From: martin f. krafft Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:27:30 +0000 (+0100) Subject: add news file X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a5dbc6a4a9e01c4e3b21b4c882acfd479c703a40;p=topgit.git add news file Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft --- diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd4a957 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +topgit (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low + + The Debian topgit package now provides a Makefile snippet for inclusion from + debian/rules, to facilitate the creation of a quilt series from TopGit + branches during the package build (and cleanup) step. Please refer to + /usr/share/doc/topgit/HOWTO-tg2quilt and /usr/share/topgit/tg2quilt.mk for + more information. You can see it in action in the topgit package itself. + + To stop the proliferation of TopGit boilerplate, which could make later + maintenance and changes more difficult, you are encouraged to make use of + the snippet. + + If you have ideas for other features, I'd be happy to incorporate them. + Patches most welcome. + + -- martin f. krafft Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:23:52 +0100 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 97ae1ec..4ea074a 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ topgit (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low /usr/share/doc/topgit/HOWTO-tg2quilt for details; thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli for the idea that led to this (closes: #501991). * Update the README.source workflow to refer to HOWTO-tg2quilt. + * Add a NEWS file to make sure people get notified of this change. -- martin f. krafft Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:55:58 +0200