On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 08:41:10AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > > They was fixed by the experimental 0l.10.0-rc3 upstream release, which > > > eventually became 0.10.0 by upstream and pushed to sid as 0.10.0-1. This > > > should have been mentioned in -1, but was not, hence the -1 note. > > If they are fixed in an old version, why are they mentioned in this upload > > entry? Please read > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch06.en.html#bpp-debian-changelog > > Just because I missed to document it in the correct -1 entry. Would it be > better to update the -1 changelog entry? debian/changelog doesn't usually document upstream fixes at all, unless they have corresponding Debian bug reports.
> > > > I haven't looked at the package itself, but wtf is happening in prerm? > > > Removing files not owned by the package any more (but left on install to > > > niot remove anything user-edited). > > Why are they not owned by the package? > > Basically because the package from 0.9.4 is systemd-centric. > > > Obsolete conffiles should be > > removed by dpkg-maintscript-helper rm_conffile. > > Looking at rm_conffile at [1] this doesn't look relevant here (?) The > current code is basically a left-over from the disruptive change from 0.9.0 > which is several versions beyond current version. So the checksums from > previous version is not available. Current code just makes sure everything > is cleaned up on a final remove. I still don't like it, but I'll leave it (and a full package review) to someone who will upload it. -- WBR, wRAR
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