| State | Bug | Package | Title | Other tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| open | #99933 | src:debian-policy | Encourage UTF-8 for documentation and clarify encoding issues | list usertags |
| open | #122038 | src:debian-policy | Add FHS exception for Debian's use of /var/backups | list usertags |
| open | #152955 | src:debian-policy | force-reload should not start the daemon if it is not running | list usertags |
| open | #212814 | src:debian-policy | Clarify relationship between long and short description | list usertags |
| open | #228692 | src:debian-policy | User/group creation/removal in package maintainer scripts | list usertags |
| open | #246016 | src:debian-policy | Define allowed charsets properly | list usertags |
| open | #248809 | src:debian-policy | Debian user namespace for package-created users | list usertags |
| open | #253511 | src:developers-reference | provide guideline to keep the package namespace sane | list usertags |
| open | #273093 | src:debian-policy | document interactions of multiple clashing package diversions | list usertags |
| open | #291177 | src:debian-policy | User/group creation/removal in package maintainer scripts | list usertags |
| open | #314808 | src:debian-policy | Web applications should use /usr/share/package, not /usr/share/doc/package | list usertags |
| open | #348336 | src:debian-policy | Clarify Policy around shared configuration files | list usertags |
| open | #391841 | src:debian-policy | Virtual package time-daemon underspecified | list usertags |
| open | #401452 | src:debian-policy | Standardize syntax of the name in the Maintainer control field | list usertags |
| open | #425523 | src:debian-policy | Describe error unwind when unpacking a package fails | list usertags |
| open | #429671 | src:debian-policy | exim4 username | list usertags |
| open | #452393 | src:debian-policy | Clarify difference between required and important priorities | list usertags |
| open | #476810 | src:debian-policy | Please clarify 12.5, "Copyright information" | list usertags |
| open | #484673 | src:debian-policy | file permissions for files potentially including credential information | list usertags |
| open | #491318 | src:debian-policy | init scripts "should" support start/stop/restart/force-reload - why not "must"? | list usertags |
| open | #495233 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: README.source content should be more detailed | list usertags |
| open | #509935 | src:debian-policy | decide whether Uploaders is parsed per RFC 5322 | list usertags |
| open | #544981 | src:developers-reference | Discourage native packages that are not tightly specific to Debian | list usertags |
| open | #545688 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Include webapps policy in external "sub-policy" documents | list usertags |
| open | #553619 | src:java-policy | java-policy: Include the policy in debian-policy? | list usertags |
| open | #556015 | src:debian-policy | Clarify requirements for linked doc directories | list usertags |
| open | #562254 | src:debian-policy | README.source to describe VCS-related info (e.g. commit rights) | list usertags |
| open | #568313 | src:debian-policy | Suggestion: forbid the use of dpkg-statoverride when uid and gid are static | list usertags |
| open | #578597 | src:debian-policy | Recommend usage of dpkg-buildflags to initialize CFLAGS and al. | list usertags |
| open | #582109 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: document triggers where appropriate | list usertags |
| open | #587991 | src:debian-policy | perl-policy: /etc/perl missing from Module Path | list usertags |
| open | #590511 | src:debian-policy | Document significance of first-listed alternative in dependencies | list usertags |
| open | #592610 | src:debian-policy | Clarify when Conflicts + Replaces et al are appropriate | list usertags |
| open | #595652 | src:debian-policy | db packages failing to install... | list usertags |
| open | #610083 | src:debian-policy | Remove requirement to document upstream source location in debian/copyright ? | list usertags |
| open | #613046 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please update example in 4.9.1 (debian/rules and DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS) | list usertags |
| open | #621833 | src:debian-policy | System users: removing them | list usertags |
| open | #627213 | src:debian-policy | New virtual package(s) for different kinds of httpd (fastcgi etc) | list usertags |
| open | #645696 | src:debian-policy | [copyright-format] clearer definitions and more consistent License: stanza specification | list usertags |
| open | #649530 | src:debian-policy | [copyright-format] clearer definitions and more consistent License: stanza specification | list usertags |
| open | #649679 | src:debian-policy | [copyright-format] Clarify what distinguishes files and stand-alone license paragraphs. | list usertags |
| open | #650974 | src:debian-policy | Make Policy references to /usr/lib multiarch-aware | list usertags |
| open | #662998 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: stripping static libraries | list usertags |
| open | #664257 | src:debian-policy | document Architecture name definitions | list usertags |
| open | #671009 | src:debian-policy | document Tag field | list usertags |
| open | #682347 | src:debian-policy | mark 'editor' virtual package name as obsolete | list usertags |
