On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 07:31:31PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: > Because it's a breaking change, and very useful to know about before > starting the upgrade process, at which point people haven't had a chance to > read NEWS.Debian. The issue is very similar to e.g. the Dovecot > configuration change that did get a mention in the Release Notes. > > To avoid confusion in the future, are there guidelines that I can look up to > find out what is supposed and not supposed to appear in the Release Notes?
Unsure. But IMO pdns-recursor is a niche package. Compare popcon between the two: https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=pdns-recursor https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=dovecot The upgrade for pdns-recursor for trivial setups is trivial, for complex setups users need to plan ahead anyway. dovecot is in a different situation. A more general question might be: if all changes are expected to be in the release notes, why have NEWS.Debian files at all? And who will write and read all these release notes entries. Chris
