NEWS file missing important information for 2.7.0 release (mixup in debian folder)

[Louis-Dominique Dubeau]

Release: 12.04

I pulled this package from the quantal repository to a precise installation but I believe this unusual configuration is not a factor in the following report.

Version of the package:

amavisd-new_2.7.1-2ubuntu2

Expected results: a NEWS.Debian.gz file containing all the latest information from upstream.

Actual results: a NEWS.Debian.gz file which lacks the latest information from upstream.

Explanation and steps to reproduce:

$ dpkg-source -x amavisd-new_2.7.1-2ubuntu2.dsc

Go into:

amavisd-new-2.7.1/debian

You'll find two "NEWS files":

$ ls -l *NEWS*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ldd ldd 4232 Aug 29 13:07 amavisd-new.NEWS
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ldd ldd 272 Aug 29 13:07 NEWS

NEWS contains the latest news, but amavisd-news.NEWS is the file actually packaged.

This is verifiable by building the package and looking at the /usr/share/doc/amavisd-new/NEWS.Debian.gz file included in the package. Its contents are those of amavisd-news.NEWS. The contents of NEWS are nowhere to be found.

As pointed out in the following bug report, the NEWS file contains some useful information:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=671450

[James Page (james-page)]

The issue is that the entry in NEWS should be in amavisd-new.NEWS.