Re: Change in my sponsorship requirements

[Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>]

>> Yes, exactly. Each packaging attempt gets a separate changelog entry
>> and when it's final, you merge them all, effectively erasing the
>> history.
>>     
>
> If I understand you correctly you mean a progress as follows:
>
> === Day 1 ===
>   
Day 1 is probably a bit confusing here. A new revision every day makes
no sene, more after publishing the work somewhere or if you want to test
it on machines.
> packagename (1.0-1~unreleased.1) unstable; urgency=low
>
>   * newbie change 1.
>
>  -- John Doe <johndoe@debian.org>  Sun, 06 May 2007 21:52:26 +0200
>
> === Day 2 ===
> packagename (1.0-1~unreleased.1) unstable; urgency=low
>   
-------------^^ that should be 1.0-1~unreleased.2
>   * newbie change 2.
>
>  -- John Doe <johndoe@debian.org>  Sun, 07 May 2007 21:52:26 +0200
>   

> [...]
>   

> IMO, it is acceptable, but way too complicated and doesn't match completely 
> the official procedure.
>   

not really complicated, that's what dch(1) is for. And official
procedures can be changed - although I don't see why this would not
match an official procedure, as long as the unreleased versions are not
uploaded into debian.



Best regards,

Bernd Zeimetz