Re: deb-check 0.1 uploaded to master.debian.org
On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
aj > 3.2.5 /usr/doc/package/changelog.Debian.gz and
aj > /usr/doc/package/changelog.upstream.gz.
aj >
aj > This installed file must contain a copy of the debian/changelog file
aj > from your Debian source tree, and a copy of the upstream changelog
aj > file if there is one. They should usually be installed in
aj > /usr/doc/package as changelog.Debian.gz and changelog.gz respectively.
aj >
aj > Both should be installed compressed using gzip -9, as they will become
aj > large with time even if they start out small.
This provision was made with a rules file in mind where you have a gzip
command to do the compression in view of a larger file for the future.
debmake can make the decision based on the current size of the file.
I think that fits in the policy.
aj >
aj > If the package has only one changelog which is used both as the Debian
aj > changelog and the upstream one because there is no separate upstream
aj > maintainer then that changelog should usually be installed as
aj > /usr/doc/package/changelog.gz; if there is a separate upstream
aj > maintainer, but no upstream changelog, then the Debian changelog
aj > should still be called changelog.Debian.gz.
aj >
aj >the manual should be fixed (changelog.upstream.gz <-> changelog.gz).
debmake installs changelog.upstream
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