Re: Changelogs (Re: Bug#193497: marked as done (svtools: svsetup uses bashism "echo -e"))
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:51:07 +1000, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> said:
> Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 11:42:44PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>>
>>> > What if the bug was reported after the new Debian package was
>>> > uploaded? Why does it suddenly stop being a significant change?
> This is meant to be a rhetorical question.
It turned out to be closer to the mark than you suspected ;-)
>> My answer to Herbert would be "it would be nice, but unfortunately
>> time travel is not yet among our capabilities".
> Which just proves that listing things in the changelog on the basis
> of bug reports is meaningless. Listing things that actually have
> changed in Debian is what it was meant for in the first place.
I disagree. Changelogs for debian packages should document all
changes that happened to the package -- and this include bugs that
were closed, and the reaons thereof. No inconsistency.
Thank you for helping me make my argument.
manoj
--
In any problem, if you find yourself doing an infinite amount of work,
the answer may be obtained by inspection.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
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