Re: Temporary solution for changelog problem in binNMUs
On 05/13/2013 14:12, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:14:07AM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
>> For this sbuild should add "binary-only=yes" to the changelog[4] and
>> dh_installchangelogs split such entries into a separate file (will file
>> a bug soon).
>>
>> [4] <http://bugs.debian.org/681292>
>
> Please don't. That just eats up developer time to implement, more time
> to un-implement when the real solution comes and probably delays the
> real solution because nobody wants to break the temporary fix.
> Sometimes a bit of pain is a good motivator.
I think the changes are quite small and easy to un-implement later.
Having it would prevent lots of bug reports for uninstallable packages:
from a quick look at the debian-x mailing lists there were already six
reports for one package in the last day...
> Guillem sayd he already has a working solution for changelog /
> copyright as metadata at home. And despide the discussion about what
> it is all usefull for there doesn't seem to be any real (unsolvable)
> objections to that solution. So I would rather see that solution in
> experimental NOW and get people to try it than divert resources to
> temporary fixes.
Moving changelog/copyright to another location will break other tools
and thus take a while before it can be used (I expect at least lintian
and dak to be unhappy). Splitting the binNMU entry out will make tools
miss said entry, but not break them. That's probably not a large
problem and could be ignored until we have a final solution.
(Personally I'm not sure we should declare them metadata anyway, but
that should better be discussed in #681289.)
Ansgar
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