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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2019-10-07 14:21:40 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2019-10-07 14:45:23 (GMT)
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Help: Add missing 3.16 release notes for CPack/DEB descriptions
Add notes for the changes from commit 33c7ea513d (CPackDeb: Use `CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE`, 2019-07-11). Suggested-by: Alex Turbov <i.zaufi@gmail.com>
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@@ -201,9 +201,17 @@ CPack
control what configurations are to be packaged for multi-configuration
CMake generators.
+* The :cpack_gen:`CPack DEB Generator` is now able to format generic text
+ (usually used as the description for multiple CPack generators) according
+ to the `Debian Policy Manual`_. See the
+ :variable:`CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE` and
+ :variable:`CPACK_DEBIAN_<COMPONENT>_DESCRIPTION` variables.
+
* The :cpack_gen:`CPack Archive Generator` learned to generate ``.tar.zst``
packages with Zstandard compression.
+.. _`Debian Policy Manual`: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#description
+
Deprecated and Removed Features
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