Re: dh-make-perl changelog urgency

[Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>]

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Lintott wrote:
> Whilst double checking a new package I noticed that dh-make-perl still
> creates a changelog with a low urgency.
> 
> As per [1] the default urgency for all packages was changed to medium to
> reduce the delay in transition to testing, this change has been present
> in dch since November 2013.
> 
> Should dh-make-perl be changed to track the change as well?

IMHO no.

dh-make-perl only generates the initial changelog entry. Packages not
in testing still need the full 10 days to migrate to testing[2]
independent of their urgency setting. And as newly packaged packages
are usually not already in testing, keeping urgency=low for initial
changelog entries is IMHO the right way.

[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/11/msg00007.html
    Relevant sentence: "For packages not in testing, the migration
    delay of 10 days will not be changed."

		Regards, Axel
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