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Bug#459427: Patch seeking seconds on changelog vs. NEWS handling



Hello Bill,

On Sun 22 Jul 2018 at 07:45PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:

> I have to disagree with that recommendation. It all depends on how the
> changelog is worded. Since we do not include a definition of changelog
> and NEWS file, we cannot assume that one of them is useless without the
> source code.
>
> For example pari-gp include both changelog.gz and NEW.gz and both are
> potentially useful to users without a copy of the source.

I think we can rely on maintainer discretion to ignore Policy in cases
like this.  Recommendations are weaker than "should" claims.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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