From 703aa4ce9eb0c374aa526c2118667358726c5f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillem Jover Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:00:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add README.feature-removal-schedule and README.api --- ChangeLog | 7 ++++ Makefile.am | 2 + README.api | 10 +++++ README.feature-removal-schedule | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ debian/changelog | 2 + debian/dpkg.docs | 2 + 6 files changed, 88 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.api create mode 100644 README.feature-removal-schedule diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 7c509be8..e27ce920 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2008-01-21 Guillem Jover + + * README.api: New file. + * README.feature-removal-schedule: Likewise. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add README.feature-removal-schedule and + README.api. + 2008-01-21 Guillem Jover * configure.ac (AC_CHECK_FUNCS): Escape new lines. diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index 38bb1e62..28cd3b06 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 dist_pkgdata_DATA = cputable ostable triplettable EXTRA_DIST = \ + README.api \ + README.feature-removal-schedule \ README.translators \ debian/archtable \ debian/changelog \ diff --git a/README.api b/README.api new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9eb10dd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.api @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +This is an (incomplete) list of currently provided APIs by dpkg, and +their supported status. + + +What: Dpkg (perl modules) +Status: testing +Description: + The API provided by these modules is not yet stable, it's only supposed to + be used internally by dpkg for now. + diff --git a/README.feature-removal-schedule b/README.feature-removal-schedule new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c71e1c16 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.feature-removal-schedule @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +This is a list of features that are scheduled to be removed from dpkg. + + +What: 822-date (program) +Status: obsolete +When: lenny+1 +Warning: program +Why: + Should switch to use 'date -R'. + +What: cleanup-info (program) +Status: deprecated +When: lenny +Warning: none +Why: + This program was needed long time ago to fixup broken info dir files + generated by buggy install-info programs. Should not be needed anymore. + +What: Source-Version (substvar) +Status: obsolete +When: lenny+1 +Warning: lintian (substvar-source-version-is-deprecated) +Why: + The semantics of Source-Version are missleading when applied to binNMUs. + Should switch to use binary:Version or source:Version substvars. + +What: Revision, Package-Revision, Package_Revision, Class, Recommended, + Optional (field) +Status: obsolete +When: lenny+1 +Warning: program +Why: + These fields have been superseded by either other fields with better names + or values in other fields. + +What: recommended, contrib, base (priority) +Status: obsolete +When: lenny+1 +Warning: none +Why: + These priorities have been superseded by either other fields or values in + other fields. + +What: --force-auto-install (dpkg option) +Status: obsolete +When: lenny+1 +Warning: program + +What: --largemem, --smallmem (dpkg option) +Status: obsolete +When: lenny+1 +Warning: program + +What: --no-auto-select (dpkg option) +Status: deprecated +When: lenny+1 +Warning: none + +What: -u, --udeb (dpkg-scanpackages option) +Status: deprecated +When: lenny+1 +Warning: none +Why: + This option has been superseded by -tudeb. + diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 424dec10..4318a545 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ dpkg (1.14.16) UNRELEASED; urgency=low quotes in m4 files. Closes: #24514 * Switch Maintainer address to from . + * Add README.feature-removal-schedule describing the features to be removed + and README.api describing the provided APIs. [ Frank Lichtenheld ] * Make the -L option of dpkg-parsechangelog actually work (it's diff --git a/debian/dpkg.docs b/debian/dpkg.docs index caa7b8bc..aefc3483 100644 --- a/debian/dpkg.docs +++ b/debian/dpkg.docs @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ AUTHORS THANKS debian/usertags +README.api +README.feature-removal-schedule -- 2.39.5