Bug#459427: changelog vs. NEWS handling
Peter Eisentraut writes ("Re: Bug#459427: changelog vs. NEWS handling"):
> On 12/1/17 11:19, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Is there some reason why exacdt standardisation of the filenames is
> > necessary here ? For most of the uses I can think of, it is OK to
> > look in a handful of files to see which one might answer the question.
>
> I wrote the bug originally.
>
> My goal was simply to get more packages to ship release notes (NEWS),
> and optionally, to get fewer packages to ship useless source-level
> changelogs.
Those seem good goals.
> A policy adjustment can help that a bit because that also influences
> things like debhelper and a lot of packages just use that without much
> further thought.
Indeed.
I think that means you are answering "no" to the question I posed
above ? I think we are moving towards a form of words that would
achieve your goals without requiring a lot of work to 100% standardise
on the filenames.
Ian.
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