On Sun, 18 Jan 2009, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Raphael Hertzog [Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:09:18 +0200]: > > > On Mon, 07 Apr 2008, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > > The new dpkg-genchanges -si heuristic of looking at the version number > > > of the previous entry in the changelog breaks for (long-lived) > > > experimental packages that merge changelog entries from unstable in > > > chronological order. That is, you end up with a changelog like: > > > Is this really a good practice? Doesn't it cause troubles to the BTS > > version tracking since it use changelog to creates trees of versions? > > It seems like, indeed, it's not good practice with the current BTS code. > I'll ask Don one of these days if the BTS could get smarter about it. > > However, I can't see anything wrong in having dpkg-genchanges look > further in changelog history (a tiny performance penalty, I guess). I'll > understand that you may not want to do that if it's not a supported or > recommended workflow anyway, so let's leave this bug open until I get an > authoritative answer from Don.
CCing Don and [email protected]. Don, what do you consider best-practice in terms of changelogs merging? Do you have any opinion on this bug? Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
