On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 08:07:29PM -0400, Louis-Philippe Véronneau wrote:
> The problem this tries to solves is inconsistent use of UNRELEASED in
> debian/changelog. Some people do not use it at all, and it can make
> working on team packages harder.
>
> Indeed, if you try to modify a package, if people don't use UNRELEASED,
> you first need to check if the current VCS version has been uploaded to
> the archive or not. This complicates the life of people doing mass
> updates, as they can't rely on packages with `unstable` having been
> uploaded.
I just want to point people towards the fact that the Janitor's is now
being clever about recognizing whether a package is using `gbp dch`
(which I believe is the case you refer to when you say that UNRELEASED
is not used), or changelog entires are added whenever a change is done.
That said, I acknoledge that it makes sense to converge on a single
solution for the whole team, and honestly I don't have much of a strong
preference towards either one.
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