From 2def8546ef021aeaa3a8540675c5df4ff93451f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Harl Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:11:13 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added debian/NEWS. Documented the changes required by the switch to libpango. Closes: #493575, #493594 --- debian/NEWS | 16 ++++++++++++++++ debian/changelog | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 debian/NEWS diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62dec04 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +rrdtool (1.3.1-4) unstable; urgency=low + + Starting with version 1.3, RRDtool uses libpango for handling text in + graphs. When specifying fonts (e.g. using the --font option of rrdgraph(1)) + a Pango font description (e.g. "Times 20") has to be used instead of + specifying truetype font files as in version 1.2. See the rrdgraph(1) + manpage for details. + + Also, Pango expects strings to be encoded in UTF-8. RRDtool tries to take + care of that but for it to work correctly the string's encoding has to match + the locale settings or has to be UTF-8 encoded already. E.g. this might be a + problem if rrdtool is called from a script whose encoding does not match the + local settings. + + -- Sebastian Harl Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:07:32 +0200 + diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index f7cc296..6d14f09 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ rrdtool (1.3.1-4) unstable; urgency=low valuable debugging information (Closes: #498183). - Added upstream patch bts496847-error-handling to fix error handling of syscalls in rrdtool(1) (Closes: #496847). + * debian/NEWS: + - Added. Documented the changes required by the switch to libpango + (Closes: #493575, #493594). - -- Sebastian Harl Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:50:18 +0200 + -- Sebastian Harl Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:07:32 +0200 rrdtool (1.3.1-3) unstable; urgency=low -- 2.30.2