There is a NEWS entry in 251.2-3:

  systemd-boot has been split into a separate package.
  This new systemd-boot package will not be installed automatically on
  upgrades. If you are using systemd-boot, please install this new
  package manually.

As a user who installed their Debian system via the installer, I have
no clue whether or not I use systemd-boot.  Reading the manpage for
systemd-boot left me no clearer.  Since this may well be critical for
systems to be able to boot, it would be extremely helpful to give the
administrator some pointers on how to work out whether or not they are
using systemd-boot.

Best wishes,

   Julian

Am 22.06.22 um 10:20 schrieb Julian Gilbey:

The default boot loader in Debian is grub2, this hasn't changed.
To use systemd-boot, you needed to manually set it up.

So if you don't know whether you are using systemd-boot, you are not
using systemd-boot.

To me the NEWS entry is pretty clear. That said, feel free to propose a
changed/modified text via a MR.

https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd

Thanks Michael!

https://salsa.debian.org/jdg/systemd/-/merge_requests/1

using mostly your wording from above.

Best wishes,

   Julian

Am 22.06.22 um 12:52 schrieb Julian Gilbey:

Thanks! Can you submit this MR against the correct repository?
Atm it's only available in your private copy/fork.

Regards,
Michael

Am 22.06.22 um 13:07 schrieb Michael Biebl:
have no modifications to debian/changelog but the git commit message
should be what ends up in the changelog.

Please also use the

Closes: #1013340

annotation.

See man gbp dch

Oh, sorry I messed up.  Do you like the suggested patch, though?  If
so, could you not just copy the two line message directly into the
main systemd repository?  It's much less work all round.

Best wishes,

   Julian

Hello,

Bug #1013340 in systemd reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/commit/829fe4da4394486506f702e1022de5aa7ec2a1b6
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clarify NEWS message about systemd-boot split

Closes: #1013340
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1013340

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
systemd, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1013340@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> (supplier of updated systemd package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:12:34 +0200
Source: systemd
Architecture: source
Version: 251.2-6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers <pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Closes: 1012738 1013340 1013482
Changes:
 systemd (251.2-6) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Helmut Grohne ]
   * Mark systemd-userdbd and systemd-homed as !stage1 (Closes: #1012738)
 .
   [ Luca Boccassi ]
   * Remove unused Lintian overrides
   * Stop overriding the build directory name.
     We don't do a separate udeb build anymore, so there's no need
     to specify a separate build directory.
   * Use execute_before_/after_ instead of override_
   * Add nodoc profile support.
     Co-authored-by: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
 .
   [ Michael Biebl ]
   * Do not fail EFI build with newer binutils (Closes: #1013482)
   * shared/microhttp-util: silence gcc warning
   * Clarify NEWS message about systemd-boot split (Closes: #1013340)
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