Debian Policy started off the Debian 11 “bullseye” release cycle with the release of Debian Policy 4.4.0.0. Please consider helping us fix more bugs and prepare more releases (whether or not you’re at DebCamp19!).

• More bugs, organised by difficulty, here

• Our guide to contribution

Consensus has been reached and help is needed to write a patch:

#425523 Describe error unwind when unpacking a package fails

#452393 Clarify difference between required and important priorities

#582109 document triggers where appropriate

#592610 Clarify when Conflicts + Replaces et al are appropriate

#682347 mark ‘editor’ virtual package name as obsolete

#685506 copyright-format: new Files-Excluded field

#749826 [multiarch] please document the use of Multi-Arch field in debian/c…

#757760 please document build profiles

#770440 policy should mention systemd timers

#823256 Update maintscript arguments with dpkg >= 1.18.5

#905453 Policy does not include a section on NEWS.Debian files

#907051 Say much more about vendoring of libraries

Wording proposed, awaiting review from anyone and/or seconds by DDs:

#786470 [copyright-format] Add an optional “License-Grant” field

#919507 Policy contains no mention of /var/run/reboot-required

#920692 Packages must not install files or directories into /var/cache

#922654 Section 9.1.2 points to a wrong FHS section?