[ubuntu/karmic] ubuntu-policy 3.8.1.0ubuntu1 (Accepted)
Colin Watson
cjwatson at ubuntu.com
Tue Apr 28 09:28:27 BST 2009
ubuntu-policy (3.8.1.0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
* Resynchronise with Debian. Remaining changes:
- Rebrand as "Ubuntu Policy Manual", preserving acknowledgements.
- Document Ubuntu Maintainer field handling.
- The Breaks field may safely be used in Ubuntu packages.
- Document requirement to update the icon cache when installing files
into subdirectories of /usr/share/icons.
- Document the layout of the Ubuntu archive.
- Describe Ubuntu version number conventions.
- Document the changelog conventions for closing bugs in Launchpad, and
the Launchpad-Bugs-Fixed .changes field.
- Recommend that Standards-Version not be adjusted for Ubuntu revisions
of this manual, and in general that Standards-Version should not be
changed in Ubuntu for packages originating in Debian.
- Recommend discussion on ubuntu-devel rather than debian-devel.
- Document the special semantics of packages in the "metapackages"
section. See:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-September/026523.html
- Note that Maintainer field changes for Ubuntu do not generally need to
be documented in debian/changelog.
debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
* Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Closes: #426877
* Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp at cs.stanford.edu>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Closes: #489460
* Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>
Closes: #241333
* Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
Closes: #143941
* Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
Closes: #416450
* Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
Closes: #473019
* Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg at alea.gnuu.de>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Closes: #479080
* Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm at debian.org>
Closes: #470994
* Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
Wording: Kel Modderman <kel at otaku42.de>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh at debian.org>
Closes: #513955
* Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert at math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Closes: #514326
* Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org>
Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato at net.com.org.es>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
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.
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:30:48 +0100
Changed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Signed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson at canonical.com>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/ubuntu-policy/3.8.1.0ubuntu1
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:30:48 +0100
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Version: 3.8.1.0ubuntu1
Distribution: karmic
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Changed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>
Description:
ubuntu-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 143941 163666 241333 416450 426877 446712 470994 473019 473439 479080 483418 487701 488039 489460 491985 492624 503685 511804 513955 514326
Changes:
ubuntu-policy (3.8.1.0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
.
* Resynchronise with Debian. Remaining changes:
- Rebrand as "Ubuntu Policy Manual", preserving acknowledgements.
- Document Ubuntu Maintainer field handling.
- The Breaks field may safely be used in Ubuntu packages.
- Document requirement to update the icon cache when installing files
into subdirectories of /usr/share/icons.
- Document the layout of the Ubuntu archive.
- Describe Ubuntu version number conventions.
- Document the changelog conventions for closing bugs in Launchpad, and
the Launchpad-Bugs-Fixed .changes field.
- Recommend that Standards-Version not be adjusted for Ubuntu revisions
of this manual, and in general that Standards-Version should not be
changed in Ubuntu for packages originating in Debian.
- Recommend discussion on ubuntu-devel rather than debian-devel.
- Document the special semantics of packages in the "metapackages"
section. See:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-September/026523.html
- Note that Maintainer field changes for Ubuntu do not generally need to
be documented in debian/changelog.
.
debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Closes: #426877
* Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp at cs.stanford.edu>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Closes: #489460
* Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>
Closes: #241333
* Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
Closes: #143941
* Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
Closes: #416450
* Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
Closes: #473019
* Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg at alea.gnuu.de>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Closes: #479080
* Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm at debian.org>
Closes: #470994
* Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
Wording: Kel Modderman <kel at otaku42.de>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh at debian.org>
Closes: #513955
* Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert at math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Closes: #514326
* Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
Wording: Russ Allbery <rra at debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org>
Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato at net.com.org.es>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
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.
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