Hi Joachim,
On 29-11-2019 18:01, Joachim Wiedorn wrote:
> Now I have decided to let lilo in the repository for some more months and
> create a new package with debian/NEWS file with this content:
Do you mean, a new version of the lilo package (I was reading it for a
while you were going to introduce a new binary package, which doesn't
make sense to me)?
> Lilo is at the end of development for some years. Finally the
> Debian package of lilo will set as deprecated and will vanish
^ be (or "will be marked as" or "will
become")
> as install package until the end of year 2020. All machines
^^^^^ that's typically German, you mean "by" or
something similar.
> with lilo should move to grub2 (or others) in the next months.
>
> I have checked the "Popularity contest statistics for lilo" which say:
>
> Vote: 104
> Recent: 23 (and 6 of them are devices from me)
>
> Because of this statistic I think this is the easiest way for this package.
>
> What do you think?
> Perhaps you have a better text for the NEWS file?
Your approach above will be good for users of unstable and testing, but
how does this help users of stable, when they upgrade from buster to
bullseye after the release of the latter? Just by writing this in the
release notes? Is that the best we can do?
Paul
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