10.30. Version 3.7.3

Released December, 2007.

5.6.12

Package version numbers may contain tildes, which sort before anything, even the end of a part.

10.4

Scripts may assume that /bin/sh supports local (at a basic level) and that its test builtin (if any) supports -a and -o binary logical operators.

8.5

The substitution variable ${binary:Version} should be used in place of ${Source-Version} for dependencies between packages of the same library.

menu policy

Substantial reorganization and renaming of sections in the Debian menu structure. Packages with menu entries should be reviewed to see if the menu section has been renamed or if one of the new sections would be more appropriate.

5.6.1

The Source field in a .changes file may contain a version number in parentheses.

5.6.17

The acceptable values for the Urgency field are low, medium, high, critical, or emergency.

8.6

The shlibs file now allows an optional type field, indicating the type of package for which the line is valid. The only currently supported type is udeb, used with packages for the Debian Installer.

3.9.1

Packages following the Debian Configuration management specification must allow for translation of their messages by using a gettext-based system such as po-debconf.

12.5

GFDL 1.2, GPL 3, and LGPL 3 are now in common-licenses and should be referenced rather than quoted in debian/copyright.