Bug#906663: vcswatch: should not flag an UNRELEASED changelog entry as "ready for upload"

[Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>]

Package: qa.debian.org
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

I have made it a custom for many years to immediately create a new
changelog entry right after uploading and tagging a new version of any
package, for example:

aide (0.16-4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium

  * NOT YET RELEASED

 -- Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>  Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:51:16 +0200

Please note the ".0" suffix to the version number that was just uploaded
to avoid "using" a new version number. I only use the new version number
right before the upload so that I can build test versions of the package
without "burning" a new number.

Please also note the UNRELEASED distribution and the NOT YET RELEASED
changelog entry which will stay the top changelog entry until the
package is eventually uploaded.

vcswatch makes this "VCS has unreleased changes", which is correct. The
tracker, however, makes this "A new version is available int the VCS"
which is not the case.

I don't have the slightest idea about how to make this any way less
ambiguous, but I would prefer that the tracker would stop advertising a
new version as being "available" when this is clearly marked as
unreleased work.

I could work in a branch, but that would mean additional rules for team
maintained packages which I'd rather avoid. I mean, there are valid
reasons, for example an upload held back due to an ongoing library
transition, for not immediately uploading any new commit to a master
branch in git.

For me, the hint given in the tracker is kind of useless if it's always
there. How about only showing it when the new commits do have a certain
age such as a month?

Greetings
Marc

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