+
+ Debbugs upgrade notes
+ +=====================+
+
+From 2.4.1 to 2.4.2
+-------------------
+
+The file format used to store the status of a bug (package, severity, etc.)
+has changed; it is now in an RFC822-like format in order to be more
+extensible, and is written to .summary files rather than the old .status
+files. Before accepting any mail with the new version of debbugs, you must
+run the 'debbugs-upgradestatus' program over your bug spool. The old .status
+files will be left intact, and will continue to be written in sync with the
+.summary files for compatibility with external tools.
+
+There is a new standalone spam-scanning script called spamscan, which uses
+the SpamAssassin modules. To use it, set the $gSpamScan variable in
+/etc/debbugs/config to a true value and $gSpamMailbox to an mbox file to
+which detected spam should be appended, add /usr/lib/debbugs/spamscan to
+your crontab as per the example, and optionally set $gSpamRulesDir and
+$gSpamLocalTestsOnly as desired.
+
+From 2.4 to 2.4.1
+-----------------
+
+Add the following variables to the /etc/debbugs/config file:
+
+$gHTMLSuffix = ".html";
+
+The use of $gCGIDomain has been cleaned up; formerly, it needed to begin
+with "http://", which was confusingly inconsistent with all the other domain
+variables. If you worked around this in your configuration, you will need to
+recheck it.
+
+From 2.3 to 2.4
+---------------
+
+Add the following variables to the /etc/debbugs/config file:
+
+$gWebHost = "localhost"; # e.g. www.debian.org
+$gWebHostBugDir = "Bugs"; # e.g. Bugs
+# For now, don't change this one manually!
+$gWebDomain = "$gWebHost/$gWebHostBugDir";
+$gCGIDomain = "$gWebDomain/Bugs/cgi"; # e.g. cgi.debian.org
+$gPackagePages = "packages.debian.org"; # e.g. packages.debian.org
+$gSubscriptionDomain = "packages.something"; # e.g. packages.qa.debian.org
+$gMaintainerFileOverride = "$gConfigDir/Maintainers.override";
+$gUnknownMaintainerEmail = "$gMaintainerEmail";
+$gPackageSource = "$gConfigDir/indices/sources";
+
+$gWebDomain will probably exist already; change it as shown above.
+
+$gSubscriptionDomain is optional.
+
+$gMaintainerFileOverride is the name of a file used to manually override the
+Maintainers file (which is often automatically generated).
+
+$gUnknownMaintainerEmail is the address to mail when a bug report arrives
+for a package with no maintainer in $gMaintainerFile or
+$gMaintainerFileOverride.
+
+$gPackageSource is a file containing three tab-separated columns: package
+name, component (e.g. main, contrib, non-free), and the corresponding source
+package name.
+
+Add the following variable to the /etc/debbugs/text file:
+
+############################################################################
+# Description of the tags
+############################################################################
+$gHTMLTagDesc = "
+<dt><code>patch</code>
+ <dd>A patch or some other easy procedure for fixing the $gBug is included in
+ the $gBug logs. If there\'s a patch, but it doesn\'t resolve the $gBug
+ adequately or causes some other problems, this tag should not be used.
+
+<dt><code>wontfix</code>
+ <dd>This $gBug won\'t be fixed. Possibly because this is a choice between two
+ arbitrary ways of doing things and the maintainer and submitter prefer
+ different ways of doing things, possibly because changing the behaviour
+ will cause other, worse, problems for others, or possibly for other
+ reasons.
+
+<dt><code>moreinfo</code>
+ <dd>This $gBug can\'t be addressed until more information is provided by the
+ submitter. The $gBug will be closed if the submitter doesn\'t provide ore
+ information in a reasonable (few months) timeframe. This is for $gBugs like
+ \"It doesn\'t work\". What doesn\'t work?
+
+<dt><code>unreproducible</code>
+ <dd>This $gBug can\'t be reproduced on the maintainer\'s system. Assistance
+ from third parties is needed in diagnosing the cause of the problem.
+
+<dt><code>fixed</code>
+ <dd>This $gBug is fixed or worked around, but there\'s still an issue that
+ needs to be resolved. (This will eventually replace the \"fixed\" severity)
+
+<dt><code>stable</code>
+ <dd>This $gBug affects the stable distribution in particular. This is only
+ intended to be used for ease in identifying release critical $gBugs that
+ affect the stable distribution. It\'ll be replaced eventually with
+ something a little more flexible, probably.
+";
+
+The bug database is now stored in a hashed directory format (db-h). You
+will need to migrate your database to this new format. The
+/usr/sbin/debbugs-dbhash program is provided to help you perform this
+migration.
+
+From 2.2 to 2.3
+---------------
+