Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

[Morgon Kanter <morgon@surgo.net>]

This one time, at band camp, Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr> wrote:
> > > > >    * Acknowledge NMU (closes: #174301, #172803, #179036, #177616)
> > > 
> > > Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. 
> > > Do it using BTS directly.
> > 
> > Debian Developers' Reference actually recommends doing that on the first 
> > line of the new changelog entry.
> 
> No, it does not _recommend_ that, don't misrepresent it!

[...]
"It is an old tradition to acknowledge bugs fixed in non-maintainer uploads 
in the first changelog entry of the proper maintainer upload, for instance, 
in a changelog entry like this:"

"old tradition" usually seems to mean "good idea" to me.

Morgon
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