[Build-common-hackers] Bug#333972: marked as done (/usr/share/doc/liboil0.3/NEWS.gz is useless)

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Package: liboil0.3
Version: 0.3.3-1
Severity: wishlist

It is empty, so there is no need to include it.

On the other hand, maybe upstream could be prodded into maintaining a real
NEWS file...

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If you switch to debhelper level 5 then empty documentation files won't 
be installed.