* Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>, 2011-12-08, 00:03:
You wrote: * Initial release (Closes: 647579) But you really want it to be (notice the sharp: * Initial release (Closes: #647579)As I'm not sure if just "(Closes: 647579)" without the # will really close the ITP once the package is uploaded
It will. This is documented in Developer's Reference 5.8.4.Even if you don't have Developer's Reference at hand, you can use dpkg-parsechangelog. Or just look at the *.changes file.
-- Jakub Wilk