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Bug#683222: debian-policy: Policy section 4.4 is imprecise with respect to section 12.7



control: tag -1 +patch

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:07:01AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Otherwise, how about something along these lines: [...]

Commenting on Charles' patch, I think that it would be clearer to have
the 'should' and 'must' requirements in separate sentences.

Thus I am seeking seconds for the following patch:

diff --git a/policy/ch-source.rst b/policy/ch-source.rst
index f706a13..89b355a 100644
--- a/policy/ch-source.rst
+++ b/policy/ch-source.rst
@@ -99,10 +99,11 @@ later reconfigure the package without losing the changes you made.
 Debian changelog: ``debian/changelog``
 --------------------------------------
 
-Changes in the Debian version of the package should be briefly explained
-in the Debian changelog file ``debian/changelog``.  [#]_ This includes
-modifications made in the Debian package compared to the upstream one as
-well as other changes and updates to the package.  [#]_
+Every source package must include the Debian changelog file,
+``debian/changelog``.  Changes in the Debian version of the package
+should be briefly explained in this file.  [#]_ This includes
+modifications made in the Debian package compared to the upstream one
+as well as other changes and updates to the package.  [#]_
 
 The format of the ``debian/changelog`` allows the package building tools
 to discover which version of the package is being built and find out

-- 
Sean Whitton

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