On 07/15/2012 01:49 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 11:25:14AM +0000, Bart Martens a écrit : >> >> I would mention this in debian/changelog : >> >> * debian/control: No longer Build-Depends: poppler-utils, asciidoc, lynx. >> >> But I don't know how detailed such information must be for debian-policy. >> Sometimes it is useful to also mention the reasons. I'm adding >> debian-mentors >> in cc so that other sponsors can comment if they want to. > > Hi all, > > Policy's section 4.4 indicates that "Changes in the Debian version of the > package should be briefly explained in the Debian changelog file > debian/changelog". In that sense, the entry "Remove unused build-deps" is > already quite informative as it provides the explanation for the change: the > entries were not used. > > For packages that I maintain in a Git repository, I tend to become brief like > this in my changelogs, and more verbose in the corresponding commits, for > which > the changelog mentions the first numbers of the hash ID. But this is a matter > of taste; all in all, it does not cost much to fill up the changelog line with > more information. > > Have a nice day, >
Thanks Bart and Charles for the feedback. I uploaded a new version that now contains commit hashes for the entries of the new version and also explains what build dependencies have been removed. Further, a few commits with changes I considered to be covered by other entries are now also present in the changelog. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5002e343.3070...@gmail.com
