Bug#1030041: release-notes: offer deb22 format for apt sources
Package: release-notes
Severity: minor
The familiar "single-line" format for apt sources in .list files is,
in theory, gradually being deprecated in favour of the deb822 format
in .sources files[1]. We can expect the old format to be supported
for a few releases yet - for a start as I understand it we're still
generating new installs with /etc/apt/sources.list - but we ought to
at least take the first step of offering examples of the preferred
format.
Places that use the old format:
old-stuff.dbk
#old-sources "Checking your APT source-list files"
upgrading.dbk throughout but especially
#upgrade-process "Preparing APT source-list files"
...anywhere else?
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/11/msg00026.html
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JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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