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Package: release.debian.org
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I'd like to ask the unblocking of base-files 8.
debdiff follows.
Thanks.
diff -Nru base-files-7.10/debian/changelog base-files-8/debian/changelog
--- base-files-7.10/debian/changelog 2014-10-27 13:36:05.000000000 +0100
+++ base-files-8/debian/changelog 2014-11-30 13:36:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+base-files (8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Release for jessie as stable:
+ - Use "8" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. As usual, this
+ is never expected to change once that jessie is released as Debian 8.
+ - Use 8.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. As usual, this is expected
+ to change at every point release.
+ - Changed PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 8 as version number
+ and "(jessie)" as codename. Added also VERSION_ID and VERSION.
+ This file, /usr/lib/os-release, is not expected to change either.
+ - Updated README (jessie -> stretch).
+ * Packages are not expected to rely on the contents of any of these
+ files, but if they do, they might better break now while we can still
+ fix them.
+
+ -- Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:36:12 +0100
+
base-files (7.10) unstable; urgency=low
* Dropped "chown root:root" lines in postinst, as they are
diff -Nru base-files-7.10/debian/README base-files-8/debian/README
--- base-files-7.10/debian/README 2014-10-21 21:23:38.000000000 +0200
+++ base-files-8/debian/README 2014-11-30 13:29:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
* Questions about /etc/issue and /etc/debian_version:
Q. I upgraded my system to the testing distribution and now my /etc/issue
-says "jessie/sid". Should it not read "jessie" or "testing"?
+says "stretch/sid". Should it not read "stretch" or "testing"?
Q. I upgraded my system to the unstable distribution and now my /etc/issue
-says "jessie/sid". Should it not read "sid" or "unstable"?
+says "stretch/sid". Should it not read "sid" or "unstable"?
A. That would be nice, but it is not possible because of the way the
testing distribution works. Packages uploaded for unstable reach
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
two sides of the same coin. Since the base-files package in testing
was initially uploaded for unstable, the only sensible /etc/issue to
have is one that is both valid for testing and unstable, hence
-"jessie/sid" (or whatever is appropriate).
+"stretch/sid" (or whatever is appropriate).
-Q. Why "jessie/sid" and not "testing/unstable" as it used to be?
+Q. Why "stretch/sid" and not "testing/unstable" as it used to be?
A. The codename is a little bit more informative, as the meaning of
"testing" changes over time.
diff -Nru base-files-7.10/etc/debian_version base-files-8/etc/debian_version
--- base-files-7.10/etc/debian_version 2013-05-05 12:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ base-files-8/etc/debian_version 2014-11-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1 +1 @@
-jessie/sid
+8.0
diff -Nru base-files-7.10/etc/issue base-files-8/etc/issue
--- base-files-7.10/etc/issue 2013-05-05 12:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ base-files-8/etc/issue 2014-11-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Debian #OSNAME# jessie/sid \n \l
+Debian #OSNAME# 8 \n \l
diff -Nru base-files-7.10/etc/issue.net base-files-8/etc/issue.net
--- base-files-7.10/etc/issue.net 2013-05-05 12:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ base-files-8/etc/issue.net 2014-11-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Debian #OSNAME# jessie/sid
+Debian #OSNAME# 8
diff -Nru base-files-7.10/etc/os-release base-files-8/etc/os-release
--- base-files-7.10/etc/os-release 2014-10-09 12:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ base-files-8/etc/os-release 2014-11-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-PRETTY_NAME="Debian #OSNAME# jessie/sid"
+PRETTY_NAME="Debian #OSNAME# 8 (jessie)"
NAME="Debian #OSNAME#"
+VERSION_ID="8"
+VERSION="8 (jessie)"
ID=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/";
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support/";
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On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 09:57:44AM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> I'd like to ask the unblocking of base-files 8.
With pleasure. Unblocked and aged to five, I don't see any point in keeping
this languishing in sid for that long.
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