[SCM] pd-ext13/master: updated changelog with fixes

[Felipe Sateler]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 19:01, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:24:02AM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 04:20, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 04:23:44AM +0000,
>>> eighthave-guest at users.alioth.debian.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   updated changelog with fixes
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
>>>> index 1cd698f..a95db68 100644
>>>> --- a/debian/changelog
>>>> +++ b/debian/changelog
>>>> @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
>>>> pd-ext13 (0.17.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
>>>>
>>>>  * Initial release (Closes: #591844)
>>>> +  * expanded description to include object listing
>>>> +  * removed mistakenly commited build log
>>>> +  * added linux-libc-dev as Build-Dep for cdrom.h and soundcard.h
>>>
>>> An initial packaging release really contains no "changes", except the
>>> fact
>>> that it is released, and related info (bug closure and perhaps mentioning
>>> which Debian suite is targeted).
>>
>> I have no strong opinion on this, other than the trailer line should
>> be updated to (as Reinhardt mentioned before) the point where you
>> believe the package is ready to be uploaded. This is because, if
>> someone did the most work, I prefer to keep that name in the trailer
>> line instead of mine (yes, I know I can do it manually, but lets
>> define the process correctly).
>
> I disagree: The trailer line should IMO reflect the uploader.
>
> If all changes are done by another person, then simply erase your virtually
> empty section.
>
> Example:
>
> Before you edited:
>
>  * Did something
>
>  -- Foo Bar...
>
> You invoke "dch -r":
>
>  [Foo Bar]
>  * Did something
>
>  [you]
>
>  -- you...
>
> Strip the [you] and the empty line below that, but keep your name at the
> trailer line, and the hint that all changes was done by that other person.


http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=593611 for some
discussion on this issue. I am on the camp who prefers to avoid
touching debian/changelog unless I have been doing some work on the
package.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler