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• Published on 2024-04-07

Changelog

debian-policy (4.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Sean Whitton ]
  * Policy: Prefer native overriding mechanisms to diversions & alternatives
    Wording: Luca Boccassi <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Sean Whitton <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Holger Levsen <email address hidden>
    Closes: #1035733
  * Policy: Improve alternative build dependency discussion
    Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Wouter Verhelst <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Sean Whitton <email address hidden>
    Closes: #968226
  * Policy: No network access for required targets for contrib & non-free
    Wording: Aurelien Jarno <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Sam Hartman <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Tobias Frost <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Holger Levsen <email address hidden>
    Closes: #1068192

  [ Russ Allbery ]
  * Policy: Add mention of the new non-free-firmware archive area
    Wording: Gunnar Wolf <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Holger Levsen <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
    Closes: #1029211
  * Policy: Source packages in main may build binary packages in contrib
    Wording: Simon McVittie <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Holger Levsen <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
    Closes: #994008
  * Policy: Allow hard links in source packages
    Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Helmut Grohne <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
    Closes: #970234
  * Policy: Binary and Description fields may be absent in .changes
    Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Sam Hartman <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Guillem Jover <email address hidden>
    Closes: #963524
  * Policy: systemd units are required to start and stop system services
    Wording: Luca Boccassi <email address hidden>
    Wording: Russ Allbery <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Luca Boccassi <email address hidden>
    Seconded: Sam Hartman <email address hidden>
    Closes: #1039102

 -- Sean Whitton <email address hidden>  Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:08:55 +0800

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Package files

• debian-policy_4.7.0.0.dsc (2.1 KiB)
• debian-policy_4.7.0.0.tar.xz (547.2 KiB)