Bug#26650: Packaging Manual
Package: packaging-manual
Version: 2.4.1.0
The following debain-devel exchange indicates a need for documentation
on package upload procedures, charactizing lack thereof as a documentation
bug.
Section 1 of the debian packaging manual includes the following statement:
It does *not* describe the policy requirements imposed on Debian
packages, such as the permissions on files and directories,
documentation requirements, upload procedure, and so on. You should
see the Debian packaging policy manual for these details. (Many of
them will probably turn out to be helpful even if you don't plan to
upload your package and make it available as part of the
distribution.)
However, I am unable to locate any Debian packaging policy manual
document. I suggest that package upload procedures and maintainer
procedures for creating, renaming, relocating, and removing packages
be documented.
On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Bill Mitchell wrote:
>
> > On 6 Sep 1998, Guy Maor wrote:
> > > Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
> > > > On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Gene McCulley wrote:
> > > > > Is it enough to upload the next version with a new Section field?
> > > >
> > > > Probably not, but I'm not sure, you may submit a bug against
> > >
> > > No, it is enough. You can submit a bug report to move the old
> > > version, or you can upload a new version. You don't have to do both.
> >
> > I am having a hard time gleaning this information from the
> > Debian Packaging Manual. Perhaps it needs clarification there.
>
> If so, then it is a documentation bug.
>
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