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

[Marc Haber]

On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 03:34:02PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 11:26:30PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 09:38:45PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > I'm afraid I don't know apt-listchanges.
> > 
> > Buggy as a june meadow and suboptimally maintained. Things can change
> > soon, as apt-listchanges has just gotten a new maintainer.
> > 
> > >   But if you can confirm that changing the formatting to start with "
> > >   *" solves the problem, I'll just do that.
> > 
> > Don't! NEWS.Debian is just as it is supposed to be.
> 
> My impression, which I think I got from an earlier apt-listchanges
> maintainer, is that NEWS.Debian is supposed to have individual entries
> in the same format as changelog.Debian.  Whether that implies "*" I'm
> not sure; whether this is just a little secret or part of policy I'm
> not sure.

I took the opportunity to re-read developer's reference 6.3.4 and
adapted NEWS.Debian to conform to it. There was indeed an error since
I didn't remember all of 6.3.4.

> Also, as a user I expect that all binaries with the same source will
> have the same NEWS.Debian, so I won't necessarily check the separate
> NEWS.Debian.  If others are like me, it means the NEWS may escape
> human as well as automatic tools.

As a user, I wouldn't care about source packages.

I am vetoing the same NEWS.Debian in all exim4 binary packages. Please
take this to the tech ctte, we need a clarification of the developer's
reference.

> In the longer-run, apt-listchanges, package maintainers, and policy
> should all agree on what the deal is (format of NEWS.Debian and
> relation between packages from the same source).

Policy is not the only thing to honor; especially since the policy
editors tend to axe change proposals.

Greetings
Marc

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