Revision: debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-18
Archive: srivasta@debian.org--etch
Creator: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Date: Wed May  3 10:52:15 CDT 2006
Standard-date: 2006-05-03 15:52:15 GMT
Modified-files: ChangeLog debian/changelog policy.sgml
    upgrading-checklist.html
New-patches: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.7--patch-18
Summary: informative sections about Essential, and enhanced -fPIC policy
Keywords: 

* policy.sgml (Libraries): Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate
  the standard directive that shared libraries must be compiled with
  -fPIC, and static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed
  when doing so.

* policy.sgml: Clarified the meaning of essential, based on discussion on
  the mailing lists.

* upgrading-checklist.html (issue): Added upgrade note about -fPIC
