Sync Request ACK'd ** Description changed:
Please sync debian-policy 3.8.1.0 (universe) from Debian unstable (main). Explanation of the Ubuntu delta and why it can be dropped: - It instead needs to be merged, if necessary. The goal of this bug report - is to push a new version of debian-policy based on 3.8.1.x into Jaunty. + The Build-Depends on texlive-latex-extra was added in Debian. - Changelog since current jaunty version 3.8.0.1ubuntu2: + Changelog since current Karmic version 3.8.1.0ubuntu1: - debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low + debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low - * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts - Wording: Steve Langasek <[email protected]> - Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]> - Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Closes: #426877 - * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual - Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> - Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> - Closes: #489460 - * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files - Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> - Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]> - Closes: #241333 - * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files - Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]> - Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]> - Closes: #143941 - * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites - Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> - Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]> - Closes: #416450 - * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts - Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> - Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[email protected]> - Closes: #473019 - * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it - Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Jörg Sommer <[email protected]> - Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> - Closes: #479080 - * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660 - Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]> - Seconded: Andrew McMillan <[email protected]> - Closes: #470994 - * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh - Wording: Kel Modderman <[email protected]> - Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[email protected]> - Closes: #513955 - * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile - Wording: Colin Watson <[email protected]> - Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Bill Allombert <[email protected]> - Closes: #514326 - * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with # - Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> - Seconded: Julien Cristau <[email protected]> - Seconded: Adeodato Simó <[email protected]> - Seconded: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> - Closes: #446712 - * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions - in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion - on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger - for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418) - * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies - in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the - explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong - for wording review. (Closes: #163666) - * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main, - contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social - Contract. (Closes: #473439) - * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in - multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039) - * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi - Noritada. (Closes: #487701) - * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with - extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985) - * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf - messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification" - uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624) - * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for - extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option - behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685) - * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero - status on success to avoid double-negatives. - * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the - portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category - lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804) - * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to - be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far - fewer packages. - * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now - handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc - links was completed long ago. - * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright. + [ Russ Allbery ] + * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting + Wording: Andrew McMillan <[email protected]> + Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> + Seconded: Holger Levsen <[email protected]> + Seconded: Bill Allombert <[email protected]> + Seconded: Julien Cristau <[email protected]> + Closes: #206684 + * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception + Wording: Julien Cristau <[email protected]> + Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> + Seconded: Bill Allombert <[email protected]> + Closes: #522219 + * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement + Wording: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> + Seconded: Julien Cristau <[email protected]> + Seconded: Andrew McMillan <[email protected]> + Closes: #522364 + * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category + Wording: Julien Cristau <[email protected]> + Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> + Seconded: Julien Danjou <[email protected]> + Closes: #522218 + * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere): + - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list. + - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835) + * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry. + (Closes: #519706) + + [ Colin Watson ] + * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our + preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby + search-and-replace capitalisation bug. + * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by + debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies. + Closes: #533257 + * Policy: State requirements for source package names + Wording: Colin Watson <[email protected]> + Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> + Seconded: Julien Cristau <[email protected]> + Closes: #525151 + * Add myself to Uploaders. + + [ Bill Allombert ] + * Add myself to Uploaders. + * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required). + * debian/rules: + - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form + `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'. + - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums. - -- Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700 + -- Bill Allombert <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 + +0200 ** Tags added: sync ** Changed in: debian-policy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: debian-policy (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Sync debian-policy 3.8.2.0 (universe) from Debian unstable (main). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374640 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
