Here’s are some of the bugs against the Debian Policy Manual. In particular, there really are quite a few patches needing seconds from DDs. Please consider getting involved.
Consensus has been reached and help is needed to write a patch
#172436 BROWSER and sensible-browser standardization
#273093 document interactions of multiple clashing package diversions
#299007 Transitioning perms of /usr/local
#314808 Web applications should use /usr/share/package, not /usr/share/doc/…
#425523 Describe error unwind when unpacking a package fails
#452393 Clarify difference between required and important priorities
#476810 Please clarify 12.5, “Copyright information”
#484673 file permissions for files potentially including credential informa…
#491318 init scripts “should” support start/stop/restart/force-reload - why…
#556015 Clarify requirements for linked doc directories
Wording proposed, awaiting review from anyone and/or seconds by DDs
#756835 Extension of the syntax of the Packages-List field.
#786470 [copyright-format] Add an optional “License-Grant” field
#835451 Building as root should be discouraged
#845255 Include best practices for packaging database applications
#846970 Proposal for a Build-Indep-Architecture: control file field
#864615 please update version of posix standard for scripts (section 10.4)
#874090 Clarify wording of some passages
#874095 copyright-format: Use the “synopsis” term established in the de…
#877674 [debian-policy] update links to the pdf and other formats of the do…
#882445 Proposed change of offensive packages to -offensive
Merged for the next release
#683495 perl scripts: ”#!/usr/bin/perl” MUST or SHOULD?
#877674 [debian-policy] update links to the pdf and other formats of the do…
#878523 [PATCH] Spelling fixes