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• 2026/09/01 Bug#1146331: developers-reference: Document the procedure for adopting a pseudo-package Holger Levsen
• 2026/09/01 Bug#1146331: marked as done (developers-reference: Document the procedure for adopting a pseudo-package) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/09/01 Processing of developers-reference_14.15_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/09/01 developers-reference_14.15_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/08/31 Bug#1146331: developers-reference: Document the procedure for adopting a pseudo-package Andrew Sayers
• 2026/08/31 Bug#1146331: developers-reference: Document the procedure for adopting a pseudo-package Holger Levsen
• 2026/08/31 Bug#1146331: developers-reference: Document the procedure for adopting a pseudo-package Colin Watson
• 2026/08/31 Bug#1146331: developers-reference: Document the procedure for adopting a pseudo-package Andrew Sayers
• 2026/08/29 debian-policy is marked for autoremoval from testing Debian testing autoremoval watch
• 2026/08/29 Bug#1146059: debian-policy: Transparent exposure of maintainer (and upstream) AI and LLM usage via debian/control fields Sean Whitton
• 2026/08/29 Bug#1146059: debian-policy: Transparent exposure of maintainer (and upstream) AI and LLM usage via debian/control fields Tim Brown
• 2026/08/29 Processed: Re: Bug#1143297: debian-policy: FTBFS: Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/08/29 Bug#1143297: debian-policy: FTBFS: Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories Hilmar Preusse
• 2026/08/18 Bug#1144627: debian-policy: Introduce architecture as 2.6 and document baseline Sean Whitton
• 2026/08/17 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Sean Whitton
• 2026/08/17 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Simon Josefsson
• 2026/08/17 Bug#1144627: debian-policy: Introduce architecture as 2.6 and document baseline Holger Levsen
• 2026/08/17 Bug#1144627: debian-policy: Introduce architecture as 2.6 and document baseline Bastien Roucaries
• 2026/08/17 Bug#1144627: debian-policy: Introduce architecture as 2.6 and document baseline Holger Levsen
• 2026/08/17 Bug#1144627: debian-policy: Introduce architecture as 2.6 and document baseline Bastien Roucaries
• 2026/08/17 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Sean Whitton
• 2026/08/16 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Simon Josefsson
• 2026/08/16 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Sean Whitton
• 2026/08/16 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Simon Josefsson
• 2026/08/16 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Sean Whitton
• 2026/08/16 Bug#1143297: debian-policy: FTBFS: Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories Sean Whitton
• 2026/08/12 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2026/08/12 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Simon Josefsson
• 2026/08/10 Bug#1143297: debian-policy: FTBFS: Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories Hilmar Preuße
• 2026/08/10 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2026/08/10 Bug#1144046: define term 'release critical'? Simon Josefsson
• 2026/08/09 debian-policy is marked for autoremoval from testing Debian testing autoremoval watch
• 2026/08/09 Bug#1143297: debian-policy: FTBFS: Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories Sean Whitton
• 2026/08/09 Processed: Re: Bug#1143297: debian-policy: FTBFS: Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/08/01 Bug#1143297: debian-policy: FTBFS: Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories Santiago Vila
• 2026/07/29 Bug#578597: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578597;mbox=yes;msg=62 hellomanitowoc
• 2026/07/24 Bug#904729: Policy 12.5: Must the license grant be included in debian/copyright? Sean Whitton
• 2026/07/24 Bug#904729: Policy 12.5: Must the license grant be included in debian/copyright? Simon Josefsson
• 2026/07/24 Bug#1142696: debian-policy : Support 'Reference:' field in debian/copyright to avoid duplicating common-license texts Sean Whitton
• 2026/07/24 Bug#1142696: marked as done (debian-policy [copyright-format]: Support 'Reference:' field in debian/copyright to avoid duplicating common-license texts) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/07/24 Bug#904729: Bug#1142696: debian-policy : Support 'Reference:' field in debian/copyright to avoid duplicating common-license texts Simon Josefsson
• 2026/07/24 Bug#1142696: debian-policy [copyright-format]: Support 'Reference:' field in debian/copyright to avoid duplicating common-license texts Sean Whitton
• 2026/07/24 Bug#1142696: debian-policy [copyright-format]: Support 'Reference:' field in debian/copyright to avoid duplicating common-license texts Simon Josefsson
• 2026/07/23 Re: Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Soren Stoutner
• 2026/07/23 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Simon Josefsson
• 2026/07/23 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Sean Whitton
• 2026/07/20 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Simon Josefsson
• 2026/07/20 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Russ Allbery
• 2026/07/20 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Simon Josefsson
• 2026/07/17 Bug#1142295: marked as done (debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/07/17 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Peter Pentchev
• 2026/07/17 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2026/07/17 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Martin-Éric Racine
• 2026/07/17 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Bill Allombert
• 2026/07/17 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Guillem Jover
• 2026/07/17 Bug#1142295: debian-policy: Policy major digit should match the Debian release version Martin-Éric Racine
• 2026/06/25 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Sean Whitton
• 2026/06/25 developers-reference_14.14_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/06/25 Processing of developers-reference_14.14_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/06/25 Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers Holger Levsen
• 2026/06/25 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Holger Levsen
• 2026/06/24 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Helmut Grohne
