DEP - Debian Enhancement Proposals

Debian Enhancement Proposals (or DEPs, for short) offer a device to organize discussions about various kinds of enhancements in the Debian project, reflect their current status and, in particular, archive their outcomes.

DEP state diagram
DEP workflow: state diagram

In essence, each enhancement proposals is assigned to one or more drivers which follow the proposals advancing through various states, until it is finally accepted (or rejected). Discussions about ongoing DEPs happen in the usual Debian way (i.e., the most appropriate mailing list, IRC channel, etc.).

More rationale and the full details about DEPs can be found in DEP 0: Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals.

DEP index

DEP Status Title VCS
DEP 0 CANDIDATE Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals svn web
DEP 1 ACCEPTED Clarifying policies and workflows for Non Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) wiki
DEP 2 No draft yet Classification and self-assessment of maintenance level
DEP 3 CANDIDATE Patch Tagging Guidelines svn web
DEP 4 DRAFT Translation packages in Debian (TDebs) svn web
DEP 5 DRAFT Machine-parseable debian/copyright svn web
DEP 6 DRAFT Meta-Package debian/control field svn web

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