Bug#824841: libgtk-3-0: Properly include upstream changelog

[D. B.]

You asked for "the upstream bug [log, presumably]", so it was reasonable
for people to presume you wanted a list of bugfixes.

upstream is git.gnome.org and browse for gtk+



On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Ximin Luo <infinity0 at debian.org> wrote:

> Michael Biebl:
> > Am 20.05.2016 um 12:15 schrieb Ximin Luo:
> >> Package: libgtk-3-0
> >> Version: 3.20.4-1
> >> Severity: important
> >>
> >> Dear Maintainer,
> >>
> >> Whilst investigating a bug involving GTK themes, I found that the
> contents of
> >> the upstream bug is useless:
> >>
> >> $ zcat /usr/share/doc/libgtk-3-0/changelog.gz
> >> A git checkout and git-log is required to generate this file
> >>
> >> Please fix this - if necessary by generating the changelog from git and
> >> repacking the Debian "orig" tarball to include this generated version.
> >>
> >> Otherwise it makes bug tracking much harder.
> >
> > All bugs are mentioned in the NEWS file.
> > For a complete and more detailed list, a git checkout is much, much
> > better anyway.
> >
>
> The NEWS file contains a list of bugs that have just been fixed, but
> doesn't contain details of major changes that might have resulted in new
> bugs. Obviously the latter is what I'm interested in - I wouldn't be trying
> to read about bugs that were just fixed, since I hopefully wouldn't be
> experiencing them in the first place.
>
> Where is the upstream git? It would be helpful to include the address of
> this repository in changelog.gz, as well as the actual commands I need to
> run (including its dependencies) to generate it. Saving people time really
> helps to avoid user frustration, especially if upstream is prone to making
> backward-incompatible changes that break everything.
>
> X
>
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