On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 05:10:39PM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote: > Hi all, > > it seems to be consensus that one should generally not "correct" older > changelog entries, like adding (closes: #...) if it turns out later that > this bug had been closed by this release. I am wondering whether there > is an exception to this rule, namely packages in experimental. The > changelog of tetex-base in experimental looks like this:
Eh, I don't think there is consensus, I for one, think it's perfectly acceptible to correct (and/or make additions to) older changelog entries. It is a log of changes, and its main purpose is to list the changes for each revision. Especially correcting typo's seems sane to me to prevent future confusion, but also adding that a certain bug is fixed in version X makes sense, if it was forgotten to mention it then. This makes it easier if people later want to check when a certain bug was fixed. In the case of experimental uploads, as experimental was never part of a official suite for 'regular' users, I see no problem in for example not at all copying all of the experimental changelog entries, but just listing the changes w.r.t. previous unstable. Especially if experimental version had quite a number of upload & fix iterations, all that information is of no interest to the general user. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
