[gnuastro-commits] master d457426: release-checklist: minor corrections in Debian packaging

[Mohammad Akhlaghi]

branch: master
commit d45742663cdabfa6620f96287ce902aae2aa0e43
Author: Mohammad Akhlaghi <address@hidden>
Commit: Mohammad Akhlaghi <address@hidden>

    release-checklist: minor corrections in Debian packaging
    
    After the 0.12 release, Ole Streicher suggested to only use three digits of
    the Debian policy version and to use the old email address.
---
 doc/announce-acknowledge.txt |  1 +
 doc/release-checklist.txt    | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/announce-acknowledge.txt b/doc/announce-acknowledge.txt
index 8065cab..21a19bb 100644
--- a/doc/announce-acknowledge.txt
+++ b/doc/announce-acknowledge.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Alphabetically ordered list to acknowledge in the next release.
 
+Ole Streicher
 
 
 
diff --git a/doc/release-checklist.txt b/doc/release-checklist.txt
index 3161885..1059599 100644
--- a/doc/release-checklist.txt
+++ b/doc/release-checklist.txt
@@ -349,10 +349,11 @@ Steps necessary to Package Gnuastro for Debian.
 
 
  - Check the current Debian policy version and update it in
-   'debian/control'. The policy can be found here:
+   'debian/control'. NOTE that you only need to put the top three digits
+   and ignore the fourth digit. The policy can be found here:
    https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
 
-     $ emacs debian/control
+     $ emacs debian/control   # Only three digits "X.Y.Z"
 
 
  - If the soname of the shared libraries has changed:
@@ -390,7 +391,10 @@ Steps necessary to Package Gnuastro for Debian.
      $ sudo pdebuild
 
 
- - Run Lintian to check the build.
+ - Run Lintian to check the build. You can ignore the warning about the
+   non-existant email address (hosted on 'alioth.debian.org'). As Ole
+   Streicher (address@hidden) mentioned privately: "this links all
+   Debian Astro packages together".
 
      $ lintian -E -I --pedantic                                         \
                /var/cache/pbuilder/result/gnuastro_$ver-1_amd64.changes