Here’s are some more 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
#568313 Suggestion: forbid the use of dpkg-statoverride when uid and gid ar…
#578597 Recommend usage of dpkg-buildflags to initialize CFLAGS and al.
#582109 document triggers where appropriate
#587991 perl-policy: /etc/perl missing from Module Path
#592610 Clarify when Conflicts + Replaces et al are appropriate
#613046 please update example in 4.9.1 (debian/rules and DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)
#614807 Please document autobuilder-imposed build-dependency alternative re…
#628515 recommending verbose build logs
#664257 document Architecture name definitions
#682347 mark ‘editor’ virtual package name as obsolete
Wording proposed, awaiting review from anyone and/or seconds by DDs
#582109 document triggers where appropriate
#610083 Remove requirement to document upstream source location in debian/c…
#636383 10.2 and others: private libraries may also be multi-arch-ified
#645696 [copyright-format] clearer definitions and more consistent License:…
#649530 [copyright-format] clearer definitions and more consistent License:…
#662998 stripping static libraries
#682347 mark ‘editor’ virtual package name as obsolete
#683495 perl scripts: ”#!/usr/bin/perl” MUST or SHOULD?
#688251 Built-Using description too aggressive
#737796 copyright-format: support Files: paragraph with both abbreviated na…
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