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The checklist below has been created to simplify the upgrading process of old packages. Note that this list is not "official"; it simply gives an indication of what has changed and whether you are likely to need to make changes to your package in light of this. If you have doubts about a certain topic, if you need more details, or if you think some other package does not comply with policy, please refer to the Policy Manual itself. All of the changes from version 3.0.0 onwards indicate which section of the Policy Manual discusses the issue: [3.4] means section 3.4. The section numbering changed when the packaging manual was incorporated into policy; the section numbers used below refer to the current version.
Here is how the check list works: Check which policy version your package was checked against last (indicated in the "Standards-Version" field of the source package). Then move upwards until the top and check which of the items on the list might concern your package. Note which sections of policy discuss this, and then check out the Policy Manual for details. If you are upgrading from Policy version < 2.5.0, it may be easier to check through the whole of policy instead of picking your way through this list.
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Policy checklist for upgrading your packages
Bill Allombertballombe@debian.org
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