Bug#908830: release-notes: Mention the python-magic upstream switch
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 07:00:26PM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Package: release-notes
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi there,
>
> 'bout time to start contributing to the buster release notes. In my
> opinion the python-magic transition[1] is worth to be mentioned. If you
> disagree feel free to drop my input as well.
>
> Suggested wording:
>
> ======================================================================
>
> The python-magic/python3-magic Python bindings for the libmagic file
> type detection library switched upstream and provide a broader set of
> functions now. A compatibility layer is included so applications relying
> on the old function set should not be harmed.
>
> ======================================================================
>
> Aside, in the eight months since the switch I haven't seen even a single
> report about a regression, so consider "should not be harmed" somewhat
> an understatment.
Just my personal opinion:
Is this really worth an entry in the release notes that are supposed to
be read by every user?
What you describe sounds more like "not even worth a NEWS.Debian entry
since there is no expected breakage", not something that every user must
know about.
> Regards,
>
> Christoph
>...
cu
Adrian
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