Bug#550283: devref: §5.3. - clarify to install and test on an up-to-date unstable system

2009-10-08 Thread Sandro Tosi
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.3 Severity: normal Hello, in §5.3 we can read: ● Install the package and make sure the software works, or upgrade the package from an older version to your new version if a Debian package for it already exist but what we really wan

Bug#550192: Please number the 10 DSFG points

2009-10-08 Thread Enrico Zini
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist Hello, Would it be possible, just for convenience, to number the DFSG points in the policy like they are in http://www.debian.org/social_contract ? When I ask questions as Application Manager to candidates about the DFSG, the answers I g

Re: Bug#549910: debian-policy: Specify requirement in terms of upgradeability, interface stability

2009-10-08 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Wed, Oct 07 2009, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: BTW I find no reference in policy about the NEWS.Debian file. It would nice to require to document (at last for one stable release) all (also user visibe API/ABI) incompatibilities in such files. It is a goos pra