Branches for Maverick

Author: Russ Allbery
Revision Date: 2010-07-25 19:38:21 UTC

* Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
  Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
  Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
  Closes: #436105
* Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
  Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
  Closes: #561413
* Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
  Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
  Closes: #218897
* Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
  Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
  Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
* Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
  Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
  Closes: #509932
* Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
  Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
  Closes: #400322
* Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
  Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
  Closes: #402721
* Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
  Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
  Closes: #475101
* Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
  Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
  Closes: #104373
* Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
  Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
  Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
  Closes: #186102
* Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
  Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
  Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
  Closes: #184064
* Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
  Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
  Closes: #509933
* Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
  Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
  Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
  Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
  Closes: #589609
* Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
  Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
  Closes: #232448
* Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
  Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
  Closes: #445203
* Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
  Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
  Closes: #477240
* Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
  Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
  Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
  Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
  Closes: #555977
* Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
  package.
* Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
  provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
* Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
  switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
  mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
* Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
  Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
  that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
  references to fields in control files to use "control field"
  uniformly.
* Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
  an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
  maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
* Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
* Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
* Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.