[pkg-gnupg-maint] Changes for GnuPG in debian

Bill Allombert Bill.Allombert at math.u-bordeaux.fr
Wed Aug 10 12:39:02 UTC 2016


On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 11:07:25AM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> We have no plans to remove gnupg1 from the archive any time soon, so
> don't worry!  But even if we did, can you explain what you'd want done,
> and why?
> 
> gnupg2 is a separate upstream software package, with its own debian
> changelog.  

Yes but as far as users are concerned this is the same /usr/bin/gpg
command.

> why would importing the gnupg1 debian changelog into that
> package be useful?  and where would we put it?

Because it documents the change to the /usr/bin/gpg command.
You could put it as /usr/share/doc/gnupg/changelog-1.Debian.gz

Cheers,
Bill.



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