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22.27 Version 3.7.3
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Released December, 2007.

5.6.12

     Package version numbers may contain tildes, which sort before
     anything, even the end of a part.

10.4

     Scripts may assume that ‘/bin/sh’ supports local (at a basic level)
     and that its test builtin (if any) supports -a and -o binary
     logical operators.

8.5

     The substitution variable ${binary:Version} should be used in place
     of ${Source-Version} for dependencies between packages of the same
     library.

menu policy

     Substantial reorganization and renaming of sections in the Debian
     menu structure.  Packages with menu entries should be reviewed to
     see if the menu section has been renamed or if one of the new
     sections would be more appropriate.

5.6.1

     The Source field in a .changes file may contain a version number in
     parentheses.

5.6.17

     The acceptable values for the Urgency field are low, medium, high,
     critical, or emergency.

8.6

     The shlibs file now allows an optional type field, indicating the
     type of package for which the line is valid.  The only currently
     supported type is udeb, used with packages for the Debian
     Installer.

3.9.1

     Packages following the Debian Configuration management
     specification must allow for translation of their messages by using
     a gettext-based system such as po-debconf.

12.5

     GFDL 1.2, GPL 3, and LGPL 3 are now in common-licenses and should
     be referenced rather than quoted in debian/copyright.