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 -- Sync debian-policy 3.8.3.0 (universe) from Debian unstable (main). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416018 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs