Bug#532649: libtasn1-3-bin should not be in section 'libs'

[Simon Josefsson]

Yavor Doganov <yavor at gnu.org> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 06:16:36PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> Wouldn't the best solution be to change the section for this package?
>
> That's what the bug is about, yes :-)
> But changing the section in debian/control is not enough; the ftpmasters 
> have the ultimate power via the override files.

If we change the section for the package, would the ftpmasters need to
do anything?

>> Would the section 'devel' be better?  It is a tool used by developers.
>
> Yes, or maybe even `libdevel'.  It's up to you.

I can't find any explanation of what these short names actually mean,
and I looked in the debian policy manual and the debian reference
manual.  Help?

/Simon