On Fri, 2026-02-27 at 14:55 +0530, Abdul Khaliq H wrote: > Dear Debian Kernel Team, > > I hope you are doing well. > > I am currently analyzing the Debian kernel source and its changelog, and I > have a question regarding discrepancies between the upstream Linux kernel > commits and thfe Debian kernel changelog entries. > > Specifically, I observed the following: > * The upstream Linux kernel version (for example, v5.10.x) contains a > certain set of commits. > * The Debian kernel source package (e.g., linux_5.10.xxx-1.orig.tar.xz) > appears to include those upstream changes in the source code. > * However, the Debian changelog (debian/changelog) does not list all > upstream commits. Only some commits appear to be referenced, while others are > not included in the changelog. [...]
I try to exclude irrelevant upstream commits from the changelog, i.e. those that only affect architectures we don't support, self-tests, or components or configurations we don't build (unless they are security fixes). I also exclude commits that only afffect documentation, since those are self-documenting. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere.
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