Re: Temporary solution for changelog problem in binNMUs

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Guillem Jover writes ("Re: Temporary solution for changelog problem in binNMUs"):
> dpkg supports --control-show and --control-list (already in wheezy), which
> can be used for stuff like:
>   $ dpkg-query --control-show dpkg changelog
> for installed packages, for example. Or:
>   $ dpkg-deb --info foo.deb changelog
> 
> The concerns I remember having seen on this seemed pretty mild:
...
>   * changelog extractors will need to be updated (but these will need
>     to be updated in any case, to get correct information).

The real problem is that these changelog files are primarily intended
for human beings.  They should live in /usr/share/doc, and their
location should be transparent.

The right answer is the IMO the splitting as proposed by Ansgar.

Ian.