I ran into similar breakage, and I agree that this should happen by default. I also agree that a NEWS file is in order.
I don't think it is release critical that it contains all changes since woody. I've attached a simple news file. Be sure to change the (version) part if you're going to use it. Cheers, -- [ Todd J. Troxell ,''`. Student, Debian GNU/Linux Developer, SysAdmin, Geek : :' : http://debian.org || http://rapidpacket.com/~xtat `. `' `- ]
debmirror (version) unstable; urgency=high * Debmirror now requires gpg verification of Release and Release.gpg by default. This archive key must be installed, and is available at the following location. http://ftp-master.debian.org/ziyi_key_$YEAR.asc
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