| open | #684126 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: clarification needed for handling of directories used by maintainer scripts | list usertags |
| open | #684672 | src:debian-policy | document multiarch tuple definitions | list usertags |
| open | #685506 | src:debian-policy | copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field | list usertags |
| open | #685746 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy Consider clarifying the use of recommends | list usertags |
| open | #687900 | src:debian-policy | document multiarch | list usertags |
| open | #694883 | src:debian-policy | copyright-format: please clarify the recommended form for public domain files | list usertags |
| open | #696185 | src:debian-policy | [copyright-format] Use short names from SPDX. | list usertags |
| open | #697039 | src:debian-policy | expand cron and init requirement to check binary existence to other scripts | list usertags |
| open | #697237 | src:debian-policy | [copyright-format] Specify that the file starts with the Format field. | list usertags |
| open | #700759 | src:debian-policy | Shared library policy on private libs | list usertags |
| open | #722535 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: To document: the "Binary-Only" field in Debian changes files. | list usertags |
| open | #726998 | src:debian-policy | Require packages avoid privacy breaches via web trackers | list usertags |
| open | #728200 | src:debian-policy | Clarify requirements for how to put a source package in a modifiable state | list usertags |
| open | #737796 | src:debian-policy | copyright-format: support Files: paragraph with both abbreviated names and license paragraph | list usertags |
| open | #749826 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: [multiarch] please document the use of Multi-Arch field in debian/control | list usertags |
| open | #756835 | src:debian-policy | Extension of the syntax of the Packages-List field. | list usertags |
| open | #757760 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please document build profiles | list usertags |
| open | #759316 | src:debian-policy | Document the use of /etc/default for cron jobs | list usertags |
| open | #759491 | src:debian-policy | Define pseudo-essential | list usertags |
| open | #767839 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Linking documentation of arch:any package to arch:all | list usertags |
| open | #770440 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: policy should mention systemd timers | list usertags |
| open | #773557 | src:debian-policy | Avoid unsafe RPATH/RUNPATH | list usertags |
| open | #776557 | src:debian-policy | Less ambiguous guidance on Priority: important | list usertags |
| open | #780403 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Define what should happen when installing a package and the init script fails to start it | list usertags |
| open | #780725 | src:debian-policy | PATH used for building is not specified | list usertags |
| open | #786470 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: [copyright-format] Add an optional âLicense-Grantâ field | list usertags |
| open | #790949 | src:debian-policy | Restarting daemons when thier plugins change | list usertags |
| open | #794653 | src:debian-policy | Recommend use of dpkg-maintscript-helper where appropriate | list usertags |
| open | #795402 | src:debian-policy | base-files: Please add Creative Commons license texts | list usertags |
| open | #796660 | src:debian-policy | Binaries in binary packages match the architecture | list usertags |
| open | #798476 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: don't require Uploaders | list usertags |
| open | #802501 | src:debian-policy | init script failures during postinst and related scripts | list usertags |
| open | #804018 | src:init-system-helpers | dpkg: provide options to avoid service startup on package installation | list usertags |
| open | #809637 | src:debian-policy | DEP-5 does not support filenames with blanks | list usertags |
| open | #814156 | src:debian-policy | Extra-Source-Only field in Sources index | list usertags |
| open | #823766 | src:debian-policy | Define *-browser virtual packages | list usertags |
| open | #830524 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Allow building only selected flavors | list usertags |
| open | #833709 | src:debian-policy | Please add the MIT/Expat license to common-licenses | list usertags |
| open | #835451 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Building as root should be discouraged | list usertags |
| open | #835452 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Deprecating dependency of "binary" on "build" | list usertags |
| open | #837478 | src:debian-policy | Clarify Policy requirements for relocatable (-fPIE or -fPIC) static libraries | list usertags |
| open | #838777 | src:debian-policy | Policy 11.8.4 for x-window-manager needs update for freedesktop menus | list usertags |
| open | #845255 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Include best practices for packaging database applications | list usertags |
| open | #846970 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Proposal for a Build-Indep-Architecture: control file field | list usertags |
| open | #850157 | src:debian-policy | Please deprecate all ad-hoc patch systems | list usertags |
| open | #852677 | src:debian-policy | Maintainer fields with multiple maintainers | list usertags |
