Hi Andreas, Andreas Ronnquist <mailinglists@gusnan.se> writes: > I have a package (the cd audio ripper asunder) that has been using > freedb.org for getting CDDB information, which has closed it's service > - and is replacing it with gnudb.org which provide the same service. > > I am about to upload a new version to unstable where I patch this since > a new upstream version hasn't been released yet - but this change of > course only changes the default setting, any user will need to change > their individual setting too. > > Is this reasonable to mention in debian/NEWS? (I just learned that it > shouldn't be NEWS.Debian, but only NEWS)... > What justifies a NEWS.Debian is the fact that users' existing configuration if broken by the obsolescence/non-existence of freedb.org. If upstream introduced a incompatible config key change in a new version that would break users' existing config then this would also justify a NEWS.Debian. Changes that do not require user action should never interrupt an upgrade. Maxim: do not nag users unnecessarily. Cheers, Nicholas
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