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Felix Natter

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May 16, 2013, 9:20:04 AM5/16/13
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hi,

the package freeplane does not contain an upstream changelog but does
contain a high-level change history:

===============================
1.2.23
===============================
Bug fix for dragging of nodes when node tool tip is shown
===============================
1.2.22
===============================
Bug fixes for script based conditions for filters and conditional styles
[...]

Eric (the previous packager) installed this file as
/usr/share/doc/freeplane/history_en.txt.gz, which seems ok. But how
should I deal with the no-upstream-changelog lintian warning?

- override it
- install this file as /usr/share/doc/freeplane/changelog.gz and
/usr/share/doc/freeplane/history_en.txt.gz
- install this file only as /usr/share/doc/freeplane/changelog.gz

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Thibaut Paumard

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May 16, 2013, 9:50:02 AM5/16/13
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Hi,

Le 16/05/2013 15:11, Felix Natter a �crit :
> hi,
>
> the package freeplane does not contain an upstream changelog but
> does contain a high-level change history:
>
> =============================== 1.2.23
> =============================== Bug fix for dragging of nodes when
> node tool tip is shown =============================== 1.2.22
> =============================== Bug fixes for script based
> conditions for filters and conditional styles [...]

Yes, this _is_ a changelog.

> Eric (the previous packager) installed this file as
> /usr/share/doc/freeplane/history_en.txt.gz, which seems ok. But
> how should I deal with the no-upstream-changelog lintian warning?
>
> - override it - install this file as
> /usr/share/doc/freeplane/changelog.gz and
> /usr/share/doc/freeplane/history_en.txt.gz

Rather install as history_en.txt.gz and make changelog.gz a symlink.

> - install this file only as /usr/share/doc/freeplane/changelog.gz

Either of the three options look fine (reasonable, policy compliant)
to me, just paint the bike shed the color you prefer...

Regards, Thibaut.
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Raphael Hertzog

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May 17, 2013, 4:30:02 AM5/17/13
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Hi,

On Thu, 16 May 2013, Felix Natter wrote:
> Eric (the previous packager) installed this file as
> /usr/share/doc/freeplane/history_en.txt.gz, which seems ok. But how
> should I deal with the no-upstream-changelog lintian warning?

Pass "history_en.txt" to dh_installchangelogs and let it do its work:

> - install this file only as /usr/share/doc/freeplane/changelog.gz

It will do this.

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Felix Natter

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May 17, 2013, 2:10:02 PM5/17/13
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Raphael Hertzog <her...@debian.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 16 May 2013, Felix Natter wrote:
>> Eric (the previous packager) installed this file as
>> /usr/share/doc/freeplane/history_en.txt.gz, which seems ok. But how
>> should I deal with the no-upstream-changelog lintian warning?
>
> Pass "history_en.txt" to dh_installchangelogs and let it do its work:

Thanks for the suggestion.

>> - install this file only as /usr/share/doc/freeplane/changelog.gz
>
> It will do this.

As Thibaut suggested: I think it's also acceptable to install
history_en.txt.gz and add a symlink to changelog.gz.

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