Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes: > On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 10:10:28PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: >> * Francesco Paolo Lovergine (frankie@debian.org) [030522 21:35]: >> > Ugh, also this one. Do not use changelog for closing fixed bugs. >> > Do it using BTS directly. >> >> The developers references tells that both methods are allowed in 5.11.4 >> http://www.debian.de/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-ack-nmu >> >> I for myself prefer the changelog entry because it shows direct which >> bugs are closed by the maintainer. > > There's another interesting approach: use 'dpkg-buildpackage -v<last > version you uploaded>'. That way you don't even need to include another > changelog entry, but the generated .changes will include a Closes: line > for all the NMU-fixed bugs. This is the best method, I think. IIRC, bug submitters don't receive an acknowledgment for bugs fixed in an NMU; they only receive them when closed by the maintainer. Consequently, they only get an acknowledgment that says something like * Acknowledge NMU (closes: xxx) which is not informative at all. I would much rather see the changelog entry made by the NMU-er. -- Poems... always a sign of pretentious inner turmoil.
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