FWIW, the developer's reference has a section describing proper use of
NEWS.Debian files. I post it here in full because IMHO many developers
need to read this again. In particular, many NEWS.Debian files I have
seen are not properly formatted (many use changelog style bullets
and are
* Joey Hess [Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:31:59 -0500]:
but leave off the asterisks
(I'm curious about the rationale for this, if anybody knows.)
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Adeodato Simó wrote:
* Joey Hess [Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:31:59 -0500]:
but leave off the asterisks
(I'm curious about the rationale for this, if anybody knows.)
* It's intended to discourage
* people from writing things
- like
- this,
* when a paragraph is the right
*
On Jan 31, martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why send this to debian-devel? I suggest talking to Chris directly
Because this way other developers may learn something useful from the
thread.
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ciao,
Marco
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On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 03:11:58AM +, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
* Kenneth Pronovici [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-01-31 19:09]:
Ok, after a quick look through the existing NEWS.Debian files on my box,
I concede that this is the way most developers use the file. I still
maintain that the
Please remove the entry from NEWS.Debian and do not do this again.
Users should not care about who maintains the package.
xmltv (0.5.42-2) unstable; urgency=low
* After talking with Kenneth J. Pronovici, I have now taken over
maintainence of this package. I use XMLTV on a regular basis
also sprach Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.01.31.1936 +0100]:
Please remove the entry from NEWS.Debian and do not do this again.
Users should not care about who maintains the package.
Why send this to debian-devel? I suggest talking to Chris directly
first.
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Please do not send copies
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:36:37PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
Please remove the entry from NEWS.Debian and do not do this again.
Users should not care about who maintains the package.
Why not?
(Besides, I listed in the previous news item that the package was up for
adoption, so it only seems
Il giorno mar, 31/01/2006 alle 18.03 -0600, Kenneth Pronovici ha
scritto:
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:36:37PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
Please remove the entry from NEWS.Debian and do not do this again.
Users should not care about who maintains the package.
Why not?
Because NEWS.Debian
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 06:03:06PM -0600, Kenneth Pronovici wrote:
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:36:37PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
Please remove the entry from NEWS.Debian and do not do this again.
Users should not care about who maintains the package.
Why not?
IMHO, NEWS.Debian should
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 01:15:00AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote:
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 06:03:06PM -0600, Kenneth Pronovici wrote:
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 07:36:37PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
Please remove the entry from NEWS.Debian and do not do this again.
Users should not care about
Scripsit Kenneth Pronovici [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, after a quick look through the existing NEWS.Debian files on my box,
I concede that this is the way most developers use the file.
It's not a question of the way most developers use the file. It's a
question of what the file is _for_. NEWS.Debian
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 02:34:39AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
Scripsit Kenneth Pronovici [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, after a quick look through the existing NEWS.Debian files on my box,
I concede that this is the way most developers use the file.
It's not a question of the way most
* Kenneth Pronovici [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-01-31 19:09]:
Ok, after a quick look through the existing NEWS.Debian files on my box,
I concede that this is the way most developers use the file. I still
maintain that the information provided was useful, but it could probably
go in some other
Please, try to avoid messages which are not directed to the end user under
NEWS.Debian:
* Removed patch 057_pppoe-interface-change which was refused by the
upstream maintainer. Now users must arrange for the ethernet
interface used for PPPoE to be up.
* The PPPoA plugin does not
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Jesus Climent wrote:
upstream maintainer. Now users must arrange for the ethernet
interface used for PPPoE to be up.
The rest of the technical details should not really be in NEWS.Debian, BUT
Now users must arrange for the ethernet interface used for PPPoE to be up
On Mar 21, Jesus Climent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please, try to avoid messages which are not directed to the end user under
NEWS.Debian:
They *are* directed to end users and document two changes which may need
their attention and require configuration changes.
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ciao,
Marco
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:27:49PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
On Mar 21, Jesus Climent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please, try to avoid messages which are not directed to the end user under
NEWS.Debian:
They *are* directed to end users and document two changes which may need
their attention
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