Re: New upstream packages?

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 05:32:48PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 02:48:02AM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> > Like with many other things in Debian, how you do it doesn't matter as
> > long as you don't break things.  Things that should be considered
> > include:
> 
> >  - Use a -1 Debian revision number for the new upstream release.
> 
> >  - Preserve old changelog entries (sounds obvious, but there have been
> >    incidents...)
> 
> >  - Add an entry "New upstream release" to the changelog.
> 
> ... and please note that "New upstream release" is not a change that closes
> bugs other than wishlist requests *for* the new upstream release; if there
> are changes *in* the new upstream release that fix reported bugs, please
> enumerate those changes before closing the bugs in the changelog.

Noted in CVS version of maint-guide.

# Describe concisely the changes in the new upstream release that fix
  reported bugs and close those bugs in the changelog.

# Describe concisely the changes to the new upstream release by the
  maintainer that fix reported bugs and close those bugs in the changelog.

OK?

Osamu