Re: Use of architecture-specifying colons in dependency lists

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 05:56:46PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > I have noticed that packages are using architecture specifiers in > their dependency information, for example dh-python depends on > 'python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)'. However, there is no mention of this > syntax that I could find in the

Use of architecture-specifying colons in dependency lists

Hello, I have noticed that packages are using architecture specifiers in their dependency information, for example dh-python depends on 'python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)'. However, there is no mention of this syntax that I could find in the current policy. I would propose a patch, but I don't know what

Obsolete file in debian-policy package

Hello! I propose that the 18-year-old file /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/libc6-migration.txt.gz shipped in the debian-policy package is dropped from future versions of debian-policy, as it serves no meaningful purpose nowadays, except possibly historical interest. (And for that, we have archives