Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes: > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 24c9072..bbd8c55 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -1473,10 +1473,6 @@ > </p> > > <p> > - > - </p> > - > - <p> > The format of the <file>debian/changelog</file> allows the > package building tools to discover which version of the package > is being built and find out other release-specific information. > @@ -1566,17 +1562,17 @@ > </p> > > <p> > - The <var>date</var> should be in RFC822 format<footnote> > + The <var>date</var> must be in RFC822 format<footnote> > This is generated by <tt>date -R</tt>. > - </footnote>; it should include the time zone specified > + </footnote>; it must include the time zone specified > numerically, with the time zone name or abbreviation > optionally present as a comment in parentheses. > </p> > > <p> > - The first "title" line with the package name should start > - at the left hand margin; the "trailer" line with the > - maintainer and date details should be preceded by exactly > + The first "title" line with the package name must start > + at the left hand margin. The "trailer" line with the > + maintainer and date details must be preceded by exactly > one space. The maintainer details and the date must be > separated by exactly two spaces. > </p> > @@ -1585,33 +1581,8 @@ > For more information on placement of the changelog files > within binary packages, please see <ref id="changelogs">. > </p> > - > - <sect1><heading>Alternative changelog formats</heading> > - > - <p> > - In non-experimental packages you must use a format for > - <file>debian/changelog</file> which is supported by the most > - recent released version of <prgn>dpkg</prgn>. > - </p> > - > - <p> > - It is possible to use a format different from the standard > - one by providing a changelog parser for the format you wish > - to use. The parser must have an API compatible with that > - expected by <prgn>dpkg-genchanges</prgn> and > - <prgn>dpkg-gencontrol</prgn>, and it must not interact with > - the user at all. > - <footnote> > - If there is general interest in the new format, you should > - contact the <package>dpkg</package> maintainer to have the > - parser script for it included in the <prgn>dpkg</prgn> > - package. (You will need to agree that the parser and its > - man page may be distributed under the GNU GPL, just as the rest > - of <prgn>dpkg</prgn> is.) > - </footnote> > - </p> > - </sect1> > </sect> > + > <sect id="dpkgcopyright"> > <heading>Copyright: <file>debian/copyright</file></heading> > <p> Seconded. (The support for alternative changelog formats always seemed bizarre to me, and I never saw the motivation for it.) -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org
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