• 2026/06/24 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Sean Whitton
• 2026/06/23 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Nilesh Patra
• 2026/06/23 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Sean Whitton
• 2026/06/22 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Nilesh Patra
• 2026/06/22 Bug#1140526: link in §2.2.1 to REJECT-FAQ is broken Jonas Smedegaard
• 2026/06/22 Bug#1140526: link in §2.2.1 to REJECT-FAQ is broken Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2026/06/22 Bug#1140526: link in §2.2.1 to REJECT-FAQ is broken Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2026/06/22 Bug#1140526: link in §2.2.1 to REJECT-FAQ is broken Bill Allombert
• 2026/06/22 Bug#1140526: link in §2.2.1 to REJECT-FAQ is broken Jonas Smedegaard
• 2026/06/21 Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/06/16 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Sean Whitton
• 2026/06/16 Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers Holger Levsen
• 2026/06/16 Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers Bill Allombert
• 2026/06/16 Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers Holger Levsen
• 2026/06/16 Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers Holger Levsen
• 2026/06/15 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Simon McVittie
• 2026/06/14 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Matthias Geiger
• 2026/06/14 Bug#1074360: debian-policy: document sensible-terminal Simon McVittie
• 2026/06/14 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Simon McVittie
• 2026/06/14 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Bill Allombert
• 2026/06/14 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Simon McVittie
• 2026/06/14 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Matthias Geiger
• 2026/06/13 Processed: Re: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/06/13 Bug#620686: #620686 - document how to deal with technically negligent developers Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/06/13 Bug#1109323: developers-reference: extend documentation of delayed/deferred queue Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/06/13 Processed: Re: Bug#1109323: developers-reference: extend documentation of delayed/deferred queue Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/06/13 Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/06/13 Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html Holger Levsen
• 2026/06/12 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Sven Joachim
• 2026/06/12 Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/06/12 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Thomas Dickey
• 2026/06/12 Processing of developers-reference_14.13_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/06/12 developers-reference_14.13_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/06/12 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Sean Whitton
• 2026/06/11 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Matthias Geiger
• 2026/06/11 Processed: Re: Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/06/11 Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml Sean Whitton
• 2026/06/11 Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml Matthias Geiger
• 2026/06/07 Processing of developers-reference_14.12_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/06/07 developers-reference_14.12_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/06/06 Processed: Re: Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/06/06 Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Matthias Geiger
• 2026/06/04 Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Matthias Geiger
• 2026/06/04 Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Matthias Geiger
• 2026/06/04 Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Sean Whitton
• 2026/06/03 Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Matthias Geiger
• 2026/06/02 Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html Holger Levsen
• 2026/06/01 Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/06/01 Processed: Re: Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/06/01 Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html Holger Levsen
• 2026/05/31 Bug#934528: marked as done (email gate and db/LDAP) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/31 Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Matthias Geiger
• 2026/05/31 Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Simon McVittie
• 2026/05/31 Processed: your mail Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/31 Bug#1138547: debian-policy: Add openRC section to starting system services Matthias Geiger
• 2026/05/31 Bug#885698: new licenses added on 2026-05-29 Sean Whitton
• 2026/05/31 Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml Sean Whitton
• 2026/05/30 Bug#1109323: developers-reference: extend documentation of delayed/deferred queue Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/05/29 Bug#801065: service failures should not fail dpkg installation: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/09/msg00532.html Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/05/29 Bug#885698: new licenses added on 2026-05-29 Santiago Vila
• 2026/05/29 Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml Bill Allombert
• 2026/05/28 Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml Simon Josefsson
• 2026/05/28 Bug#1131015: mention Files-Excluded/Included-* in copyright-format-1.0.xml Charles Plessy
• 2026/05/28 Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package Matthias Geiger
• 2026/05/28 Bug#1111126: Make it official Sean Whitton
• 2026/05/28 Bug#1138158: Define semantics of version-range dependencies Julian Andres Klode
• 2026/05/28 Bug#1111126: Make it official c . buhtz
• 2026/05/28 Bug#1111126: Make it official Chris Hofstaedtler
• 2026/05/28 Bug#1111126: Make it official c . buhtz
• 2026/05/28 Processed: limit source to debian-policy, tagging 1138005 Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/27 Processing of developers-reference_14.11_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/05/27 developers-reference_14.11_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/05/27 Bug#1138005: debian-policy: Several links related to build profiles are broken Colin Watson
