X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=best-pkging-practices.dbk;h=08a425da6a71ab90514be5200136b5639d7acea5;hp=c436c6f6bc0aeafa0cf70df38fdffaf6b7adefa7;hb=c42d5ef4b193ae79b912626ff70f9d972847095d;hpb=deb6e9334b71b51950c02335fc511d48099dcfc0 diff --git a/best-pkging-practices.dbk b/best-pkging-practices.dbk index c436c6f..08a425d 100644 --- a/best-pkging-practices.dbk +++ b/best-pkging-practices.dbk @@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ inserting the title of each different bug. Important news about changes in a package can also be put in NEWS.Debian files. -The news will be displayed by tools like apt-listchanges, before all the rest +The news will be displayed by tools like apt-listchanges, before all the rest of the changelogs. This is the preferred means to let the user know about -significant changes in a package. It is better than using debconf notes since +significant changes in a package. It is better than using debconf notes since it is less annoying and the user can go back and refer to the NEWS.Debian file after the install. And it's better than listing major changes in README.Debian, since the user can easily