XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist 
 From: zeha@debian.org 
  
 On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 07:31:31PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: 
 > Because it's a breaking change, and very useful to know about before 
 > starting the upgrade process, at which point people haven't had a chance to 
 > read NEWS.Debian. The issue is very similar to e.g. the Dovecot 
 > configuration change that did get a mention in the Release Notes. 
 > 
 > To avoid confusion in the future, are there guidelines that I can look up 
 to 
 > find out what is supposed and not supposed to appear in the Release Notes? 
  
 Unsure. But IMO pdns-recursor is a niche package. Compare popcon 
 between the two: 
  
 https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=pdns-recursor 
  
 https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=dovecot 
  
 The upgrade for pdns-recursor for trivial setups is trivial, for 
 complex setups users need to plan ahead anyway. dovecot is in a 
 different situation. 
  
 A more general question might be: if all changes are expected to be 
 in the release notes, why have NEWS.Debian files at all? And who 
 will write and read all these release notes entries. 
  
 Chris 
  
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