Next update of the Policy ?

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Dear Policy Editors and everybody,

to fully implement the TC's decision, I think that it would be best to upload
the updated Policy.  In addition, there are already a few other changes ready.
Here is the current upgrading checklist.

<tag>10.5</tag>
  <item> Symbolic links must not traverse above the root directory.
  </item>
<tag>9.2.2</tag>
  <item> 32bit UIDs in the range 65536-4294967293 are reserved for dynamically
  allocated user accounts.
  </item>
<tag>5.1</tag>
  <item> Empty field values in control files are only permitted in the
  <file>debian/control</file> file of a source package.
  </item>
<tag>4.9</tag>
  <item> <file>debian/rules</file>: required targets must not attempt
  network access.
  </item>
<tag>12.3</tag>
  <item> recommend to ship additional documentation for package
  <prgn>pkg</prgn> in a separate package <prgn>pkg-doc</prgn> and install it
  into <file>/usr/share/doc/pkg</file>.
  </item>
<tag>9.6</tag>
  <item>The requirements for the <em>FreeDesktop menu entries</em> are now
  documented, in particular regarding the icon size and format, when to display
  the entry, and where to coordinate the integration of the entries in menus of
  specific desktop systems.
  </item>
<tag>9.6</tag>
  <item> Packages providing a .desktop file must not also provide a .menu file
  for the same application.
  </item>
<tag>9.7</tag>
  <item>Packages already shipping <em>FreeDesktop menu entries</em> should use
  them to associate applications with media types.  Only in the absence of
  desktop entries, a file in <em>mailcap</em> format should be used.
  Associations between media types and files should be done via upstream
  databases, nevertheless it is also possible to register these associations
  directly in Debian if needed.
  </item>

Can a Policy Editor upload the updated Policy ?  If you are short of time, I
offer to do it myself.

Have a nice day,

Charles

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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan