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Re: Changelog etiquette for upstream patches



On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:05 AM, Tony Houghton wrote:

> The thing is there isn't a separate patch in the debian packaging or
> elsewhere in the pending release tarball because I've applied the patch
> to the code upstream. The bug is upstream too, not in Debian. So
> including the URL for the upstream bug looks nearest to your suggestion.
> Luckily sourceforge bug URLs are a more reasonable size since the last
> upgrade, and/or I can use their URL shortening service.

For upstream stuff I usually put patch submittors in the git
authorship info and possibly in the AUTHORS/THANKS files if the patch
is large enough.

PS: since you are doing upstream stuff, you might want to read our
upstream guide:

http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise


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