Bug#683222: debian-policy: Policy section 4.4 is imprecise with respect to section 12.7
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
> 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
Looks good to me. Seconded.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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