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#172436 BROWSER and sensible-browser standardization
#273093 document interactions of multiple clashing package diversions
#299007 Transitioning perms of /usr/local
#314808 Web applications should use /usr/share/package, not /usr/share/doc/
#425523 Describe error unwind when unpacking a package fails
#452393 Clarify difference between required and important priorities
#476810 Please clarify 12.5, Copyright information
#484673 file permissions for files potentially including credential informa
#491318 init scripts should support start/stop/restart/force-reload - why
#556015 Clarify requirements for linked doc directories
#568313 Suggestion: forbid the use of dpkg-statoverride when uid and gid ar
#578597 Recommend usage of dpkg-buildflags to initialize CFLAGS and al.
#582109 document triggers where appropriate
#587991 perl-policy: /etc/perl missing from Module Path
#592610 Clarify when Conflicts + Replaces et al are appropriate
#613046 please update example in 4.9.1 (debian/rules and DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)
#614807 Please document autobuilder-imposed build-dependency alternative re
#628515 recommending verbose build logs
#664257 document Architecture name definitions
#682347 mark editor virtual package name as obsolete
#685506 copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field
#685746 debian-policy Consider clarifying the use of recommends
#688251 Built-Using description too aggressive
#749826 [multiarch] please document the use of Multi-Arch field in debian/c
#757760 please document build profiles
#759316 Document the use of /etc/default for cron jobs
#761219 document versioned Provides
#767839 Linking documentation of arch:any package to arch:all
#770440 policy should mention systemd timers
#773557 Avoid unsafe RPATH/RUNPATH
#780725 PATH used for building is not specified
#793499 The Installed-Size algorithm is out-of-date
#810381 Update wording of 5.6.26 VCS-* fields to recommend encryption
#823256 Update maintscript arguments with dpkg >= 1.18.5
#833401 virtual packages: dbus-session-bus, dbus-default-session-bus
#835451 Building as root should be discouraged
#838777 Policy 11.8.4 for x-window-manager needs update for freedesktop menus
#845715 Please document that packages are not allowed to write outside thei
#853779 Clarify requirements about update-rc.d and invoke-rc.d usage in mai
#874019 Note that the -e argument to x-terminal-emulator works like
#874206 allow a trailing comma in package relationship fields
Wording proposed, awaiting review from anyone and/or seconds by DDs
#515856 remove get-orig-source
#542288 Versions for native packages, NMU s, and binary only uploads
#582109 document triggers where appropriate
#610083 Remove requirement to document upstream source location in debian/c
#645696 [copyright-format] clearer definitions and more consistent License:
#649530 [copyright-format] clearer definitions and more consistent License:
#662998 stripping static libraries
#682347 mark editor virtual package name as obsolete
#683222 say explicitly that debian/changelog is required in source packages
#688251 Built-Using description too aggressive
#737796 copyright-format: support Files: paragraph with both abbreviated na
#756835 Extension of the syntax of the Packages-List field.
#786470 [copyright-format] Add an optional License-Grant field
#810381 Update wording of 5.6.26 VCS-* fields to recommend encryption
#835451 Building as root should be discouraged
#845255 Include best practices for packaging database applications
#850729 Documenting special version number suffixes
#874090 Clarify wording of some passages
#874095 copyright-format: Use the synopsis term established in the de
Merged for the next release
#661928 recipe for determining shlib package name
#679751 please clarify package account and home directory location in policy
#683222 say explicitly that debian/changelog is required in source packages
#870915 [5.6.30] Testsuite: There are much more defined values
#872893 Chapters, sections, appendices and numbering
#872895 Include multi-page HTML in package
#872896 An html.tar.gz has leaked into the .deb?
#872900 Very generic info file name
#872950 Too much indirection in info file menus
#873819 upgrading-checklist.txt: typo pgpsignurlmangle in section 4.11 of V
#874411 missing line breaks in summary of ways maintainers scripts are call