Bug#751659: RFS: gridlock.app/1.10-4 [ITA]
- To: Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org>, 751659@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#751659: RFS: gridlock.app/1.10-4 [ITA]
- From: Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 14:50:43 -0700
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20140805215043.GK2757@rzlab.ucr.edu>
- Reply-to: Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>, 751659@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <87a97jifa4.GNU's_not_UNIX!%yavor@gnu.org>
- References: <87ioo2k44d.fsf@yavor.doganov.org> <53DE8ACE.9020207__28825.5444531844$1407094063$gmane$org@wollumbin.marsaxlokk.dhcp.io> <87egwwhwp9.GNU's_not_UNIX!%yavor@gnu.org> <20140804201144.GS12356__30088.8984966607$1407183338$gmane$org@teltox.donarmstrong.com> <87a97jifa4.GNU's_not_UNIX!%yavor@gnu.org>
On Tue, 05 Aug 2014, Yavor Doganov wrote:
> Don Armstrong wrote:
> > When working with NMUs, you can either
> >
> > 1) Incorporate the NMU changelog entries before your new changelog entry
> >
> > 2) Include a separate section in your new changelog entry which
> > acknowledges the NMU-specific changes and the bugs that they fixed
> > without including the NMU changelog entries.
>
> with option #1 the changelog entry "Ack NMU, thanks NMUer" seems to be
> nothing more than a simple acknowledgment that the maintainer confirms
> the changes made by the NMU.
[...]
> I mean, if the maintainer is basing the new release on the NMU, there
> is an implicit assumption that the NMU has been ACK'ed and this
> changelog entry is more or less redundant.
Pretty much. The only real reason to include that is the "thanks NMUer"
part; it's a good way to show that you appreciate the work of the NMUer.
--
Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com
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