Tagged discussion by debian-policy@packages.debian.org

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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 #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 #291177 src:debian-policy User/group creation/removal in package maintainer scripts 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 #429671 src:debian-policy exim4 username list usertags
open #452393 src:debian-policy Clarify difference between required and important priorities list usertags
open #491647 src:debian-policy debian-policy: X font policy unclear around TTF fonts 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 #533287 src:debian-policy Clarify handling of shared configuration files list usertags
open #545688 src:debian-policy debian-policy: Include webapps policy in external "sub-policy" documents list usertags
open #562254 src:debian-policy README.source to describe VCS-related info (e.g. commit rights) list usertags
open #595652 src:debian-policy db packages failing to install... list usertags
open #609935 src:debian-policy debian-policy: 5.2 should clarify how Homepage from the source and binary packages relate list usertags
open #610083 src:debian-policy Remove requirement to document upstream source location in debian/copyright ? list usertags
open #616055 src:debian-policy policy: clarify precedence and propagation of Section and Priority list usertags
open #621833 src:debian-policy System users: removing them list usertags
open #623291 src:debian-policy Clarify that dependency loops involving relations like Suggests are ok 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 #671009 src:debian-policy document Tag field list usertags
open #671507 src:debian-policy clarify Conflicts does not permit binaries with the same name but different purposes 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 #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 #701660 src:debian-policy copyright-format: Clarifiy DEP5 copyright field example 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 #727610 src:debian-policy debian-policy: update footnote of section 7.7 once the buildds call “binary-arch”. 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 #757760 src:debian-policy debian-policy: please document build profiles list usertags
open #759491 src:debian-policy Define pseudo-essential 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 #786470 src:debian-policy debian-policy: [copyright-format] Add an optional “License-Grant” field list usertags
open #786470 src:debian-policy debian-policy: [copyright-format] Add an optional “License-Grant” field list usertags
open #786470 src:debian-policy debian-policy: [copyright-format] Add an optional “License-Grant” 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 #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 #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 #858770 src:debian-policy [debian-policy] Document dbgsym package list usertags
open #865713 src:debian-policy Please Start UTF-8 debian-policy Text Files with UTF-8 Signature list usertags
open #865769 src:debian-policy Second data package including some machine-readable data list usertags
open #868496 src:debmake-doc debmake-doc: Please Reference Debian Fonts 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 #872956 src:debian-policy [debian-policy] warn about danger of pipe in shell snippet of makefile list usertags
open #873001 src:debian-policy [debian-policy] get-orig-source documentation should include a pointer to devref and a minimal example 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 #876241 src:debian-policy debian-policy: Produce HTML output that doesn't try to load any JavaScript 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 #881166 src:debian-policy log files, postrotate example: start-stop-daemon or invoke-rc.d? 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 #904413 src:debian-policy debian-policy: HTML: link from section numbers in upgrading checklist to policy sections 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 #906949 src:debian-policy Clarify documentation location in a Python2-less distribution list usertags
open #907313 src:debian-policy Lack of guidelines on purging conffiles in stateless packages list usertags
open #918438 src:debian-policy orig tarball components with uppercase letters 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 #945275 src:debian-policy debian-policy: [9.1.2] deprecated `staff` group special case 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
open #968154 src:debian-policy debian-policy: please provide file with policy release versions and dates list usertags
open #975250 src:debian-policy clarify gathering together of copyright information list usertags
open #980069 src:debian-policy Better documentation of x-terminal-emulator list usertags
open #981406 src:debian-policy define "makefile" as a GNU Make-compatible makefile; support 'gmake' shebang list usertags
open #986320 src:debian-policy Stronger advice on when to use native packages list usertags
open #998282 src:debian-policy Please make Section a required field for the source paragraph in d/control 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 #1021828 src:debian-policy debian-policy.info: mysterious anchors in cross-references list usertags
open #1026231 src:debian-policy debian-policy: document droppage of support for legacy locales list usertags
open #1029831 src:debian-policy debian-policy: Make required packages build-essential 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 #1051582 src:debian-policy Policy 9.3 (Starting system services) is largely obsolete list usertags

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