Dear Policy Editors and everybody, to fully implement the TC's decision, I think that it would be best to upload the updated Policy. In addition, there are already a few other changes ready. Here is the current upgrading checklist.
<tag>10.5</tag> <item> Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory. </item> <tag>9.2.2</tag> <item> 32bit UIDs in the range 65536-4294967293 are reserved for dynamically allocated user accounts. </item> <tag>5.1</tag> <item> Empty field values in control files are only permitted in the <file>debian/control</file> file of a source package. </item> <tag>4.9</tag> <item> <file>debian/rules</file>: required targets must not attempt network access. </item> <tag>12.3</tag> <item> recommend to ship additional documentation for package <prgn>pkg</prgn> in a separate package <prgn>pkg-doc</prgn> and install it into <file>/usr/share/doc/pkg</file>. </item> <tag>9.6</tag> <item>The requirements for the <em>FreeDesktop menu entries</em> are now documented, in particular regarding the icon size and format, when to display the entry, and where to coordinate the integration of the entries in menus of specific desktop systems. </item> <tag>9.6</tag> <item> Packages providing a .desktop file must not also provide a .menu file for the same application. </item> <tag>9.7</tag> <item>Packages already shipping <em>FreeDesktop menu entries</em> should use them to associate applications with media types. Only in the absence of desktop entries, a file in <em>mailcap</em> format should be used. Associations between media types and files should be done via upstream databases, nevertheless it is also possible to register these associations directly in Debian if needed. </item> Can a Policy Editor upload the updated Policy ? If you are short of time, I offer to do it myself. Have a nice day, Charles -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
