On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 03:03:22PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 06:52:14PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 09:04:47AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > Package: grub > > > Version: 0.97-55 > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > The grub package presents the deprecation warning of grub-legacy (in > > > favor of grub 2) using a debconf note. Please consider using > > > NEWS.Debian instead. This would make the note less intrusive, equally > > > effective, and groupable with news from other packages. It also makes > > > it easier to go back and read the news again later. > > > > Hi Josh, > > > > This note is important. Is NEWS.Debian _always_ displayed? I have the > > impression that this is not so. > > > > Are you sure this doesn't require a specific package to be installed, or > > something like that? > > apt-listchanges displays NEWS.Debian by default if installed. Nothing > *forces* the installation of apt-listchanges, but note that packages use > NEWS.Debian for notes at least as important as the one from grub (along > the lines of "do this or stuff will break", "$FOO is deprecated", or "no > longer contains $FOO functionality, use other package").
If we want to do this without undermining the effectiveness of this note, then we'd have to Depend on apt-listchanges. Actually, depending on the phase in which NEWS.Debian is processed, we might even need Pre-Depends. Are you sure this would be a sound move? Anyhow, note that this note is temporary. We'll most likely remove it and change the dependency from: grub -> grub-legacy to: grub -> grub-pc before the Squeeze release. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
