[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Changelog practices

[Joachim Falk]

Hi all,

Am 02.01.2017 um 22:27 schrieb Ola Lundqvist:
> Hi all Tigervnc package maintainers
> 
> I'd like to ask for a little more stringent handling of the
> debian/changelog file.
> To my knowledge rewriting the changelog history (for more than
> spelling correction or similar) is a big no-no.
is there a policy documentation for how to handle debian changelog?

> This did not matter much before the package reached Debian unstable
> but now that it has done so I have to ask you for the following:
> 1) Do not change changelog entries that have already been uploaded.
>   I guess it was you Liang Guo that did this when uploading the
> 1.7.0-dfsg version.
>  Please do not change such entries. Instead upload a new version.
> 2) Do not step revisions that have not been uploaded. In that case
> please just keep the version currently in use.
> 3) Keep the UNRELEASED target until you actually plan to do the
> upload. This is not very important but helps to make sure we can do 1
> and 2 above.
> 
> With this said, I think you do a great job.
> 
> I'm now changing to how it should look like.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> // Ola

Regards,
Joachim Falk


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