Re: Bug#630722: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html lacks changelog

[Simon Paillard <spaillard@debian.org>]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 04:40:26PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Package: www.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> 
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html has no changelog.
> While this document is only a small part of the web site changelog is
> crucial for this document.
> 
> Without one it is nearly useless as you can't tell what a package of
> particular standards version must fulfill to be upgraded to current
> standrads version.

We can only agree with you.

However:
- http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/index.html is directly taken from
  debian-policy packages (maintainers in copy)
- this checklist is available at
  http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/upgrading-checklist.txt

Now the checklist is available as well in html from, we could install it on the website as well:
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist-1.html
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html/ch1.html
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html/ch2.html
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html/index.html

- At last, would it be possible to have the upgrading checklist as a annex of
  chapter of the policy itself ? It would allo easy links between the checklist
  and the policy itself.

-- 
Simon Paillard