Bug#804264: release-notes: LSB drops all lsb-* compatibility packages

Frank Lin PIAT <[email protected]> Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:32:11 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.lsb
Message-ID	<20151106183211.24351.8016.reportbug__39701.7881893136$1446834999$gmane$org@solid.klabs.be>

Package: release-notes
Severity: normal


This should be worth being mentioned in the release-notes(?)

Quoting lsb NEWS files
> lsb (9.20150826) unstable; urgency=low
>
>  This update drops all lsb-* compatibility packages, and is therefore an
>  abandon of the pursuit of LSB compatibility for Debian. Only lsb-release and
>  lsb-base are kept as they continue to be used throughout the archive.
>
> -- Didier Raboud <[email protected]>  Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:00:00 +0200


Compare the package list:
	https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/lsb
	https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/lsb

BTW, Debian FAQ should be updated too if this is confirmed.
	https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-compat.html#s-otherdistribs

Regards,

Franklin