Bug#75955: Section 4.2.14 has obsolete information
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 08:29:05AM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > Package: packaging-manual
> > >
> > > Packaging Manual 4.2.14 treats stable, unstable, contrib and non-free
> > > as "Distributions", which is no longer true for contrib and non-free.
> > >
> > > sources.list(5) calls main, contrib and non-free "components", so I'd
> > > like to see that word in the packaging manual as well.
> >
> > Note that this bug has been fixed in the new policy packaging manual, which
> > should be uploaded soon, I hope.
> >
> > The extra text has been placed in a footnote, and contrib and non-free are
> > listed separately, as sections. I'd prefer calling them `add-ons', though,
> > because `sections' implies being a part of something, and those two are not
> > a part of the distribution, just part of the FTP site.
>
> Unfortunately, as I posted yesterday, the policy packaging manual
> still has it wrong: they should not be mentioned in that section at
> all (they never end up in the Distribution: field).
Ah, right. But anyway, stuff in footnotes isn't a policy error.
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