Re: Horrific new levels of changelog abuse
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 12:59:04PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
>> Right so let's say that I file a bug against package X, and the maintainer
>> closes it saying that it's fixed in version y. Are you saying that this
>> is useless?
>
> In the changelog, yes.
>
> In other contexts, often it isn't. For example, if a package maintainer
> can no longer reproduce a bug under reasonable conditions, there's
> nothing wrong with him sending a message to the -done address explaining
> this fact.
Then I agree with you completely on this point. For the BTS, stating that
the bug is closed in version X is sufficient.
For the Debian changelog, the rule should be that you must document
all Debian changes.
The only disagreement is with what to do with upstream changes that
happen to close Debian bugs. I still maintain that they have no place
in the Debian changelog.
1) It is not necessary for the BTS as only the fact that it is fixed
in version X is needed there.
2) It is not needed in the Debian changelog as it is not a Debian change.
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