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Re: Please don't misuse the debian/changelog to close bugs!



On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:53:39AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 07:34:23PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > 
> >> 2. debian/changelog readers -- No change.  They have lost a slight bit
> >> information that is irrelevant for the purpose of documenting Debian
> >> changes.
> > 
> > I am one of these readers.  I do this.  A lot.  Every day.  And I am telling
> > you that the method that I have suggested in previous threads is VERY
> > HELPFUL to me.  So, while you may disagree, do not misrepresent my
> > situation.
> 
> Please pay more attention to the context.  I was responding to
> John Robinson's suggestion to send a message to -done@bugs.debian.org.

That's interesting, because your justification sounded exactly the same as
the one that you used when arguing in favor of leaving this information out
of the changelog.

-- 
 - mdz



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