On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:51:07 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 11:42:44PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>> > What if the bug was reported after the new Debian package was >>> > uploaded? Why does it suddenly stop being a significant change? > This is meant to be a rhetorical question. It turned out to be closer to the mark than you suspected ;-) >> My answer to Herbert would be "it would be nice, but unfortunately >> time travel is not yet among our capabilities". > Which just proves that listing things in the changelog on the basis > of bug reports is meaningless. Listing things that actually have > changed in Debian is what it was meant for in the first place. I disagree. Changelogs for debian packages should document all changes that happened to the package -- and this include bugs that were closed, and the reaons thereof. No inconsistency. Thank you for helping me make my argument. manoj -- In any problem, if you find yourself doing an infinite amount of work, the answer may be obtained by inspection. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C