Re: Bug#673688: confusing NEWS.Debian message
On Sun, 20 May 2012 22:15:58 +0100, Justin B Rye <jbr@edlug.org.uk> wrote:
> (Barging in from d-l-e as usual)
>
> Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> [...]
> > I'm not sure if this change really warants an NEWS.Debian entry as for most
> > people it does not change anything and as far as I understand it this is a
> > new additional feature, not a change in ifupdown behavior. Is it really
> > necessary that every Debian user sees this message?
>
> (Or at any rate, every sysadmin responsible enough to use
> apt-listchanges...)
As apt-listchanges is priority standard it's everyone upgrading this
package not actively avoiding it (by deselcting the standard task on
installation or deinstalling it).
>
> Or here's an ultra-squeezed version of the whole thing:
>
> The --all option to if{up,down,query} can now be combined with the
> --allow option to act on all interfaces of a specific class (still
> defaulting to the class "auto"). See interfaces(5) for details of
> how hook scripts are called.
>
I like this version. You could add a sentence that most systems
don't need any changes. But OTOH this might mean that no NEWS entry is
needed at all.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Gaudenz
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