On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 17:29:24 +0200, Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Is this a new sport in #d-d or something like that?
Asking for proper changelogs is a sport I can warm up to.
> I read that entry as "the new upstream version fixes the problem
> reported in #193497", and looking at the BTS that is exactly its
> meaning.
I thinik a good changelog should not require one to go off to
an external document, remotely located, to determine what the change
was.
> I'm sure there's a thousand better things to do with your time
> (hint: fixing bugs) other than nitpicking at changelog entries
> because they don't include the last period and last comma you want
> them to.
This is not dotting i'sand crossing t's. this is information
that is inherent to a changelog; and writing poer changelogs must be
encouraged.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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