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https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ - Debian Policy Manual
Introduction
Although it sounds a lot like bureaucracy, it is the Debian Policy Manual that makes Debian the best operating system.
It describes what packages should contain, how they should be configured, and generally how packages fit together to create a Debian system.
The Debian debian-policy will install the Policy document in the directory /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/, in various formats.
Related documents
Official related documents
See paragraph 1.4 of the debian policy
The FilesystemHierarchyStandard. It is the most important one. Debian needs to comply with it. It makes sure you can always find files where you expect them to be.
The menu policy
The mime policy
The perl policy
The emacs policy
The Python policy
Other documents
History
version 4.4, 2019-07-13
version 4.3, 2018-12-23
version 4.2, 2018-08-31
version 4.1, 2017-08-27
version 4.0, 2017-05-28
version 3.0, 2010-06-28
version 2.1.0, 1996-08
More information
Development
See the Debian Policy team description for information on how Policy is developed and changed.