On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:57:36AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > > How about mandating a non-HTML changelog.gz generated with lynx -dump > > -nolist | gzip? > > I have no problem with this. However, I don't think we should mandate the > conversion tool. Any form of conversion to plain text should be acceptable. > The lynx command line can be a suggested way to do it.
I agree. I didn't mean to imply a mandate on lynx, I just wanted to share my experiences with others. > If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as > `/usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the > changelog must be accessible as `/usr/doc/<package>/changelog.gz' (this > can be created by `lynx -dump -nolist'). No problem. Seconded. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | The noble soul has reverence for itself. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Friedrich Nietzsche cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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