• 2026/05/24 Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Holger Levsen
• 2026/05/24 Processed: Re: Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/24 Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Dmitry Shachnev
• 2026/05/24 Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Nilesh Patra
• 2026/05/24 Processed: Re: Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/23 Re: Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Soren Stoutner
• 2026/05/23 Re: Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Soren Stoutner
• 2026/05/23 Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Holger Levsen
• 2026/05/23 Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Bill Allombert
• 2026/05/23 Processing of developers-reference_14.10_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/05/23 Bug#1136791: marked as done (adequate: update description and mention from package testing section) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/23 Bug#742552: marked as done (developers-reference should encourage verification of upstream cryptographic signatures) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/23 developers-reference_14.10_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/05/23 Processed: Bug#742552 marked as pending in developers-reference Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/23 Bug#742552: marked as pending in developers-reference Holger Levsen
• 2026/05/23 Bug#1137424: lintian/dev-ref: false positive embedded-javascript-library Holger Levsen
• 2026/05/23 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Guillem Jover
• 2026/05/23 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Sean Whitton
• 2026/05/23 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Nilesh Patra
• 2026/05/23 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Sean Whitton
• 2026/05/22 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Nilesh Patra
• 2026/05/19 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments c . buhtz
• 2026/05/19 Re: Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Soren Stoutner
• 2026/05/19 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments c . buhtz
• 2026/05/19 Bug#742552: developers-reference should encourage verification of upstream cryptographic signatures Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/05/19 Processed: Re: developers-reference should encourage verification of upstream cryptographic signatures Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/19 Bug#1136791: adequate: update description and mention from package testing section Holger Levsen
• 2026/05/19 Bug#1136791: adequate: update description and mention from package testing section Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/05/19 Processing of developers-reference_14.9_source.changes Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/05/19 Bug#301011: marked as done (more verbose instructions on new upstream package) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/19 Bug#1062983: marked as done (Developers Reference in A4 instead of US Letter) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/19 developers-reference_14.9_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Debian FTP Masters
• 2026/05/19 Processed: Bug#1062983 marked as pending in developers-reference Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/19 Bug#1062983: marked as pending in developers-reference Holger Levsen
• 2026/05/19 Bug#1136791: adequate: update description and mention from package testing section Holger Levsen
• 2026/05/19 Bug#424879: marked as done (developers-reference: Document best practise for update-alternatives) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/19 Bug#101870: marked as done (dealing with having several versions of a program (alternatives etc)) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Russ Allbery
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Alex
• 2026/05/17 Processed: Re: Bug#1062983: Updated devel-manuals? Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1062983: Updated devel-manuals? Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/05/17 Re: Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Michael Stehmann
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments c . buhtz
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Russ Allbery
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Michael Stehmann
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments c . buhtz
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Russ Allbery
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Mechtilde Stehmann
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Peter Pentchev
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments c . buhtz
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1062983: Updated devel-manuals? Sebastian Geiger (Lanoxx)
• 2026/05/17 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Alex
• 2026/05/16 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Russ Allbery
• 2026/05/16 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Alex
• 2026/05/16 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Russ Allbery
• 2026/05/16 Bug#1111126: Policy change and technical adjustments Alex
• 2026/05/15 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Nilesh Patra
• 2026/05/15 Bug#1136160: debian-policy: Clarify that Multi-Arch is not applicable for udebs Guillem Jover
• 2026/05/15 Bug#1136791: adequate: update description and mention from package testing section Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/05/15 Bug#101870: Update multiple version handling policies Serafeim (Serafi) Zanikolas
• 2026/05/15 Bug#1136641: debian-policy: do not require shared libraries to change package name with soname changes Andrey Rakhmatullin
• 2026/05/15 Bug#1136641: debian-policy: do not require shared libraries to change package name with soname changes Ansgar 🙀
• 2026/05/15 Bug#1136641: debian-policy: do not require shared libraries to change package name with soname changes Bill Allombert
• 2026/05/14 Bug#436162: marked as done (developers-reference: Please document best practices for requesting translations and updates) Debian Bug Tracking System
• 2026/05/14 Bug#1136641: debian-policy: do not require shared libraries to change package name with soname changes Russ Allbery

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