On Wed, 13 May 2020 23:48:53 +0300, Peter Pentchev<roam@ringlet.net> wrote: >On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 06:27:11PM +0200, Andreas Ronnquist wrote: >> ---------------------------------- 8< ---------------------------------- >Oh BTW, yes, I just now realized why you said that the file should be >called NEWS and not NEWS.Debian... right, debhelper and similar >utilities look for a "NEWS" file in the debian/ directory and then >install it as /usr/share/doc/<package>/NEWS.Debian - that's the name >that the installers look for, but in the source package you edit it as >debian/NEWS, yes. Yeah, I got a lintian warning informing me about the change. >> Also, this could be a candidate for a stable update too, right? > >IMHO yes, but, of course, the release managers are the ones with >the final approval. But I'd say go ahead, get your updated package into >unstable first, add a note to debian/NEWS, and then go for a >minimal-change stable update, too. > Of course - I'll upload to unstable, and then check with the release team about a fix in stable. >> (And I know what you are thinking - A CD ripper? Do people still use >> CDs? - Yes, they do. :) > >Oh, I know they... yeah, they, that's it, absolutely not me, they... >do :) We do! Thanks for all your input - much appreciated! best -- Andreas Rönnquist mailinglists@gusnan.se andreas@ronnquist.net
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