Bug#581352: debian-policy: libtool la files are still encouraged in the policy (contrary to the release goal)

[Vincent Danjean <vdanjean@debian.org>]

Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.8.4.0
Severity: normal

  Hi,

  At this end of "10.2 Libraries", there are several lines about including la
files in binary packages, in particular:
    Packages that use libtool to create shared libraries should include the .la
    files in the -dev package
This is in contradiction to the current release goal
http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/LAFileRemoval

  I think that policy must be adapted to reflect the current position of Debian
on this subject.

  Regards,
    Vincent

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

debian-policy depends on no packages.

debian-policy recommends no packages.

Versions of packages debian-policy suggests:
ii  doc-base                      0.9.5      utilities to manage online documen

-- no debconf information