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and subject line Bug#1029211: fixed in debian-policy 4.7.0.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #1029211,
regarding debian-policy: Add mention of the new non-free-firmware archive area
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.6.2.0
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
It has been four months since the General Resolution 2022/vote_003 was
voted¹, but it has not yet been completely adopted. The archive area
was created and at least a package was uploaded to it in October, but
it has not seen further movement. Two days ago, a call to action for
moving packages was sent by Cyril Brulebois², and I just sent a mail
checking for other places where it should be included³.
¹ https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003
² https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2023/01/msg00150.html
³ https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2023/01/msg00018.html
To my surprise, the non-free-firmware archive area has not yet been
discussed for inclusion in the Policy.
I am (now!) aware there is a clear process to get changes included in
the Policy, but this is the first time I do this, so please excuse me
for jumping all the way to "State D: Wording proposed" (of course, my
words can be checked and improved, particularly given I'm not a native
English speaker).
⁴ https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-process.html
I am suggesting the following patch, which I'm attaching to this bug
report, and also uploaded them to my fork of debian-policy in Salsa:
https://salsa.debian.org/gwolf/policy/-/commit/79c58a40065c01f56850f86e883d8fa482c7cca0
Thank you very much for considering this!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.0.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
debian-policy depends on no packages.
Versions of packages debian-policy recommends:
ii libjs-sphinxdoc 5.3.0-3
Versions of packages debian-policy suggests:
pn doc-base <none>
-- no debconf information
diff --git a/policy/ch-archive.rst b/policy/ch-archive.rst
index ab04261..15b9343 100644
--- a/policy/ch-archive.rst
+++ b/policy/ch-archive.rst
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ The aims of this are:
The *main* archive area forms the *Debian distribution*.
-Packages in the other archive areas (``contrib``, ``non-free``) are not
-considered to be part of the Debian distribution, although we support
-their use and provide infrastructure for them (such as our bug-tracking
-system and mailing lists). This Debian Policy Manual applies to these
-packages as well.
+Packages in the other archive areas (``non-free-firmware``,
+``contrib``, ``non-free``) are not considered to be part of the Debian
+distribution, although we support their use and provide infrastructure
+for them (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing lists). This
+Debian Policy Manual applies to these packages as well.
.. _s-dfsg:
@@ -130,6 +130,27 @@ In addition, the packages in *main*
- must meet all policy requirements presented in this manual.
+.. _s-non-free-firmware:
+
+The non-free-firmware archive area
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The *non-free-firmware* archive area contains packages providing
+firmware needed to initialize, use or keep updated hardware required
+by our users, typically necessary for important functions to be
+available (i.e. wireless network connectivity) or for fixing security
+defects in hardware (i.e. CPU microcode updates). Packages in this
+archive may not comply with all of the policy requirements in this
+manual due to lack of source code availability, restrictions on
+modification or other limitations.
+
+Packages in *non-free-firmware*
+
+- must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them, and
+
+ - must meet all policy requiremens presented in this manual that it
+ is possible for them to meet.
+
.. _s-contrib:
The contrib archive area
@@ -261,8 +282,8 @@ prohibited" and "distribution restricted".
Sections
--------
-The packages in the archive areas *main*, *contrib* and *non-free* are
-grouped further into *sections* to simplify handling.
+The packages in the archive areas *main*, *non-free-firmware*, *contrib*
+and *non-free* are grouped further into *sections* to simplify handling.
The archive area and section for each package should be specified in the
package's ``Section`` control record (see
@@ -272,8 +293,8 @@ the Debian distribution. The ``Section`` field should be of
the form:
- *section* if the package is in the *main* archive area,
-- *area/section* if the package is in the *contrib* or *non-free*
- archive areas.
+- *area/section* if the package is in the *non-free-firmware*, *contrib*
+ or *non-free* archive areas.
The Debian archive maintainers provide the authoritative list of
sections. At present, they are: admin, cli-mono, comm, database, debug,
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 4.7.0.0
Done: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 1029...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> (supplier of updated debian-policy
package)
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Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:08:55 +0800
Source: debian-policy
Architecture: source
Version: 4.7.0.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Policy Editors <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Closes: 963524 968226 970234 994008 1029211 1035733 1039102 1068192
Changes:
debian-policy (4.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Sean Whitton ]
* Policy: Prefer native overriding mechanisms to diversions & alternatives
Wording: Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org>
Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org>
Closes: #1035733
* Policy: Improve alternative build dependency discussion
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org>
Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name>
Closes: #968226
* Policy: No network access for required targets for contrib & non-free
Wording: Aurelien Jarno <aure...@debian.org>
Seconded: Sam Hartman <hartm...@debian.org>
Seconded: Tobias Frost <t...@debian.org>
Seconded: Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org>
Closes: #1068192
.
[ Russ Allbery ]
* Policy: Add mention of the new non-free-firmware archive area
Wording: Gunnar Wolf <gw...@gwolf.org>
Seconded: Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Closes: #1029211
* Policy: Source packages in main may build binary packages in contrib
Wording: Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org>
Seconded: Holger Levsen <hol...@layer-acht.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Closes: #994008
* Policy: Allow hard links in source packages
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Closes: #970234
* Policy: Binary and Description fields may be absent in .changes
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Sam Hartman <hartm...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Closes: #963524
* Policy: systemd units are required to start and stop system services
Wording: Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org>
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org>
Seconded: Sam Hartman <hartm...@debian.org>
Closes: #1039102
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