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Debian changelog in Git:

debian-policy (4.6.1.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium

  [ Guillem Jover ]
  * Terminology fixes.  (Closes: #1020248)
    - Refer to blocks of fields in deb822 files as stanzas, not
      paragraphs.  This aligns terminology with dpkg and reduces confusion
      with text paragraphs found in, for example, the Description field.
  * Policy: Replace references to PGP with OpenPGP.  (Closes: #1020243)
  * Whitespace and quoting fixes.  (Closes: #1020238)
    - Remove trailing whitespace and convert tabs to spaces in all files.
    - Avoid use of unbalanced single quotes.
  * copyright-format: Formatting improvements.  (Closes: #1020241)
    - Put Source after Format in examples.
    - Reformat GPL examples to be more compact.
    - Use URLs rather than postal addresses in GPL examples.
    - Move the comment about where the GPL can be found on Debian systems
      to a separate Comment block in examples, rather than including it in
      the License text.
    - Apply wrap-and-sort -ast formatting to Files fields in the examples.

  [ Daniel Shahaf ]
  * Add an English description of the format of bug closers in the
    changelog file, alongside the Perl-compatible regular expression.
    (Closes: #953911)

  [ Russ Allbery ]
  * Prefer "portion" to "stanza" when describing parts of the Vcs-Git
    header to avoid confusion with blocks of fields in deb822.  Thanks to
    Charles Plessy for pointing out the inconsistency.

 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:07:55 -0700

This branch is 22 commits ahead of tag archive/debian/4.6.1.1

Git log:

commit da04068bb0f07b0e9f96f6e0f77f6e2fc47b4b9d
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 22 20:15:21 2022 -0700

    Fix changelog wording for Vcs-Git fix

commit 2e067842bceb2396efa3876d71169ed9a892b06d
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 22 18:44:40 2022 -0700

    Avoid confusing use of stanza
    
    Prefer "portion" to "stanza" when describing parts of the Vcs-Git
    header to avoid confusion with blocks of fields in deb822.  Thanks to
    Charles Plessy for pointing out the consistency.

commit 30a5d9ce4ec7f9127b3f08af7eff11a62e0cb8d5
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 20 09:11:20 2022 -0700

    Add changelog for stanza to paragraph fix

commit 64ed4629bdef2ee6d2b25fd3e7a6638e22ca7b4c
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Sep 19 22:33:40 2022 +0200

    Use stanza to refer to deb822 parts instead of paragraph
    
    The «stanza» name is a commonly used and understood term when referring
    to deb822 blocks. Although «paragraph» is commonly used it has the
    problem of being confusing as it then makes it hard to distinguish
    actual text paragraphs in prose, while «stanza» is a very specific
    term that is not applied anywhere else in the deb822 context, so it's
    always more clear and specific.
    
    In addition «stanza» is shorter, which is always a nice attribute
    on code for example.
    
    The references in dpkg documentation and code, will be updated shortly,
    so that there is uniform nomenclature used.
    
    Fixes: #1020248

commit 5ad754191cad800e16df22eef3aa77a6dda3fed0
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 21:41:18 2022 -0700

    Add changelog entry for bug closer description

commit 729a408c26bc7f3fa800da5a3a6008ba0a922b50
Author: Daniel Shahaf <danielsh@apache.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 21:39:09 2022 -0700

    Add English description of bug closer regex
    
    Alongside the Perl-compatible regular expression matching bug
    closers, add an English description of the format.

commit c03e59a2eba5dc3f105ecdf94309b1411b0012dd
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 18:02:57 2022 -0700

    Add changelog for Files example reformatting

commit c860d348c388a74efb8365cbac7cd6b5329bfd78
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 18:10:59 2022 +0200

    copyright-format: Wrap and sort -sat Files field
    
    Do not place entries on the first line with the field name, and place
    one item per line, so that adding or removing entries generates as
    minimal a diff as possible, and avoids modifying unrelated lines. Use
    a single space so that the indentation is always uniform among all
    fields.

commit e6fc7979abc886b4fcadb46a34f1a0fc6fd02a26
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 11:17:11 2022 -0700

    Minor grammar fix around OpenPGP (a -> an)

commit 14f70f57e62ba43121a92af9f759116db609b658
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 11:15:39 2022 -0700

    Add changelog for OpenPGP change

commit 0879aa21633481bf7c9501eaf5d3c9c9c02629af
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Dec 23 07:11:55 2021 +0100

    Use OpenPGP instead of PGP
    
    The standard is called OpenPGP, PGP instead is a specific
    implementation. And while depending on the context (such as filename
    extensions) using .pgp is better and more neutral than using some
    other implementation specific extension (such as .gpg), in this context
    the text refers to the generic OpenPGP signatures.

commit 3826f838037d88ff43868b45f66df2a4b277017d
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 10:40:40 2022 -0700

    Improve changelog for Guillem's changes
    
    Also include closes for the bugs.

commit b255d4ec1e7796a3cdf47b938bcb0633a52a14a7
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 10:31:35 2022 -0700

    Add changelog for Guillem's copyright-format cleanups

commit a1a2d3417cc428b5c1adbc3deb70e98fabc9acf8
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 18:28:30 2022 +0200

    copyright-format: Split the comment about license location into its own field
    
    The reference of the GPL about its location on the filesystem is not
    part of the GPL notice on the source, so it's confusing to mix this in
    the same License field. Instead move it into its own Comment field, as
    additional information.

commit 66851a7980e1325ff7ff9e2e4912901a2fe2883d
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 18:26:34 2022 +0200

    copyright-format: Use the URL format instead of the postal code for the GPL
    
    While the GPL-2 recommends using a postal address in the notice to
    include in source files, this has already changed once, and the GPL-3
    already uses this new more future-proof format where the license is
    referenced via an URL on the web.

commit b9eb2093f4854d39b8143deecf1a5968295fb8ac
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 18:23:07 2022 +0200

    copyright-format: Pack license formatting to match GPL upstream
    
    The example GPL notice  is rather more compact and uses more horizontal
    space and thus reduces vertical space. Use the same line wrapping to
    achieve the same effect and make it more uniform and compact.

commit 25d593b634e43d7479696e95f05fa7adbacee59b
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 10:21:55 2022 -0700

    Merge copyright stanzas for Margarita Manterola
    
    Margarita's copyright and license notices were unnecessarily split
    across two stanzas in debian/copyright.  Combine them.  Based on a
    patch by Guillem Jover.

commit f56acc3bb77823a220559a0fde7e41d257bd7f7c
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 18:05:57 2022 +0200

    copyright-format: Place Source field after Format field
    
    These both contain URLs, are the most important references, and nicely
    align, so it's nice to get them as early as possible in the file.

commit d160d625aba8895c454dcbf3c6145b18679a5205
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 18 10:08:04 2022 -0700

    Add changelog entry for Guillem's cleanup

commit eaea3c0372dd165b2e294905049bbce6a958f849
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 5 02:54:32 2022 +0100

    Do not use unbalanced single quotes
    
    Either use ''.
    
    Ref: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/quotes.html

commit 67599a3d8d291dd5debf92c85bd4b262497151b7
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 5 02:50:21 2022 +0100

    Use spaces instead of tabs to fix indentation

commit 7ada8f63937f61feebf5568f26d4552ae50301df
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 5 02:49:28 2022 +0100

    Remove trailing whitespace