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Bug#878967: debian-policy: clarify purpose of debian/changelog



On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 07:22:45PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 17 2017, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> 
> > Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.1.1 Severity: normal
> >
> > Section 4.4 explains quite a bit about debian/changelog, but doesn't
> > really explain its purpose.
> 
> Have you seen Developer's Reference 5.2?  That gives more detail.  I am
> reluctant to duplicate that in Policy.

I have, it does, and that's a reasonable reluctance.  But I don't see
anything there that would tell a new contributor about the intended
audience(s) of debian/changelog.

It could be that this bug would be better filed against Developer's
Reference, if that would be a better location.  

Ross


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