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| author | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2019-02-15 15:41:16 -0700 |
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| committer | Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> | 2019-02-15 15:48:05 -0700 |
| commit | 9e879aceafadf14f2d81df49b66994de5d854383 (patch) | |
| tree | 7463c056227038ddc93e881e0f9eaefcd5eafc21 | |
| parent | 93d2c36d08ee95e7eaebc92bd0557569981b95cf (diff) | |
describe "(versioned)" virtual package list annotation
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | virtual-package-names-list.yaml | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index affea18..f9df6a1 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ debian-policy (4.3.0.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium * Add link to jenkins.debian.net build of Policy (Closes: #921963). Thanks, Holger Levsen. + * Add text to header of the virtual packages list describing the + "(versioned)" annotation. -- Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:13:24 -0700 diff --git a/virtual-package-names-list.yaml b/virtual-package-names-list.yaml index afb76a3..2d43091 100644 --- a/virtual-package-names-list.yaml +++ b/virtual-package-names-list.yaml @@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ # https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.yaml # (or any other Debian web mirror). # +# When a virtual package description says "(versioned)", it means that +# binary packages implementing the virtual package are expected to use +# versioned Provides: to declare the API version that is implemented. +# +# For example, "Provides: logind (= 123)" indicates that the package +# provides the same D-Bus APIs that the logind included with systemd +# version 123 provided. +# # The procedure for updating the list is as follows: # # 1. Post to debian-devel saying what names you intend to use or what |