d/changelog and experimental
What is the best approach for d/changelog when releasing a package to unstable after it has been through a few iterations to experimental ?
It would seem that the right thing to do is to keep all experimental changelog entries, and add a new one for unstable.
But sometimes experimental uploads are, well ... experimental, there may be changes that cancel out (I tried this but it did not work, then I tried that etc.).
So another way is to consolidate all experimental changelog entries into the unstable one, tidying it up.
Also as most people never see the experimental releases, they only care for what's new since the last release to unstable / stable.
On this topic I found nothing definitive in policy:
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-dpkgchangelog
except footnote 3 which does not really discuss experimental.
On debian-devel I found this old thread:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/01/msg00791.html
where different opinions are voiced.
What the best approach ?
Paolo
(originally posted as: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2019-November/037083.html)
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