Bug#582811: developers-reference: simplify version scheme in pkgs.dbk

2010-05-23 Thread David Prévot
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, While updating the French translation of the Developer's Reference (currently reviewed on debian-l10n-fre...@l.d.o), I noticed that part of the last paragraph about "NMUs and debian/changelog" might be obsolete. When

Re: What defines the format of the NEWS.Debian file?

2010-05-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Charles Plessy writes: > So what is your feeling about this, would it be better to submit a patch > to the Developer's Reference or the Policy, or to report a bug on > apt-listchanges for making unwarranted assumptions on NEWS.Debian? There's already a bug filed against apt-listchanges. (#52343

Re: What defines the format of the NEWS.Debian file?

2010-05-23 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, May 23, 2010 at 01:41:52PM +0200, Bill Allombert a écrit : > > Historically, NEWS.Debian was introduced to be used by apt-listchanges. > Since NEWS.Debian is not mentionned in policy, lintian is correct in > requesting that NEWS.Debian follows the format required by > apt-listchanges. > >

Re: What defines the format of the NEWS.Debian file?

2010-05-23 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 08:23:08PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Dear all, > > I am working on a package that triggers the Lintian tag > ‘debian-news-entry-without-blank-line’. This prompted me to look > for a formal description of the format of NEWS.Debian. The problem > is: > > - It is not do

What defines the format of the NEWS.Debian file?

2010-05-23 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear all, I am working on a package that triggers the Lintian tag ‘debian-news-entry-without-blank-line’. This prompted me to look for a formal description of the format of NEWS.Debian. The problem is: - It is not documented in the Policy that changelogs must finish by an empty line (and NEWS