Hi Russ, On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 08:47:39AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > I plan on uploading version 3.9.4.0 of the debian-policy package on > 2012-09-04. The target for this release is to incorporate accumulated > fixes that catch Policy up to current behavior and current practices. > Since we're in release freeze at the moment, I don't intend to pursue, for > this release, changes that contradict current practice except for the > implementation of the Technical Committee ruling on the > build-arch and build-indep targets. > If anyone has any Policy bugs that they feel meet that criteria and would > like to resolve before the next upload, now is the time to try to make > forward progress on them. > I think the following Policy bugs meet that criteria and have proposed > wording and are just waiting for additional seconds: > #106073 recommend installing <package> docs into /usr/share/doc/<package>/ > #542288 Versions for native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads > #640263 Clarify 9.9 - Environment variables > #648271 11.8.3 says xterm passes -e option straight to exec > #671355 [debconf] document escape capability I would like to suggest #591791 be added to this list. This is already implemented in the archive in startpar/sysvinit/debhelper, so this is now a matter of documenting existing practice and documenting the correct constraints on the use of upstart jobs in packages, which I think meets your criteria. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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