On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 06:39:11PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Here is proposed wording that I think is ready for seconds. > > From: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:35:55 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] Clarify udeb-only source packages are out of scope > > Note that source packages that only produce udebs are, like udebs, > out of scope and may not follow all of the requirements of Policy. > > Say explicitly in the Standards-Version description that udebs and > source packages that only produce udebs do not use Standards-Version. > --- > policy/ch-controlfields.rst | 3 +++ > policy/ch-scope.rst | 10 +++++----- > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > index 428b8a7..ea8f4a3 100644 > --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > @@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ Thus only the first three components of the policy > version are > significant in the *Standards-Version* control field, and so either > these three components or all four components may be specified. [#]_ > > +udebs and source packages that only produce udebs do not use > +``Standards-Version``. > + > .. _s-f-Version: > > ``Version`` > diff --git a/policy/ch-scope.rst b/policy/ch-scope.rst > index 289c9a9..a279c26 100644 > --- a/policy/ch-scope.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-scope.rst > @@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ Much of the information presented in this manual will be > useful even > when building a package which is to be distributed in some other way or > is intended for local use only. > > -udebs (stripped-down binary packages used by the Debian Installer) do > -not comply with all of the requirements discussed here. See the `Debian > -Installer internals > -manual <https://d-i.debian.org/doc/internals/ch03.html>`_ for > -more information about them. > +udebs (stripped-down binary packages used by the Debian Installer) and > +source packages that produce only udebs do not comply with all of the > +requirements discussed here. See the `Debian Installer internals manual > +<https://d-i.debian.org/doc/internals/ch03.html>`_ for more information > +about them.
seconded, thanks.
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cheers,
Holger
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