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Bug#459427: changelog vs. NEWS handling



Hello Jonathan,

On Thu, Nov 30 2017, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> I've been trying to make debian/changelog in packages I work on
> user-focused, and no one has complained yet.
>
> I also use NEWS.Debian for notes about incompatibilities that will
> affect sysadmins upgrading.

Yes.  If you read the Developer's Reference, d/changelog is meant to be
"user visible" changes, and NEWS.Debian really urgent user visible
changes.

Which is different from the distinction between the upstream CHANGELOG
and NEWS distinction we've been working with in recent e-mails to this
thread...

-- 
Sean Whitton

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