Bug#96597: changing policy requirements for debian native packages to _MUST_
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:42:11PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote:
> Policy states that history should not be rewritten; ie, past changelog
> entries should remain as they were. What happens when maintainership of
> a package moves upstream?
Aargh, why should anything happen? Is the package suddenly specific
to Debian? And if not, why on earth should it be a Debian-native
package?
As upstream maintainer for WMRack, I document my changes in ./CHANGES.
As Debian maintainer for WMRack, I document my changes in
debian/changelog. I see no reason to treat WMRack differently, than,
say, WMMail, for which I'm only the Debian maintainer. Neither WMRack
nor WMMail is in any way, shape, or form, Debian-specific. Thus,
neither one is a Debian-native package.
Is it more work for me that way? Well, technically, yes. I probably
spend *dozens* of seconds adding in a "new upstream release" entry in
debian/changelog after I've made a new upstream release. I think I
can spare that many seconds. And, if I find a debian-specific problem
(say, bad build-depends), it saves me *and everyone else* time and
trouble if I just release a new debian version, and don't bother to
release a new upstream version. (Why should I?) Plus, it leaves
everyone less confused.
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