Public bug reported:
Please sync debian-policy 3.8.3.0 (universe) from Debian unstable
(main).
Changelog since current karmic version 3.8.2.0:
debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
Closes: #530967
* Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
Wording: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <and...@morphoss.com>
Closes: #527871
* Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
Closes: #514919
* Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
Wording: Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be>
Seconded: Adeodato Simó <d...@net.com.org.es>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Closes: #519941
* Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Closes: #522217
* Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Closes: #493007
* Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
Wording: Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@golden-gryphon.com>
Closes: #537707
* Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Closes: #533852
* Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Closes: #538665
* Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
Wording: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org>
Closes: #525190
* Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
* Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
* Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
* Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
* Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
* Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
* Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
add more details about the contents of the Description field in
a *.changes file.
* Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
Source field descriptions.
* Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
* Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
description says otherwise.
-- Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
** Affects: debian-policy (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: Confirmed
** Changed in: debian-policy (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: debian-policy (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Sync debian-policy 3.8.3.0 (universe) from Debian unstable (main).
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416018
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