On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Jurij Smakov wrote: > Today a (minor) bug 306382 was opened (and promptly closed :-) against the > kernel-image package, which does not contain nothing in changelog except > "Build against 2.6.11-3". While this is perfectly fine, it is easy to > understand frustration of people, who are not that proficient in the > kernel build procedure. They don't have an obvious place to look for a > changelog entry, so I propose to include a standard phrase in every > kernel-image changelog, along the lines of > > * Built against kernel-source 2.x.y-z. For a complete list of changes > consult the kernel-source changelog, which may be accessed online > at http://changelogs.debian.net/kernel-source-2.x.y
that's a nice idea, but we should not burden the uploaders to much with such formal boilerplates. i prefer to put a similar phrase in the Readme.Debian for any curious, please feel free to add it there. > Myself, I have bumped into another changelog-related "problem". Currently > there seems to be no convention on where the new changelog entries should > be added upon modification of kernel-source in svn. It looks like some > people append them to the end of existing changelog entry, while others > (like me) prefer to insert it in the beginning :-). As the choice is > pretty arbitrary, I propose to insert the new entries in the beginning of > the file, to avoid duplications. > > If there are no serious objections, I suggest to adopt these proposals and > introduce appropriate changes into the trunk/README file. that doesn't match current practise. an changelog entry reads from the top to the down. so it's makes sense to add it that way. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
