-base any more Jeremy Bícha
• 2025/10/24 Bug#1118763: debian-policy: Don't mention doc-base any more Jeremy Bícha
• 2025/10/24 Bug#1118763: debian-policy: Don't mention doc-base any more Jeremy Bícha
• 2025/10/24 Bug#1118763: debian-policy: Don't mention doc-base any more Jeremy Bícha
• 2025/10/18 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra
• 2025/10/18 Bug#1117926: debian-policy: url to man-page-howto is broken Fab Stz
• 2025/10/18 Re: Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Josh Triplett
• 2025/10/18 Bug#1118371: Add guidance for file locking; transition from existence-based locking and /var/lock to file locking Josh Triplett
• 2025/10/18 Bug#846970: debian-policy: Proposal for a Build-Indep-Architecture: control file field John Scott
• 2025/10/18 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Guillem Jover
• 2025/10/18 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Sean Whitton
• 2025/10/18 Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Bastian Blank
• 2025/10/18 Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Simon McVittie
• 2025/10/18 Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Josh Triplett
• 2025/10/17 Bug#1118188: be more precise about conffiles handling Bill Allombert
• 2025/10/17 Bug#1091868: debian-policy: Document Git-Tag-Tagger and Git-Tag-Info fields Sean Whitton
• 2025/10/17 Bug#682347: editor policy Bastien Roucaries
• 2025/10/17 Bug#1091868: debian-policy: Document Git-Tag-Tagger and Git-Tag-Info fields Guillem Jover
• 2025/10/17 Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields Guillem Jover
• 2025/10/17 Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Russ Allbery
• 2025/10/17 Processed: Re: Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/10/17 Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields Sean Whitton
• 2025/10/17 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra
• 2025/10/17 Bug#1118188: be more precise about conffiles handling Harald Dunkel
• 2025/10/13 Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Josh Triplett
• 2025/10/13 Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Bastian Blank
• 2025/10/13 Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Bill Allombert
• 2025/10/13 Re: Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Simon McVittie
• 2025/10/13 Transitioning from existence-based lockfiles and /var/lock to flock Josh Triplett
• 2025/10/07 Bug#1117566: debian-policy: Unclear wording of user-defined control fields Richard Hansen
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Guillem Jover
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra
• 2025/10/02 Processed: limit source to debian-policy, tagging 1114994 Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Sean Whitton
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Guillem Jover
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Holger Levsen
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field Holger Levsen
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field Chris Hofstaedtler
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field Sean Whitton
• 2025/10/02 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Sean Whitton
• 2025/09/23 Jason Ramon Jones Jason Jones
• 2025/09/22 [no subject] Jason Jones
• 2025/09/20 Bug#1114994: debian-policy: Remove obsolete reference to MSDOS-Filename field Guillem Jover
• 2025/09/17 Processed: Re: Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/09/17 Bug#1110017: debian-policy: Priority should no longer be `recommended` Nilesh Patra
• 2025/09/15 手机辐射致癌科学论据首次确立 Duàn Tian
• 2025/09/11 Processed: Re: Bug#1111513: lintian should not warn about missing recommended-field Priority Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/09/07 Processed: Re: Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/09/07 Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Santiago Vila
• 2025/09/07 Processed: Re: Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/09/07 Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Rene Engelhard
• 2025/09/06 Processed (with 1 error): reassign 1114090 to dia, affects 1114090, forcibly merging 1107821 1114090 Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/09/06 Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Santiago Vila
• 2025/09/06 Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Holger Levsen
• 2025/09/05 Bug#1114478: developers-reference: FTBFS: LaTeX error Santiago Vila
• 2025/09/05 Bug#1114090: debian-policy: FTBFS: Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories Santiago Vila
• 2025/09/04 debian-policy is marked for autoremoval from testing Debian testing autoremoval watch
• 2025/08/25 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Julian Gilbey
• 2025/08/25 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Julian Gilbey
• 2025/08/22 Processed: Re: Bug#1110980: /var/lock/ is the standard interface for serial devices locks Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/08/22 Bug#1074360: Man page Bastien Roucaries
• 2025/08/22 Bug#682347: editor policy Bastien Roucaries
• 2025/08/22 Bug#682347: editor policy Sean Whitton
• 2025/08/22 Bug#682347: editor policy Bastien Roucaries
• 2025/08/21 Bug#749826: Gentle remainder Sean Whitton
• 2025/08/21 Bug#682347: editor policy Bastien Roucaries
• 2025/08/21 Bug#749826: Gentle remainder Bastien Roucaries
• 2025/08/18 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Julian Gilbey
• 2025/08/16 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Guillem Jover
• 2025/08/16 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Guillem Jover
• 2025/08/16 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Guillem Jover
• 2025/08/15 debian-policy is marked for autoremoval from testing Debian testing autoremoval watch
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Sean Whitton
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Ben Hutchings
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Russ Allbery
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1094412: developers-reference: link to the library packaging guide return 403 Forbidden Nicolas Schodet
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Julian Gilbey
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Sean Whitton
• 2025/08/15 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2025/08/14 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2025/08/14 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Sean Whitton
• 2025/08/14 Bug#1111126: Copyright format does not explain how to describe a license text itself Ben Hutchings
• 2025/08/14 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Julian Gilbey
• 2025/08/14 Bug#592610: Issue with note [3] in Policy ch. 7: Replaces without Breaks Sean Whitton
• 2025/08/13 Bug#592610: Issue with note [3] in Policy ch. 7: Replaces without Breaks Russ Allbery
• 2025/08/13 Bug#592610: Issue with note [3] in Policy ch. 7: Replaces without Breaks Sean Whitton
• 2025/08/09 Processed: tagging 1084911 Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/08/08 Bug#1084911: debian-policy: include a Vcs-* example Otto Kekäläinen
• 2025/08/08 Bug#1084911: debian-policy: include a Vcs-* example Sean Whitton
• 2025/08/06 Processed: Re: Bug#1084911: debian-policy: include a Vcs-* example Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2025/08/06 Bug#1084911: debian-policy: include a Vcs-* example Otto Kekäläinen
• 2025/08/06 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Sebastian Ramacher
• 2025/08/06 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Sebastian Ramacher
• 2025/08/05 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Fabian Grünbichler
• 2025/08/05 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Julian Gilbey
• 2025/08/05 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Fabian Grünbichler
• 2025/08/05 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Julian Gilbey
• 2025/08/04 Bug#1069256: debian-policy: clarify requirement for use of Static-Built-Using Guillem Jover

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