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diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index bff3621bc..9a93de69e 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,34 @@ +apt (1.5~beta1) unstable; urgency=medium + + [ New HTTPS method ] + The default http method now supports HTTPS itself, including encrypted proxies + and connecting to HTTPS sites via HTTPS proxies; and the apt-transport-https + package only provides a "curl+https" method now as a fallback, but will be + removed shortly. If TLS support is unwanted, it can be disabled overall by + setting the option Acquire::AllowTLS to "false". + + As for backwards compatibility, the options IssuerCert and SslForceVersion + are not supported anymore, and any specified certificate files must in the + PEM format (curl might have allowed DER files as well). + + [ Changes to unauthenticated repositories ] + The security exception for apt-get to only raise warnings if it encounters + unauthenticated repositories in the "update" command is gone now, so that it + will raise errors just like apt and all other apt-based front-ends do since + at least apt version 1.3. + + It is possible (but STRONGLY ADVISED AGAINST) to revert to the previous + behaviour of apt-get by setting the option + Binary::apt-get::Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "true"; + See apt-secure(8) manpage for configuration details. + + [ Release Info Changes ] + If values like Origin, Label, and Codename change in a Release file, + update fails, or asks a user (if interactive). Various + --allow-releaseinfo-change are provided for non-interactive use. + + -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:09:23 +0200 + apt (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=medium If periodic updates and unattended upgrades are enabled, the start of @@ -121,4 +152,3 @@ apt (0.5.25) unstable; urgency=low recreated the next time. -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sat, 8 May 2004 12:38:07 -0700 - |