Hi John,
On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 04:12:18PM +0000, John Marshall wrote:
> On 21 Feb 2019, at 15:08, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 01:17:54PM +0000, John Marshall wrote:
> >> NEWS.Debian.gz contains an ancient "samtools (1.3-1) unstable;
> >> urgency=medium" Debian changelog item.
> >
> > Yes. This is intended as well. The file NEWS.Debian.gz is evaluated by
> > apt-listchanges[1] to inform local admins about changes that need to be
> > respected in a certain package version.
>
> I see, and this is clearer now that I've read the text there more carefully.
> Thanks.
>
> Scripts and users can still use "samtools bamshuf ..." btw -- the old name
> has not been removed, for obvious compatibility reasons.
Fixed in Git[1]. While this might not be visible any more for users who
upgrade from Debian 9 to the soon to be released Debian 10 this can be
relevant for those upgrading from Debian 8. This seems to be a good
reason to push out the package now.
> >> The package is missing the upstream release's README file. It would be
> >> good to install this file, even though it doesn't currently contain a
> >> great deal of salient information. (The upstream release's INSTALL file is
> >> also missing, but that is of course appropriate for a binary package.)
> >
> > Done in Git[5]
>
> Thanks. Similar comments to the other bug about README* and README vs.
> README.md. However you should do what you see fit, and it may be immaterial
> if starting from the upstream release tarball as there will be only one file
> matching README*.
Yes, that's the idea.
Kind regards
Andreas.
[1]
https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/samtools/commit/d1997a0246ab6153410a142663b408e8fec3e0cc
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