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Re: Changelogs (Re: Bug#193497: marked as done (svtools: svsetup uses bashism "echo -e"))



mdz writes:
> When I open a Debian changelog, I expect to see changes which are
> pertinent to Debian development.  This obviously includes changes which
> affect the status of Debian bug reports.

>From Debian-Policy 3.5.10.0:

   Debian Policy Manual - Source packages (from old Packaging Manual) (7/11) 
   C.2.3 debian/changelog 
   This file records the changes to the Debian-specific parts of the
   package [72].

This would seem to preclude upstream bug-fixes.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin



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