Package: release.debian.org User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock Severity: normal
I'd like to ask the unblocking of base-files 8. debdiff follows. Thanks. diff -Nru base-files-7.10/debian/changelog base-files-8/debian/changelog --- base-files-7.10/debian/changelog 2014-10-27 13:36:05.000000000 +0100 +++ base-files-8/debian/changelog 2014-11-30 13:36:23.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,20 @@ +base-files (8) unstable; urgency=low + + * Release for jessie as stable: + - Use "8" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net. As usual, this + is never expected to change once that jessie is released as Debian 8. + - Use 8.0 as version in /etc/debian_version. As usual, this is expected + to change at every point release. + - Changed PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 8 as version number + and "(jessie)" as codename. Added also VERSION_ID and VERSION. + This file, /usr/lib/os-release, is not expected to change either. + - Updated README (jessie -> stretch). + * Packages are not expected to rely on the contents of any of these + files, but if they do, they might better break now while we can still + fix them. + + -- Santiago Vila <sanv...@debian.org> Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:36:12 +0100 + base-files (7.10) unstable; urgency=low * Dropped "chown root:root" lines in postinst, as they are diff -Nru base-files-7.10/debian/README base-files-8/debian/README --- base-files-7.10/debian/README 2014-10-21 21:23:38.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-8/debian/README 2014-11-30 13:29:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ * Questions about /etc/issue and /etc/debian_version: Q. I upgraded my system to the testing distribution and now my /etc/issue -says "jessie/sid". Should it not read "jessie" or "testing"? +says "stretch/sid". Should it not read "stretch" or "testing"? Q. I upgraded my system to the unstable distribution and now my /etc/issue -says "jessie/sid". Should it not read "sid" or "unstable"? +says "stretch/sid". Should it not read "sid" or "unstable"? A. That would be nice, but it is not possible because of the way the testing distribution works. Packages uploaded for unstable reach @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ two sides of the same coin. Since the base-files package in testing was initially uploaded for unstable, the only sensible /etc/issue to have is one that is both valid for testing and unstable, hence -"jessie/sid" (or whatever is appropriate). +"stretch/sid" (or whatever is appropriate). -Q. Why "jessie/sid" and not "testing/unstable" as it used to be? +Q. Why "stretch/sid" and not "testing/unstable" as it used to be? A. The codename is a little bit more informative, as the meaning of "testing" changes over time. diff -Nru base-files-7.10/etc/debian_version base-files-8/etc/debian_version --- base-files-7.10/etc/debian_version 2013-05-05 12:00:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-8/etc/debian_version 2014-11-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1 +1 @@ -jessie/sid +8.0 diff -Nru base-files-7.10/etc/issue base-files-8/etc/issue --- base-files-7.10/etc/issue 2013-05-05 12:00:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-8/etc/issue 2014-11-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -Debian #OSNAME# jessie/sid \n \l +Debian #OSNAME# 8 \n \l diff -Nru base-files-7.10/etc/issue.net base-files-8/etc/issue.net --- base-files-7.10/etc/issue.net 2013-05-05 12:00:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-8/etc/issue.net 2014-11-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1 +1 @@ -Debian #OSNAME# jessie/sid +Debian #OSNAME# 8 diff -Nru base-files-7.10/etc/os-release base-files-8/etc/os-release --- base-files-7.10/etc/os-release 2014-10-09 12:00:00.000000000 +0200 +++ base-files-8/etc/os-release 2014-11-30 12:00:00.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -PRETTY_NAME="Debian #OSNAME# jessie/sid" +PRETTY_NAME="Debian #OSNAME# 8 (jessie)" NAME="Debian #OSNAME#" +VERSION_ID="8" +VERSION="8 (jessie)" ID=debian HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/"; SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support/"; -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
