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Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization



On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:57:36AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > How about mandating a non-HTML changelog.gz generated with lynx -dump
> > -nolist | gzip?
> 
> I have no problem with this. However, I don't think we should mandate the
> conversion tool. Any form of conversion to plain text should be acceptable.
> The lynx command line can be a suggested way to do it.

I agree.  I didn't mean to imply a mandate on lynx, I just wanted to share
my experiences with others.

>   If the upstream changelog file is HTML formatted, it must be accessible as
>   `/usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz'. A plain text version of the
>   changelog must be accessible as `/usr/doc/<package>/changelog.gz' (this
>   can be created by `lynx -dump -nolist').

No problem.  Seconded.

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