From 923c733bf44db2f75d2f0dae31c5dd6dde8a73fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manoj Srivastava Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:45:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Moved the opinion that one should add new changelog items, rather than Author: srivasta Date: 2005/02/05 00:55:19 Moved the opinion that one should add new changelog items, rather than editing old entries, into a footnote. git-archimport-id: srivasta@debian.org--etch/debian-policy--devel--3.0--patch-281 --- debian/changelog | 4 ++++ policy.sgml | 13 +++++++++---- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index d87f764..7b91bef 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages. (Closes: #291026). + * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting + history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a + directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an + informative footnote. (Closes: #290270). -- diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 103bf36..b6502d6 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -1496,7 +1496,14 @@

Changes in the Debian version of the package should be briefly explained in the Debian changelog file - debian/changelog. This includes modifications + debian/changelog. +

+ Mistakes in changelogs are usually best rectified by + making a new changelog entry rather than "rewriting + history" by editing old changelog entries. +

+ + This includes modifications made in the Debian package compared to the upstream one as well as other changes and updates to the package. @@ -1510,9 +1517,7 @@

- Mistakes in changelogs are usually best rectified by making - a new changelog entry rather than "rewriting history" by - editing old changelog entries. +

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