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Bug#991533: Bug#992136: Don't require Standards-Version field when only udebs Standards-Version for udeb packages



Hello,

On Mon 19 Sep 2022 at 09:29PM -07, Russ Allbery wrote:

> So, in addition to saying that Standards-Version is generally not used for
> udebs or for source packages that only build udebs (I would use wording
> like that rather than "required" since Policy puts no requirements on
> udebs at all), maybe we should add to this paragraph in 1.1 (Scopes):
>
>     udebs (stripped-down binary packages used by the Debian Installer) do
>     not comply with all of the requirements discussed here. See the Debian
>     Installer internals manual for more information about them.
>
> That could be as simple as saying "udebs (...) and source packages that
> produce only udebs do not comply...."

Sounds good to me.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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