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Re: Bug#193497: marked as done (svtools: svsetup uses bashism "echo -e")



On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 17:29:24 +0200, Marcelo E Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org> said: 

>  Is this a new sport in #d-d or something like that?

	Asking for proper changelogs is a sport I can warm up to.

>  I read that entry as "the new upstream version fixes the problem
>  reported in #193497", and looking at the BTS that is exactly its
>  meaning.

	I thinik a good changelog should not require one to go off to
 an external document, remotely located, to determine what the change
 was. 

>  I'm sure there's a thousand better things to do with your time
>  (hint: fixing bugs) other than nitpicking at changelog entries
>  because they don't include the last period and last comma you want
>  them to.

	This is not dotting i'sand crossing t's. this is information
 that is inherent to a changelog; and writing poer changelogs must be
 encouraged.

	manoj
-- 
A man's gotta know his limitations. Clint Eastwood, "Dirty Harry"
Manoj Srivastava   <srivasta@debian.org>  <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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