| open | #853779 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Clarify requirements about update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d usage in maintainer scripts | list usertags |
| open | #858770 | src:debian-policy | [debian-policy] Document dbgsym package | list usertags |
| open | #872288 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: document .buildinfo files | list usertags |
| open | #872587 | src:debian-policy | Document the Protected field | list usertags |
| open | #874206 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: allow a trailing comma in package relationship fields | list usertags |
| open | #874663 | src:debian-policy | Document +dfsg as extenson when repacking upstream sources | list usertags |
| open | #875531 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please require alternatives to support "editor +42 filename" | list usertags |
| open | #876055 | src:debian-policy | Environment variable handling for reproducible builds | list usertags |
| open | #876243 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: virtual package: httpd-fastcgi | list usertags |
| open | #878905 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Document installability recommendations for dependency alternatives | list usertags |
| open | #883950 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: allow specifying common licenses with only the identifier | list usertags |
| open | #883966 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add MIT/Expat to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #883968 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add CC-BY-SA-3.0 to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #883969 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add CC-BY-SA-4.0 to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #884006 | src:debian-policy | copyright-format: Documenting copyrights not in source package but in binary package | list usertags |
| open | #884223 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add AGPL-3.0 to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #884224 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add CC-BY-3.0 to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #884225 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add CC-BY-4.0 to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #884226 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add EPL-1.0 to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #884227 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add zlib to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #884228 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please add OFL-1.1 to common licenses | list usertags |
| open | #884964 | src:debian-policy | Discourage 'su -' in maintscripts, in favour of plain 'su' | list usertags |
| open | #885698 | src:debian-policy | Update and document criteria for inclusion in /usr/share/common-licenses | list usertags |
| open | #889820 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: 12.5, relaxed requirement for copyright location | list usertags |
| open | #890946 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Editor policy is inconsistent with sensible-editor's behaviour | list usertags |
| open | #902612 | src:debian-policy | Packages should not touch users' home directories | list usertags |
| open | #904248 | src:debian-policy | Add netbase to build-essential | list usertags |
| open | #904729 | src:debian-policy | Policy 12.5: Must the license grant be included in debian/copyright? | list usertags |
| open | #905401 | src:debian-policy | permit access to apt repositories during builds | list usertags |
| open | #905453 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Policy does not include a section on NEWS.Debian files | list usertags |
| open | #906286 | src:debian-policy | repository-format sub-policy | list usertags |
| open | #906949 | src:debian-policy | Clarify documentation location in a Python2-less distribution | list usertags |
| open | #907051 | src:debian-policy | Say much more about vendoring of libraries | list usertags |
| open | #907313 | src:debian-policy | Lack of guidelines on purging conffiles in stateless packages | list usertags |
| open | #910548 | src:debian-policy | base-files - please consider adding /usr/share/common-licenses/Unicode-Data | list usertags |
| open | #918438 | src:debian-policy | orig tarball components with uppercase letters | list usertags |
| open | #920692 | src:debian-policy | Packages must not install files or directories into /var/cache | list usertags |
| open | #922674 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: make symlink requirements consistent | list usertags |
| open | #924094 | src:debian-policy | Add Artistic-2.0 to common-licenses | list usertags |
| open | #926168 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: §9.3.2 difference to LSB (force-reload action of init scripts) | list usertags |
| open | #942051 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: [4.9] requirement to write only to /tmp, /var/tmp, ${TMPDIR} is too strict | list usertags |
| open | #944296 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Source provenance requirement is WET | list usertags |
| open | #944329 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Unclear text about password files modifications | list usertags |
| open | #945269 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: packages should use tmpfiles.d(5) to create directories below /var | list usertags |
