Hello everyone,

I just pushed version 4.5.1.0 of the Debian Policy Manual and related
documents to sid. Below you will find the significant normative changes
from the previously announced release of Policy (4.5.0).

There are only a small number of changes. However, it has been some
months since our last release, and I've found myself repeatedly
directing people on IRC to some of the to-be-released text. Further,
one of the changes is linked with our release cycle and that's moving on
to its next stage soon.

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2.3, 4.5 & 12.5
The copyright information for files in a package must be copied
verbatim into ``/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright`` when

#. the distribution license for those files requires that
copyright information be included in all copies and/or binary
distributions;

#. the files are shipped in the binary package, either in source
or compiled form; and

#. the form in which the files are present in the binary package
does not include a plain text version of their copyright
notices.

Note that there is no change to the requirement to copy all
licensing information into ``/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright``.

(Previously, it was always required for all copyright information
to be copied into ``/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright``.)

4.17
Packages must not contain a non-default series file. That is,
dpkg's vendor-specific patch series feature must not be used for
packages in the Debian archive.

(previously a "should not")

--
Sean Whitton

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