On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 09:43:16AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > Yes, I was referring to the second paragraph in section 6.3.1 of the > developer's reference: > > > Focus on what was changed---who, how and when are usually less > > important. Having said that, remember to politely attribute people > > who have provided notable help in making the package (e.g., those > > who have sent in patches). > > In this case, it is important to note what actually changed in the > package. Personally, I dislike the "maintainer upload, closes:" > convention, and prefer to re-summarize the changes so that it is clear > which bugs are being acknowledged. Remember that, when you use > Closes:, the submitter of the bug only gets a copy of your most recent > changelog entry, so they won't see what the NMUer wrote.
... unless you use the -v option to dpkg-buildpackage to include the changelog entries from all the NMUs, which I personally think should be best practice. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
