On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 06:19:10PM -0700, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 07:22:45PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 17 2017, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > > > > > Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.1.1 Severity: normal > > > > > > Section 4.4 explains quite a bit about debian/changelog, but doesn't > > > really explain its purpose. > > > > Have you seen Developer's Reference 5.2? That gives more detail. I am > > reluctant to duplicate that in Policy. > > I have, it does, and that's a reasonable reluctance. But I don't see > anything there that would tell a new contributor about the intended > audience(s) of debian/changelog.
Maybe it is better to speak of purpose rather than audience ? I use the changelogs to try to find when a bug was fixed or introduced and see whether the package is actively maintained upstream and in Debian. Also I read it to my children before putting them to bed. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.