Bug#859778: RFS: xtrs/4.9d-3

["G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>]

At 2017-04-22T15:41:48-0400, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Given this problem I haven't done a full review, but I'd like to make
> > two preliminary suggestions:
> > 
> > 1) How about merging the -1, -2 and -3~~unreleased changelog entries
> > into a single entry, since we're doing a single upload?
> 
> Won't that prompt the question of what happened to -1 and -2?
> 
> Or do you mean renumber -3 as -1?  And move the git tags?
> 
> > 2) You have made a very large number of changes to the upstream source
> > by means of debian/patches.  How about separating the changelog into two
> > sections, something like this:
> > 
> >     Debian packaging changes:
> >     * Migrate to new (to me) quilt-based Debian source format 3.0.
> >       + Migrate former contents of debian/patches to debian/patch/*; dropping
> >         patches now merged upstream.
> >     [...]
> > 
> >     Debian patches to upstream source:
> >     * Makefile: Observe LDFLAGS when building internal "compile_rom" tool.
> >       Thanks to Graham Inggs for the discussion!  (Closes: #859751)
> >     [...]

Hmm, did you notice that:

1) Almost all the changes to upstream code are in release -3?
and
2) Almost all the changes to packaging are in releases -1 and -2?

So, to be clear, you're asking me to coalesce all the changelog entries
since 4.9c together and then split them up in a different way, which
less accurately reflects the actual history of recent development?

Can you explain your reasoning here?

Regards,
Branden