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Bug#443459: marked as done (release-notes: With beginning of Lenny /etc/debian_version will be touched with every point release)

Your message dated Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:19:31 +0200
with message-id <20090823111931.GA1625@nekral.nekral.homelinux.net>
and subject line Re: Bug#443459: release-notes: With beginning of Lenny /etc/debian_version will be touched with every point release
has caused the Debian Bug report #443459,
regarding release-notes: With beginning of Lenny /etc/debian_version will be touched with every point release
to be marked as done.

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Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Tags: lenny

With the release of Lenny /etc/debian_version will be touched with every
point release, to reflect the current revision number of the debian
release (read as in):

now:	    then:
4.1	    4.1r0

That should be documented in the release-notes, as it might brake
external software.

Greetings
Martin

-- System Information:
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  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
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Hello,

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 09:55:59AM +0200, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
> On 2009-08-23 00:01, Nicolas François wrote:
> > +  <indexterm><primary>Identification of the release's revision</primary></indexterm>
> > +  <para>
> > +    Starting from &releasename;, <filename>/etc/debian_version</filename>
> 
> No, this must really be "Starting from Lenny", because it must
> not change when you change the definition of "&releasename;".
> Use "&releasename;" only for things that (might) apply to more
> than one release, use the literal release name, if it's a
> historical fact about a specific release.

I applied the patch with the addition fix from Martin (Borgert).

Best Regards,
-- 
Nekral

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