DEBIAN POLICY WEEKLY, #4 (October 23, 1997) The following message is a list of topics related to the Debian Policy which are currently under discussion or which will be discussed in the near future. This summary is sent to the debian-policy mailing list periodically by the Debian Policy Manager.
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