Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers
On Mon, 02 May 2011, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Sun, May 01, 2011 at 09:42:17AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh a écrit :
> > No, but I'd like to have a MUST rule that says that you MUST specify the
> > full repository and commit identification data in the 'new upstream'
> > changelog entry when you package out of a VCS repository instead of a
> > public release tarball.
>
> I wonder if the full repository and commit identification would not better belong
> to the Debian copyright file. See §12.5, paragraph 2:
>
> “the copyright file must say where the upstream sources (if any) were obtained.”
That might even work for the repository. The commit info varies per upload,
it doesn't make sense to modify debian/copyright at every upload, better
have that in the ONE place you must modify anyway.
Most projects only pull/checkout from a fairly static release branch, so
just the commit info in changelog would be enough.
--
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where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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