Moved the opinion that one should add new changelog items, rather than

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 103bf369ad983a46c1e321842e9796315b579ece..b6502d6b9b560c0a6d8dd62dddffad5abb3c7261 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -1496,7 +1496,14 @@
        <p>
          Changes in the Debian version of the package should be
          briefly explained in the Debian changelog file
-         <file>debian/changelog</file>. This includes modifications
+         <file>debian/changelog</file>.<footnote>
+            <p>
+              Mistakes in changelogs are usually best rectified by
+              making a new changelog entry rather than "rewriting
+              history" by editing old changelog entries.
+            </p>
+          </footnote>
+          This includes modifications
          made in the Debian package compared to the upstream one
          as well as other changes and updates to the package.
          <footnote>
@@ -1510,9 +1517,7 @@
        </p>
 
         <p>
-          Mistakes in changelogs are usually best rectified by making
-         a new changelog entry rather than "rewriting history" by
-          editing old changelog entries.
+          
         </p>
 
         <p>