Re: Bizarre changelog entries in some gnome packages
On 23-Mar-04, 07:41 (CST), Mathieu Roy <yeupou@coleumes.org> wrote:
> Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > It's not rewriting history if the changelog didn't document history in
> > the first place.
>
> And on what basis do you decide what is history and what is not?
On an individual basis, erroring towards conservation. It's a concept
called "using your judgement", which is not as highly regarded as it
once was.
> These malformed changelog entries are definitely a part of the
> package's history.
The changelogs are there to provide useful information to users and
maintainers. The entries under discussion are simply confusing and
pointless. They are preserved in the archives of debian-devel-changes
and (most usefully) debian-curiousa.
I fix spelling errors and other mistakes in changelogs. I don't see
a significant difference with these, and I don't see any value in
preserving a petulant outburst from a frustrated maintainer.
Steve
--
Steve Greenland
The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating
system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
world. -- seen on the net
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