README.Debian: Added a short explanation of the package split.

diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
index e7c7c0371f57bcc91cdb3a910e803ce85f0fff40..89accb84c6bf04d0d0f32eeaf1771ee588831195 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/README.Debian
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@ General notes:
   tions ("collectd" package) or suggestions ("collectd-core" package"). See
   /usr/share/doc/collectd-core/README.Debian.plugins for details.
 
+- The main components of collectd have been split into two packages:
+
+  * "collectd-core":
+    This package contains the main program file and the plugins but no config-
+    uration. It allows sites to, e.g., provide customizations on top of it
+    without having to modify the "collectd" package. For example, a custom
+    configuration and appropriate dependencies may be provided by some package
+    depending on "collectd-core" and conflicting / replacing / providing
+    "collectd".
+
+  * "collectd":
+    This package provides a full installation of the daemon, including a
+    configuration. It is meant to be ready to use for simple setups or first
+    steps.
+
 Configuring collectd:
 ---------------------
 

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e77c25bbb6c8feb426fc4d4de55b728ab88ef776..cb29f5cdaf6c907873a49918ce7ffa876371a646 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ collectd (4.8.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
     - Pass --disable-static to configure to tell libtool 2 to not build any
       static libraries.
     - Install debian/collectd.conf as an example into "collectd-core".
+  * debian/README.Debian:
+    - Added a short explanation of the package split.
 
- -- Sebastian Harl <tokkee@debian.org>  Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:37:23 +0100
+ -- Sebastian Harl <tokkee@debian.org>  Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:20:46 +0100
 
 collectd (4.8.1-2) unstable; urgency=low