Add basic upgrade documentation. Install debbugs-upgradestatus.
# install debbugsconfig
$(install_exec) debian/debbugsconfig $(sbin_dir)
$(install_data) debian/debbugsconfig.8 $(man8_dir)
- # install the debbugs-dbhash migration tool
+ # install migration tools
$(install_exec) migrate/debbugs-dbhash $(sbin_dir)
$(install_data) migrate/debbugs-dbhash.8 $(man8_dir)
+ $(install_exec) migrate/debbugs-upgradestatus $(sbin_dir)
# install the updateseqs file
$(install_data) misc/updateseqs $(var_dir)/spool
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 .db 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 .db
+files for compatibility with external tools.
+
From 2.4 to 2.4.1
-----------------
- Add support for an X-Debbugs-No-Ack: mail header to suppress
acknowledgements.
- Document how to deliver mail to debbugs via procmail and SpamAssassin.
+ - Implement new .status format that's extensible and easier to read; it
+ now lives in .db rather than .status. Use debbugs-upgradestatus to
+ convert existing bug databases.
-- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:57:25 +0100