also sprach Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> [2007.07.15.1133 +0200]:
> I think it is about time that I changed the way I handle one element of
> my sponsoring: I think that trying to retain the same Debian version
> during the entire sponsorship process is prone to error and teaches bad
> habits. In future, I think it is easier for everyone if every change
> during sponsorship gets a new Debian version, so if you need me to
> sponsor packages, each upload to mentors.debian.net must use a new
> Debian version. The simplest way to do that is with 'dch -i' and then a
> comment about what was fixed in this upload. This is how the Debian
> archive expects everyone to handle debian/changelog so this is what I
> should encourage during sponsoring.
I agree and I usually adopt the same procedure, except I make use of
the new ~ character in version strings. Even more my own packages,
I'll release
1.0-1~unreleased.1
1.0-1~unreleased.2
1.0-1~unreleased.3
until it's final and I can release 1.0-1, for which I merge the
previous changelog entries. This is more work and requires more
recompiles, but it does the job without cluttering the changelog.
I encourage others to do the same (or something similar).
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