| open | #945275 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: [9.1.2] deprecated `staff` group special case | list usertags |
| open | #949258 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Support negated architecture specifications in debian/control Architecture field | list usertags |
| open | #949690 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: "service unit should have the same name as the package" seems too strong | list usertags |
| open | #950440 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Confusing conflation of Essential:yes w/ Priority:required | list usertags |
| open | #954794 | src:debian-policy | Permit packages to declare dependencies on Essential packages | list usertags |
| open | #962277 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Maintainer address: move away from RFC822 to RFC5322 + RFC6532 | list usertags |
| done | #963524 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads | list usertags |
| done | #968226 | src:debian-policy | Move documentation of Build-Depends alternative selection out of footnote | list usertags |
| done | #970234 | src:debian-policy | consider dropping "No hard links in source packages" | list usertags |
| open | #971977 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: debian/changelog date syntax description inconsistent/ambiguous wrt. to day of month | list usertags |
| open | #975250 | src:debian-policy | clarify gathering together of copyright information | list usertags |
| open | #975637 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: deprecate Rules-Requires-Root other than "no", "binary-targets" in Debian | list usertags |
| open | #980069 | src:debian-policy | Better documentation of x-terminal-emulator | list usertags |
| open | #980825 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Historical sign off dates in d/changelog and "single digit" day of the month | list usertags |
| open | #981406 | src:debian-policy | define "makefile" as a GNU Make-compatible makefile; support 'gmake' shebang | list usertags |
| open | #983065 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Downgrades are not allowed / Package upgrades must have a greater version than previous packages of the same name in the same suite | list usertags |
| done | #984511 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: please clarify how archive areas can be combined in source packages | list usertags |
| open | #986320 | src:debian-policy | Stronger advice on when to use native packages | list usertags |
| open | #990362 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Obsolete advice on multiple builds | list usertags |
| open | #990822 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Please document version scheme for derivatives | list usertags |
| done | #994008 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Clarify relationship between source and binary packages' archive areas | list usertags |
| open | #998165 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: document and allow Description in the source paragraph | list usertags |
| open | #998282 | src:debian-policy | Please make Section a required field for the source paragraph in d/control | list usertags |
| open | #1004522 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Proposing new virtual package: wayland-session | list usertags |
| open | #1006912 | src:debian-policy | is it time to have account deletion in policy? | list usertags |
| open | #1006976 | src:debian-policy | what about dynamically allocated groups? | list usertags |
| open | #1009343 | src:debian-policy | please consider adding Boost-1.0 and Expat to /usr/share/common-licenses | list usertags |
| open | #1013195 | src:debian-policy | Add AGPL-3 to common-licenses | list usertags |
| open | #1020323 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: document DPKG_ROOT | list usertags |
| open | #1026231 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: document droppage of support for legacy locales | list usertags |
| done | #1029211 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Add mention of the new non-free-firmware archive area | list usertags |
| open | #1029831 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Make required packages build-essential | list usertags |
| done | #1035733 | src:debian-policy | debian -policy: packages must not use dpkg-divert to override default systemd configuraton files | list usertags |
| done | #1039102 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: make systemd units mandatory for packages shipping system services | list usertags |
| open | #1041464 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: make Uploaders field optional for team-maintained packages | list usertags |
| open | #1049406 | src:debian-policy | debian-policy: Does Debian have native vs. non-native *binary* packages? | list usertags |
| open | #1050221 | src:debian-policy | Upgrade a foot note to a paragraph | list usertags |
| open | #1050322 | src:debian-policy | Partial versus complete replacement of a package by another | list usertags |
| open | #1051371 | src:debian-policy | Post-/usr-merge paths for script interpreters | list usertags |
| open | #1051582 | src:debian-policy | Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete | list usertags |
| open | #1051801 | src:debian-policy | document DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS value nopgo | list usertags |