Re: Please don't misuse the debian/changelog to close bugs!
John H. Robinson, IV <jaqque@debian.org> wrote:
>
> in that case you can do this:
>
> * New upstream release
>
> and then use 123-done@b.d.o to close the bugs, and everyone has a
> wonderful day.
Really? For the two groups of people affected by this change:
1. BTS readers -- No change. The information they've received is
identical, i.e., that the bug has been fixed by a new upstream release.
2. debian/changelog readers -- No change. They have lost a slight bit
information that is irrelevant for the purpose of documenting Debian
changes.
It is in fact detrimental for a third group, people who are trying to
extract the version in which a given bug was fixed.
So who is having a wonderful day because of this?
> you say ``should be in the upstream changelog already.'' what about
> those cases when they are not listed?
If you want to be pedantic, mostly redundant then. I don't know about
your upstream, but as far as the Linux kernel goes, most changes have
reasonable log messages in the BitKeeper system.
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