Bug#556015: Clarify requirements for copyright file
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 11:59:51AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > I think there's some confusion here; [debian/changelog] documents changes
> > to the source package, and as such, should always have the source
> > version listed. [Binnmus have a changelog revision, but this is
> > technically a violation, as their source version is not Y+bNN, but Y.]
>
> I think this technical violation is a bug in policy, not in binNMU
> practices.
I'd be fine with a specific exception for binNMUs, but not a more
general one, as the ability to reconstruct a version graph based on
the source version entries in debian/changelog is fairly important for
the BTS. [It's of less importance now that dak exports that to the
BTS, but it is still how we generated it all in the first place.]
Don Armstrong
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