Bug#878967: debian-policy: clarify purpose of debian/changelog
On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 06:19:10PM -0700, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> 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.
Maybe it is better to speak of purpose rather than audience ?
I use the changelogs to try to find when a bug was fixed or introduced
and see whether the package is actively maintained upstream and in
Debian. Also I read it to my children before putting them to bed.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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