On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 05:22:50PM +0800, Zak B. Elep wrote:
[...]
> * New upstream version, merged patches in 0.9p-1 to upstream source
> (Closes:
> #153779, #170642, #226839)
[...]
> * More bug fixes (Closes: #170025, #174518, #177478)
[...]
Hello,
A significant percentage of d-ds, including myself is not fond of
this kind of changelog entries. The changelog should document changes
and not simply be used as bug-closer.
170025 should be merged[1] with 239509.
174518 should be merged with 177478 and should have a explanation in
the changelog.
None of #153779, #170642, #226839 are requests for a new upstream
version, they are just bugs that happen to be fixed in the new
version, but your changelog implies this.
I'd suggest something like this:
* New upstream version, merged patches in 0.9p-1 to upstream source.
- Now doesn't dump core when no printers are available (Closes: #239509)[2]
- Corrected switched Spanish translation for odd and even
(Closes: #226839)
- frobnocation of blah (C....)
...
* other changes
* more changes
cu andreas
[1] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control
[2] If bugs are merged they are automatically closed together.
