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diff --git a/debian/README.Maintainer b/debian/README.Maintainer new file mode 100644 index 0000000..206de68 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.Maintainer @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ + +New upstream version release procedure +====================================== + +Besides the usual stuff of refreshing patch queue, adjusting to recent +Debian policy and debhelper compat level, addressing lintian warnigs ... + +* Run a full regression test on the upstream release, an both litte + and big endian architectures. + NB: The test scripts are not public yet, the thesaurus will never be, + for legal reasons. +* Run a full regression test on the Debian version as above. +* Check for regressions in the libmagic1 install dependencies. +* Test-rebuild diffoscope using the new version. +* First upload is to *experimental*. +* Wait for ACCEPTED, then send a message to + * diffoscope@packages.debian.org + using the following template: + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +Subject: Heads-up: New upstream version of src:file in experimental + +Hello there, + +A new upstream release of file/libmagic has been accepted into +experimental a few moments ago, version <DEB_VERSION>. As your package is +one of those that somewhat suffered from surprising feature changes of +libmagic in the past, I'd like to give you an opportunity to test and +to prepare for any changes, for better or for worse. In case of the +latter, use the BTS as usual to report detections that could see an +improvement. + +My plan is to upload to unstable in a week from now. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +* Brace for impact. +* Watch upstream git for the first round of bugfix commits. + +Before uploading to unstable + +* Check https://release.debian.org/britney/pseudo-excuses-experimental.html#file |