[Pkg-lyx-devel] NEWS file editing for #452888

[Sven Hoexter]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 08:19:01PM +0100, Per Olofsson wrote:

Hi Per,

> Sven Hoexter wrote:
> > First of all there are opinions that the utf-8 hint is nothing for the
> > NEWS file and should only be noted in the changelog because it's nothing
> > that requires further action from the user.
> 
> Is that a requirement for the NEWS file? Developer's Reference simply says:
> "This is the preferred means to let the user know about significant changes
> in a package."
> 
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-news-debian
>

Yes of course, that's been more or less the opinion of some DDs not all.
Well it's the IRC thing, you start of with a small question and suddenly
you've kind of an overboarding discussion about such best practise things.
While I agree that it would be reasonable to maybe adjust the reference
it's not really important at all.

Joey Schulze once said that DDs are mostly people with strong opinions
which results in strong discussions. I think that's pretty much true even
for things like NEWS files. ;)
 

> > If you follow the POV that NEWS should only provide information for things
> > that need manual care both items are unsuitable.
> 
> I think it should stay in the NEWS file. It's unlikely it will annoy
> users, IMHO.

Ok that's fine with me.


Cheers,
Sven
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