Bug#555009: debian-policy: alt. changelog formats are still advertised

2010-06-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Jakub Wilk writes: > According to upgrading-checklist, support for alternative changelog > formats were removed in Debian Policy 3.8.1.0. However, appendix C still > documents their usage: > $ zgrep -A4 'alternative changelog' > /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.txt.gz C.2.2.1. Defining altern

Bug#555009: debian-policy: alt. changelog formats are still advertised

2009-11-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Manoj Srivastava writes: > The appendices are not normative parts of policy, they are > around so that we do not lose bits of documentation that ought to be > part of dpkg documentation. > Having said that, perhaps it is time to yank these non-normative > sections into a sepa

Bug#555009: debian-policy: alt. changelog formats are still advertised

2009-11-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, The appendices are not normative parts of policy, they are around so that we do not lose bits of documentation that ought to be part of dpkg documentation. Having said that, perhaps it is time to yank these non-normative sections into a separate document, and away from pol

Bug#555009: debian-policy: alt. changelog formats are still advertised

2009-11-07 Thread Jakub Wilk
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: minor According to upgrading-checklist, support for alternative changelog formats were removed in Debian Policy 3.8.1.0. However, appendix C still documents their usage: $ zgrep -A4 'alternative changelog' /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.t