Bug#383708: exim4-config: SPF-related documentation issues

[Ross Boylan]

On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 02:59:46PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> tags 383708 pending
> thanks
> 
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 02:21:12PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > Package: exim4-config
> > Version: 4.62-4
> > Severity: minor
> > 
> > 
> > 1. NEWS.Debian is not displaying the item saying that SPF is
> > available.
> 
> Yes, it is.  Which NEWS.Debian are you looked at?  That should be
> /usr/share/doc/exim4-config/NEWS.Debian.gz

Sorry, that was poorly worded. apt-listchanges is not displaying the
relevant items in NEWS.Debian.  The file itself is there.
> 
> > I think all packages with the
> > same source need the sames Debian NEWS and changes files.  One package
> > maintainer, however, has told me that's not his experience.
> 
> AFAICS, the Exim packages currently use a separate NEWS file for each package.
> debhelper seems to support that (analogous to *.install, *.docs, etc).

I think the question is whether apt-listchanges supports it.
apt-listchanges tries to avoid displaying a NEWS or changes item more
than once, and it appears to me it does so by tracking a high-water
mark based on the source package.  Even if it doesn't, it doesn't seem
to cope with different binary packages having different NEWS when they
share the same source.

I believe that all binary packages from the same source have the same
changelog.Debian (that's the case for exim, as far as I  can tell),
and that apt-listchanges expects the NEWS.Debian to be common too.
This is a bit awkward when the NEWS is relevant only to one binary
package.