On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 16:58 +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote: > python-debian states that can parse "debian/changelog": maybe you can > explore how it works, and if it parses names too.
No, it doesn't, it just uses the two space rule and lumps all the changes up as just a group of lines without trying to extract any more information from them. The bin spanner in the works is that policy allows for any changelog format whatsoever, as long as the package provides it's own parser. I haven't looked in to the details much, but I'm just glad that this seems to be very seldom used. Also, really old packages have a different format for their early entries, presumably from before standardisation, or at least the current standard. As the ability to provide non-standard changelog parsers doesn't seem to be used much, would it be a good idea to make it mandatory to use the standard format, and at the same time retire any pre-standard entries to debian/changelog.old or similar? Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
