On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 03:34:02PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 11:26:30PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 09:38:45PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > I'm afraid I don't know apt-listchanges. > > > > Buggy as a june meadow and suboptimally maintained. Things can change > > soon, as apt-listchanges has just gotten a new maintainer. > > > > > But if you can confirm that changing the formatting to start with " > > > *" solves the problem, I'll just do that. > > > > Don't! NEWS.Debian is just as it is supposed to be. > > My impression, which I think I got from an earlier apt-listchanges > maintainer, is that NEWS.Debian is supposed to have individual entries > in the same format as changelog.Debian. Whether that implies "*" I'm > not sure; whether this is just a little secret or part of policy I'm > not sure.
I took the opportunity to re-read developer's reference 6.3.4 and adapted NEWS.Debian to conform to it. There was indeed an error since I didn't remember all of 6.3.4. > Also, as a user I expect that all binaries with the same source will > have the same NEWS.Debian, so I won't necessarily check the separate > NEWS.Debian. If others are like me, it means the NEWS may escape > human as well as automatic tools. As a user, I wouldn't care about source packages. I am vetoing the same NEWS.Debian in all exim4 binary packages. Please take this to the tech ctte, we need a clarification of the developer's reference. > In the longer-run, apt-listchanges, package maintainers, and policy > should all agree on what the deal is (format of NEWS.Debian and > relation between packages from the same source). Policy is not the only thing to honor; especially since the policy editors tend to axe change proposals. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
