Your message dated Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:02:07 +0000
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and subject line Bug#589605: fixed in debian-policy 3.9.1.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #589605,
regarding debian-policy: A footnote to describe special first lines for
changelogs.
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.0.0
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Dear all,
during the discussion about team uploads (http://wiki.debian.org/TeamUpload),
it was proposed to send a patch to the Policy, to include a footnotes that
reminds that sometimes the first line of a changelog has a special meaning, and
point at the Developer's Reference for more information.
Here is tha patch:
diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 0b3c1a1..e64b18b 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1608,7 +1608,24 @@
The maintainer name and email address used in the changelog
should be the details of the person uploading <em>this</em>
version. They are <em>not</em> necessarily those of the
- usual package maintainer. The information here will be
+ usual package maintainer<footnote>
+ When the developer uploading the pacakge is not listed in
+ the <qref id="f-Maintainer"><tt>Maintainer</tt></qref> or
+ <qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref> fields,
+ the first line of the changelog may be used to indicate
+ a justification of the upload. In particular, the following
+ lines are currently used:
+ <example>
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team.
+ * QA upload.
+ * Binary-only non-maintainer upload for <var>architecture</var>;
no source changes.
+ * Team upload.
+ </example>
+ Most of these uses are described in more details in the <tt><url
+ name="Debian Deveper's Reference"
+ id="http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/";></tt>.
+ </footnote>. The information here will be
copied to the <tt>Changed-By</tt> field in the
<tt>.changes</tt> file (see <ref id="f-Changed-By">),
and then later used to send an acknowledgement when the
In addition, there is currently a typo in the master branch of the policy:
- example, <prng>dpkg</prng> will consider "96May01" to be
+ example, <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will consider "96May01" to be
Have a nice day,
--
Charles
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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.9.1.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.9.1.0.dsc
to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.1.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.9.1.0.tar.gz
to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.1.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.9.1.0_all.deb
to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.1.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 589...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.1.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 104373 175202 184064 186102 218897 232448 400322 402721 436105 445203
475101 477240 509932 509933 555977 561413 588750 589362 589605 589609
Changes:
debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: gregor herrmann <gre...@debian.org>
Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <d...@debian.org>
Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <c...@debian.org>
Closes: #436105
* Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
Closes: #561413
* Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geiss...@debian.org>
Closes: #218897
* Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
* Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Closes: #509932
* Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Closes: #400322
* Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org>
Closes: #402721
* Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be>
Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <c...@debian.org>
Closes: #475101
* Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <and...@morphoss.com>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org>
Closes: #104373
* Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org>
Seconded: Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org>
Closes: #186102
* Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <po...@debian.org>
Closes: #184064
* Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <poch...@gmail.com>
Closes: #509933
* Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
Wording: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <po...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Closes: #589609
* Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <po...@debian.org>
Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org>
Closes: #232448
* Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>
Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <th...@debian.org>
Closes: #445203
* Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <c...@debian.org>
Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geiss...@debian.org>
Closes: #477240
* Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <po...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@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.
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