On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:03:30 -0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:

> > Since today's upgrade to 2.10.17 debchange inserts an empty line
> > before the new "  * " entry. From looking through the code this seems
> > related to the fix for #452806, i.e. the changed reading of the
> > changelog; if I chomp $CHANGES the empty lines disappear again:
> Mea culpa. I hoped I'd fixed that before anyone would notice. :-/

Heh - well, I'm one of the people actually using dch :)
(And I really like it!)
 
> Your diagnosis is correct. I spotted the problem whilst fixing another
> issue (in checkbashisms) earlier this morning and uploaded .18 which fixes
> this issue 

Ah, I read the changelog for .18 on the PTS but I thought that an
"extra blank line .. before the trailer line" is something different.

> (although less elegantly than your suggestion, as I'd not had
> any coffee at that point :-)

I know that situation quite well, too :)

Thanks,
gregor 

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