Bug#751659: RFS: gridlock.app/1.10-4 [ITA]

[Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2014, Yavor Doganov wrote:
> Don Armstrong wrote:
> > When working with NMUs, you can either
> > 
> > 1) Incorporate the NMU changelog entries before your new changelog entry
> > 
> > 2) Include a separate section in your new changelog entry which
> > acknowledges the NMU-specific changes and the bugs that they fixed
> > without including the NMU changelog entries.
> 
> with option #1 the changelog entry "Ack NMU, thanks NMUer" seems to be
> nothing more than a simple acknowledgment that the maintainer confirms
> the changes made by the NMU.
 
[...]

> I mean, if the maintainer is basing the new release on the NMU, there
> is an implicit assumption that the NMU has been ACK'ed and this
> changelog entry is more or less redundant.

Pretty much. The only real reason to include that is the "thanks NMUer"
part; it's a good way to show that you appreciate the work of the NMUer.


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