On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 03:22:40PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > That will be actually a permanent change, see > https://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2019/06/msg00015.html . The > intention was actually do to it already in earlier cycle, but was not > possible (cf. > https://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2015/12/msg00015.html).
What was the intended method for people upgrading from pre-buster versions to find out about this change? Just wait for them to try to do an update, get an error message, and hope that they ask on the mailing list instead of just commenting out the security updates line? Perhaps an announcement on debian-security-announce (and perhaps also on debian-user) would be in order? Ideally one with a "PAY ATTENTION! THIS IS IMPORTANT!"-type subject line to minimize the chance of people missing it. -- Dave Sherohman
