Bug#580135: [debian-policy] 12.7 Changelog files shouldn't advise the use of lynx
On Mon, 03 May 2010, David Prévot wrote:
> In order to include upstream changelog distributed in HTML, and convert
> it as a plain text changelog.gz, policy should advise the use of
> html2txt (which debhelper already depends on) rather than lynx that has
> fewer chance to already be on Build-Depends:.
html2text by default[1] produces output which is decidedly suboptimal
in comparsion to the default lynx output.
For comparison, lynx output (from www.debian.org):
Getting Started
The latest stable release of Debian is 5.0. The last update to this
release was made on January 30th, 2010. Read more about available
versions of Debian.
If you'd like to start using Debian, you can easily obtain a copy, and
then follow the installation instructions to install it.
html2text output:
***** Getting Started *****
The latest_stable_release_of_Debian is 5.0. The last update to this release was
made on January 30th, 2010. Read more about available_versions_of_Debian.
If you'd like to start using Debian, you can easily obtain_a_copy, and then
follow the installation_instructions to install it.
I've no problem with html2text being suggested in addition to lynx
-dump -nolist, but I'm not convinced that it should be the default.
Don Armstrong
1: I'm fairly sure there's some way to provide a style file which
actually renders it reasonably...
--
PowerPoint is symptomatic of a certain type of bureaucratic
environment: one typified by interminable presentations with lots of
fussy little bullet-points and flashy dissolves and soundtracks masked
into the background, to try to convince the audience that the goon
behind the computer has something significant to say.
-- Charles Stross _The Jennifer Morgue_ p33
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