Package: devscripts
Version: 2.19.6
Severity: normal
When running dhc on Ubuntu with --release, it uses the upcoming ubuntu
version (eoan currently), rather than unstable as the distribution name
to put into the changelog. It took me a while to figure out that dch was doing
this, since this exception is undocumented.
The code has:
if ($vendor eq 'Ubuntu') {
# In Ubuntu the development release regularly changes, don't just copy
# the previous name.
$DISTRIBUTION = get_ubuntu_devel_distro();
} else {
$DISTRIBUTION = $changelog->{Distribution};
}
(From
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/devscripts/blob/master/scripts/debchange.pl#L700-706)
But the manpage says:
--release, -r
Finalize the changelog for a release. Update the
changelog timestamp. If the distribution is set to
UNRELEASED, change it to the distribu‐ tion from the
previous changelog entry (or another distribution as
specified by --distribution). If there are no previous
changelog entries and an explicit distribution has not
been specified, unstable will be used.
Without mentioning this exception.
Gr.
Matthijs
