On Jan 12, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > As long as I'm suggesting changes, I know that I suggested using xxx > in dates earlier, because we don't know when we're going to release in > advance, but it makes Debian package builders unhappy, so I now think > that it would be best to put real dates in debian/changelog even if > they're wrong about release dates; they could at least reflect the > time at which we wrote the entry. For NEWS, I'm happy to keep current > practice.
How about this revised incremental. Does Debian complain if the dates aren't strictly in order? The 1.3.0-1 date comes after the 1.4.0-1 date, since it hasn't been set yet. --Justin diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 01a5b80..47ee506 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +openvswitch (1.5.90-1) unstable; urgency=low + [ Open vSwitch team ] + * New upstream version + - Nothing yet! Try NEWS... + + -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:37:00 +0000 + openvswitch (1.5.0-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Open vSwitch team ] * New upstream version @@ -13,7 +20,7 @@ openvswitch (1.5.0-1) unstable; urgency=low - ovsdb-tool now uses the typical database and schema installation directories as defaults. - -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org> Mon, xx xxx xxxx 23:36:00 +0000 + -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:36:00 +0000 openvswitch (1.4.0-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Open vSwitch team ] @@ -45,7 +52,7 @@ openvswitch (1.4.0-1) unstable; urgency=low python-argparse to avoid pulling in python2.6 (closes: #653645) - -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org> Mon, xx xxx xxxx 23:36:00 +0000 + -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:36:00 +0000 openvswitch (1.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=low _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev