r36970 - /packages/rheolef/trunk/debian/changelog

Sylvestre Ledru sylvestre at debian.org
Fri Oct 29 11:27:18 UTC 2010


Le vendredi 29 octobre 2010 à 13:04 +0200, Sylvestre Ledru a écrit :
> Le vendredi 29 octobre 2010 à 12:47 +0200, Manuel Prinz a écrit :
> > Hi Pierre!
> > 
> > Am Freitag, den 29.10.2010, 09:40 +0000 schrieb
> > saramito-guest at users.alioth.debian.org:
> > > Author: saramito-guest
> > > Date: Fri Oct 29 09:40:27 2010
> > > New Revision: 36970
> > > […]
> > >  rheolef (5.90-1) unstable; urgency=low
> > >  
> > >    [Pierre Saramito]
> > > -  * Fix bug: was in conflict with /usr/bin/proj from the proj package
> > > +  * Four bug fixes: 
> > > +       from http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=rheolef
> > > +       1) source code does not compile on non-x86 architectures
> > > +       #588960 : FTBFS [!x86]: unrecognized command line option "-mieee-fp"
> > > +       #593695 : src:rheolef: librheolef-dev depends on unavailable rheolef-runtime
> > > +       2) conflict with /usr/bin/proj from the proj package
> > > +       #592192 : rheolef-runtime: ..tries to overwrite '/usr/bin/proj' in package proj-bin 4.7.0-1
> > > +       #593189 : rheolef-runtime_5.89: ..tries to overwrite '/usr/bin/proj' in package proj-bin 4.7.0-1
> > 
> > This entry needs some rework, IMHO. It is not very clear what changed
> > between this version and the one before. Of course, you should mention
> > all bugs that got fixed. But you should group them into logical changes.
> > Also, providing a link to the BTS is not necessary. (Most people know
> > it, and the bugs numbers can be looked up by invoking "bts show [num]".)
> > Bug descriptions are not always optimal, so copying them verbosely in
> > the changelog is usually not recommended.
> > 
> > Here's my proposal on how the changelog entry might look like:
> > 
> > [Pierre Saramito]
> > * Resolved conflict with /usr/bin/proj from the proj package.
> >   Closes: #592192, #593189.
> > * Fixed build failures on non-x86 arches. Closes: #588960, #593695.
> > 
> > (It is my understanding that rheole-runtime did not build on non-x86
> > because -mieee-fp is missing on those arches. If the last two bugs are
> > different issues, you should split them into two entries.)
> > 
> > Also try to break lines at 80 chars, so that the changelog entries can
> > be easily displayed on a terminal.
> Actually, I did the change for him:
> 
>   * New upstream release
>   * FTBFS unrecognized command line option "-mieee-fp" (Closes: #588960)
>   * librheolef-dev depends on unavailable rheolef-runtime (Closes:
> #593695)
>   * tries to overwrite '/usr/bin/proj' in package proj-bin (Closes:
> #592192)
>   * tries to overwrite '/usr/bin/proj' in package proj-bin (Closes:
> #593189)
Sorry, I have more questions.

Is there a reason why you change the name of the package ?
Does the API changed ?

Thanks
Sylvestre





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