From 0717ecf1f8963ba94bed6f3c77d4442c1d632699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gard Spreemann Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:06:14 +0200 Subject: NEWS entry about package name reuse. --- debian/NEWS | 12 ++++++++++++ debian/changelog | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/NEWS diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..663e37e --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +phat (1.5-3) unstable; urgency=medium + + This NEWS entry describes a change introduced in version 1.5-1 of the package, + but the entry was only added in -3. + + An entirely unrelated "phat" source package existed in the Debian archives + from 2005 to 2014, before being removed in bug #751276. The current source + and binary reuse the package name, given the fact that the old package was + abandoned upstream (and so is unlikely to reappear), and the long gap between + removal of the old and addition of the new package. + + -- Gard Spreemann Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:56:51 +0200 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index be13161..8d1c6d5 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +phat (1.5-3) unstable; urgency=medium + + * Add NEWS entry describing reused package name. + + -- Gard Spreemann Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:05:29 +0200 + phat (1.5-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Standards-version 4.4.0.1. No changes needed. -- cgit v1.2.3