Bits from the Policy Team
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Hello,
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Policy 4.x series
Policy sprint at DebCamp 2017
Call for contributions to Policy during the buster cycle
Policy 4.x series
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With the buster cycle getting underway, many of you are getting ready to
update packages or upload experimental versions to unstable. This is a
great opportunity to check them against the current Policy requirements.
Debian Policy 4.0.0 is now available in unstable and is the first major
Policy update in more than a year, so more than the normal amount has
changed. You can see a summary of the updates in the upgrading
checklist.[1]
[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html#s-4.0.0
Policy sprint at DebCamp 2017
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We are organising a sprint at DebCamp 2017. The sprint has two goals:
(1) clear the backlog of uncontroversial changes to Policy, which makes
up the greater part of outstanding Policy bugs; and
(2) draft text for "big ticket" Policy updates, such as dpkg triggers
and multi-arch.
These goals were chosen so that Debian contributors of all levels of
experience will be able to participate in the sprint, and make a
meaningful impact on our core documentation.
If you're able to attend, please add your name to the participation
roster.[2] Remote participants are welcome.
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2017/DebianPolicy
Call for contributions to Policy during the buster cycle
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Thinking beyond DebCamp, we'd like to ask all contributors to think
about what they intend to work on during the buster cycle, and if it
would render Policy out-of-date, consider submitting a bug, and ideally
preparing a patch.
While the task of keeping Policy up-to-date should never block making
improvements to Debian, discussing your plans with others in a Policy
bug can help avoid blind alleys, and also bring in additional
volunteers.
For the Policy Editors:
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Sean Whitton
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