10.27. Version 3.8.2

Released June, 2009.

2.4

The list of archive sections has been significantly expanded. See this debian-devel-announce message for the list of new sections and rules for how to categorize packages.

3.9.1

All packages must use debconf or equivalent for user prompting, though essential packages or their dependencies may also fall back on other methods.

5.6.1

The requirements for source package names are now explicitly spelled out.

9.1

Legacy XFree86 servers no longer get a special exception from the FHS permitting /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.

9.1.3

Removed obsolete dependency requirements for packages that use /var/mail.

11.8.5

Speedo fonts are now deprecated. The X backend was disabled starting in lenny.

12.5

The GNU Free Documentation License version 1.3 is included in common-licenses and should be referenced from there.