Re: Accepted kaffe 1:1.1.1-1 (i386 source)
Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Ean R. Schuessler wrote:
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>> Format: 1.7
>> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:18:37 -0500
>> Source: kaffe
>> Binary: kaffe
>> Architecture: source i386
>> Version: 1:1.1.1-1
>> Distribution: unstable
>> Urgency: low
>> Maintainer: Ean R. Schuessler <ean@novare.net>
>> Changed-By: Ean R. Schuessler <ean@novare.net>
>> Description:
>> kaffe - A JVM to run Java bytecode
>> Closes: 51230 61264 75800 77869 81389 116802 141597 158743 167936 170021 170059 193263 196254 196867 197617 200434 202779
>> Changes:
>> kaffe (1:1.1.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
>> .
>> * New upstream release closes many bugs. (Closes: #51230, #61264,
>> #75800, #77869, #116802, #141597, #158743, #170021, #170059,
>> #193263, #196254, #197617, #202779, #81389, #200434, #196867)
>> * /usr/lib/jni is now checked for JNI libraries. (Closes: #167936)
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> This is not a proper changelog entry.
>
> A proper entry is as follows:
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> * New upstream release.
> * no longer does foo when bar happens. Closes: #12345
> * wrapper script rewritten to not use $$ in tempfile names. Closes: #12345
>
> Please, everyone remember, a changelog documents *changes*. It's not a tool
> to close bugs automatically.
This is bullshit.
We've gone through this many times already. Upstream changes should
not be documented in the Debian changelog, even if they fix bugs in
the Debian BTS.
If I were the maintainer of this package, I would close these bugs again.
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