Add debian/NEWS file (lilo is deprecated)

diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..10a2b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+lilo (1:24.2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ Lilo is at the end of development for some years. Finally the
+ Debian package of lilo will be marked as deprecated and will 
+ vanish as install package by the end of year 2020. Lilo will 
+ removed well before the transition freeze of bullseye.
+
+ I recommend to move to another bootloader e.g. grub2 in the
+ next months.
+  
+ -- Joachim Wiedorn <joodebian@joonet.de>  Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:41:00 +0100

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index da1d48002f01b046e86fbb0425b1540366e66f8e..b72e94286672bf287ab7a622d61849049ef90f88 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+lilo (1:24.2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add file debian/NEWS to point out that lilo package is deprecated
+    and its install package will vanish as by the end of year 2020.
+    Move to e.g. grub2 is recommended.
+
+ -- Joachim Wiedorn <joodebian@joonet.de>  Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:41:00 +0100
+
 lilo (1:24.2-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Update weblinks of the package.