Guillem Jover writes ("Re: Temporary solution for changelog problem in
binNMUs"):
> dpkg supports --control-show and --control-list (already in wheezy), which
> can be used for stuff like:
> $ dpkg-query --control-show dpkg changelog
> for installed packages, for example. Or:
> $ dpkg-deb --info foo.deb changelog
>
> The concerns I remember having seen on this seemed pretty mild:
...
> * changelog extractors will need to be updated (but these will need
> to be updated in any case, to get correct information).
The real problem is that these changelog files are primarily intended
for human beings. They should live in /usr/share/doc, and their
location should be transparent.
The right answer is the IMO the splitting as proposed by Ansgar.
Ian.
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