On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 01:06:48PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > > Write something like: > > * Added patches/0?_BlaBla.dpatch to fix hyphens in manpages > > It's still pretty bad. Since the changelog is for users, it should > also contain what actually got changed without reference to > a patch. Were the hyphens broken? What's a broken hyphen? OK, so it now reads: "Added 01manpage_hyphen_fix.dpatch to ensure hyphens aren't used as minus signs." I think it can't be more clear than that! > It's correct to use a comma before "and" even in British English. Well, I am not changing this. > > debian/copyright: > > - It was downloaded from http://logapp.sourceforge.net/ > > + It was downloaded from <http://logapp.sourceforge.net/> > > Rationale? Sponsoring isn't really about making sure your > preferences are honoured. Reverting to the one without <>, since the URL is highlighted incorrectly in Emacs if I have the trailing ">". :-) > > debian/examples: > > Quite complicated to use a whole file just for one file, you could also > > do that with a dh_installexamples parameter. But yes, it works also so > > it's okay, just as a hint... > > It's really the way debhelper was designed and is much easier and > more transparent for NMUs etc. IMHO. Well, in this case, I really feel it's all right, since the package is, as such, quite small. But I also like the separate file way for the reason that if upstream adds another file later, I just append it there rather than look for it in rules... Anyway, the latest one is available at: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/logapp/logapp_0.7-1.dsc Thanks for the tips, Martin! Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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