>>>> "MZ" == Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] >> E: gnome-panel-data: debian-changelog-file-missing >> >> This is normal ? MZ> Lintian has no way to check whether the changelog is valid, since it isn't in MZ> the package. It seems to have a special check for packages which symlink MZ> /usr/share/doc/mypkg1 -> /usr/share/doc/mypkg2, and skips those. But if MZ> changelog.Debian.gz is a symlink, it expects it not to be broken. It seems MZ> like lintian's thinking is that if you include a doc directory, it should MZ> contain a copy of the changelog. If all of the docs are the same, symlink the MZ> whole doc directory. I can't because, I've html documentations in the -data package. MZ> I personally prefer that all packages contain a copy of the changelog. I think MZ> it is very important that one can download a new version of any single package MZ> and see the changelog. This would not be as important, I guess, if there were MZ> a way to see the changelog for a package without downloading it. I agree. Christian
