Bug#934405: debhelper: Please ignore binNMUs in get_source_date_epoch() function

[Holger Levsen]

Hi,

thanks for filing a bug report about this issue. However...

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 09:24:37PM +0300, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:
> I figured out that these timestamps are coming from binNMU changelogs.

yes, binNMUs change the sources, despite their name. they are a hack.

see #894441: 'binNMUs should be replaced by easy "no-change-except-debian/changelog-uploads"'

though by now I've realized that binNMUs are needed by the releaseteam
to get transitions done, and thus binNMUs should be followed (once the
transition in question is done) by (easily triggered) sourceful uploads,
to get all archs in sync, also for multiarch.

> I think it would be nice if that function ignored binNMU changelog entries.

nope, please dont. using changelog entries inconsistently is a recipe
for desaster.


-- 
cheers,
	Holger

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