Bug#908830: release-notes: Mention the python-magic upstream switch

[Christoph Biedl]

Package: release-notes
Severity: normal

Hi there,

'bout time to start contributing to the buster release notes. In my
opinion the python-magic transition[1] is worth to be mentioned. If you
disagree feel free to drop my input as well.

Suggested wording:

======================================================================

The python-magic/python3-magic Python bindings for the libmagic file
type detection library switched upstream and provide a broader set of
functions now. A compatibility layer is included so applications relying
on the old function set should not be harmed.

======================================================================

Aside, in the eight months since the switch I haven't seen even a single
report about a regression, so consider "should not be harmed" somewhat
an understatment.

Regards,

Christoph

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/877849
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2018/01/msg00449.html

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[Adrian Bunk]

Post by Christoph Biedl
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Hi there,
'bout time to start contributing to the buster release notes. In my
opinion the python-magic transition[1] is worth to be mentioned. If you
disagree feel free to drop my input as well.
======================================================================
The python-magic/python3-magic Python bindings for the libmagic file
type detection library switched upstream and provide a broader set of
functions now. A compatibility layer is included so applications relying
on the old function set should not be harmed.
======================================================================
Aside, in the eight months since the switch I haven't seen even a single
report about a regression, so consider "should not be harmed" somewhat
an understatment.

Just my personal opinion:

Is this really worth an entry in the release notes that are supposed to
be read by every user?

What you describe sounds more like "not even worth a NEWS.Debian entry
since there is no expected breakage", not something that every user must
know about.

Post by Christoph Biedl
Regards,
Christoph
...

cu
Adrian

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