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Bug#908830: marked as done (release-notes: Mention the python-magic upstream switch)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #908830,
regarding release-notes: Mention the python-magic upstream switch
to be marked as done.

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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.

Regards,

    Christoph

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/877849
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2018/01/msg00449.html

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Hi Christoph,

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:22:22 +0300 Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 07:00:26PM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> > '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.

I appreciate it that you worked on python-magic and thought of the
release-notes, but...

> Just my personal opinion:
> 
> Is this really worth an entry in the release notes that are supposed to 
> be read by every user?

I think I agree with Adrian on this. As nobody chimed in since
September, I decided to close this bug without adding it, sorry.

Paul

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