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Bug#594542: marked as done (debian-policy: add descriptions for main, contrib, and non-free archive areas)

Your message dated Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:02:15 +0000
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and subject line Bug#594542: fixed in debian-policy 3.9.2.0
has caused the Debian Bug report #594542,
regarding debian-policy: add descriptions for main, contrib, and non-free archive areas
to be marked as done.

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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.8.0.1
Severity: wishlist


Especially since the main, contrib, and non-free archive areas are not
described anywhere else (as far as I can tell), it would be helpful
if some descriptive text were added to explain the intent of policy.
I suggest the following in the hopes that others will flesh out the
descriptions to be more accurate and complete than my first cut:

2.2.1 The main archive area

The main archive area is where the core of the Debian GNU/Linux system
lives.  All of the software in main can stand alone as a fully operational
system without any software from contrib or non-free.  The software
included in main is vetted to ensure compliance with policy and the DFSG.
In addition it does not depend on any software outside main, it is
believed to be wholly unencumbered by patents, and is believed to have no
legal encumbrances that could affect users or our ftp archive operators.

2.2.2 The contrib archive area

The contrib archive area is where fully policy compliant and DFSG free
software is put that depends on or recommends non-free software or
software that is otherwise unavailable within Debian.  Contrib software
is believed to be wholly unencumbered by patents and to have no legal
encumbrances that could affect users or our ftp archives.  However,
contrib software usually requires using either non-free software or
software that is otherwise not available or not policy compliant.

2.2.3 The non-free archive area

The non-free archive area is where software that is freely
redistributable, but not fully policy compliant (which can be as simple
as failing the software build requirements) or not DFSG free, or is
encumbered by patents or is affected by other legal issues that could
affect our users or our ftp infrastructure.


Obviously, I intend these paragraphs to be added as descriptions and all
of the normative parts of those sections to be preserved (I didn't copy
them here to save bits and bandwidth).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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                      0.8.20     utilities to manage online documen

-- no debconf information

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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.9.2.0

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

debian-policy_3.9.2.0.dsc
  to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.2.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.9.2.0.tar.gz
  to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.2.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.9.2.0_all.deb
  to main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.9.2.0_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 594542@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:48:55 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.2.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Description: 
 debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 459868 488214 501930 504880 536790 581011 588014 590696 591857 593909 594274 594542 594656 594658 597074 599944 606869 609160 619186
Changes: 
 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #459868, #581011
   * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
     Closes: #594658
   * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Closes: #588014
   * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
     Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
     Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #619186
   * Policy: Significant additions to maintainer script documentation
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Closes: #504880
   * Policy: Clarify format of Debian control fields
     Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
     Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
     Closes: #501930, #593909
   * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
     Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
     Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Closes: #488214
   * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
     architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
     machine.  (Closes: #591857)
   * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
     description.  Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer.  (Closes: #590696)
   * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
     debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules.  List
     the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
     paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
     as either required or optional.  (Closes: #536790)
   * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
     to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
     multiarch triplet directories.  Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
     (Closes: #597074)
   * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
     the purpose of that archive area.  Based on a proposal by CJ
     Fearnley.  (Closes: #594542)
   * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
     Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures.  Patch
     from Guillem Jover.  (Closes: #594656)
   * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
   * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
   * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
   * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
     -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
     packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
     than the version in oldstable.
   * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
     from org source from the revision control repository.  Build and clean
     files from org source unconditionally.  Add Process.{txt,html} to the
     list of files generated from org source.  (Closes: #594274)
   * Fix URLs under www.freedesktop.org to avoid permanent redirects.
     Thanks, David Prévot.  (Closes: #606869)
   * Add a cross-reference to the Pre-Depends requirement in 3.5 to section
     7.2 where Pre-Depends is defined.  Thanks, Mattias Ellert and Jonathan
     Nieder.  (Closes: #599944)
   * Include the new (optional) copyright format that was drafted as DEP-5.
     This is not yet a final version; that's expected to come in the
     3.9.3.0 release.  Thanks to all the DEP-5 contributors and to Lars
     Wirzenius and Charles Plessy for the integration into the Policy
     package.  (Closes: #609160)
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