prepare for reintroduction to Debian proper (hopefully)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 21608e0..c6806ac 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ musescore2 (2.3.2+dfsg3-9) unstable; urgency=medium
     - bad octave for B♯ and C♭
     - crash on selecting a font
     - Desktop file: StartupWMClass to allow icon grouping
-
- -- Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>  Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:42:04 +0200
+  * Reintroduce to Debian: it’s become clear that upstream expects
+    users to keep the old version installed in parallel with the
+    new version because the new one wrecks layout in files laid out
+    by the old version and maintenance turns out to be less burden
+    than initially expected
+  * Document the situation with musescore{,3,4} in Description
+  * Provides: musescore2 (for consistency)
+
+ -- Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>  Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:56:36 +0200
 
 musescore2 (2.3.2+dfsg3-8) wtf; urgency=low
 

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4e03b65..9a94914 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Description: MuseScore 2 (music composition and notation) shared files
  $ sudo update-alternatives --config MuseScore_General.sf3
 
 Package: musescore
+Provides: musescore2
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
@@ -87,13 +88,20 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
   musescore-common (>> 2.3~), musescore-common (<< 2.4~)
 Recommends: libmp3lame0
 Suggests: pulseaudio-utils
-Description: cross-platform multi-lingual music composition and notation (old)
+Description: cross-platform multi-lingual music composition and notation, v2
  MuseScore is an Open Source (GNU GPL) music notation software that runs
  on all platforms supported by Qt5 (GNU/Linux, MacOS X, Windows), and is
  available in over forty different languages. It features an easy to use
  WYSIWYG editor with audio score playback for results that look and sound
  beautiful, rivaling commercial offerings like Finale and Sibelius.
  .
+ This package provides MuseScore 2. You can install multiple versions of
+ MuseScore in parallel, and upstream recommends doing so, because each
+ major version has a new, incompatible, layout engine, and changing old
+ scores without relayouting them fully with the new version can only be
+ done by the old version. Install the musescore3 package for MuseScore 3
+ and expect a musescore4 package to show up in Debian bookworm.
+ .
  Create, play back and print sheet music for free. Features include:
   - easy-to-use and customisable interface
   - albums combining multiple scores