From a8fc858495bfbc1b6f49ef4686959aeda5f5756b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:35:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add changelog and upgrading-checklist for #561413

---
 debian/changelog         | 5 +++++
 upgrading-checklist.sgml | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fedb536..5ccc464 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
     Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
     Closes: #436105
+  * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
+    Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+    Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
+    Closes: #561413
   * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
     package.
   * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
diff --git a/upgrading-checklist.sgml b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
index fabc1cb..1cccf59 100644
--- a/upgrading-checklist.sgml
+++ b/upgrading-checklist.sgml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ picking your way through this list.
 Not yet released.
 
 </p><p><taglist>
+<tag>10.2</tag>
+  <item>Libtool <file>.la</file> files should not be installed for public
+  libraries.  If they're required (for <tt>libltdl</tt>, for instance),
+  the <tt>dependency_libs</tt> setting should be emptied.  Library
+  packages historically including <file>.la</file> files must continue to
+  include them (with <tt>dependency_libs</tt> emptied) until all libraries
+  that depend on that library have removed or emptied
+  their <file>.la</file> files.
+  </item>
 <tag>12.5</tag>
   <item>The GPL version 1 is now included in common-licenses and should be
   referenced from there instead of included in the <file>copyright</file>
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