On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 01:37:05PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > >> * If this happens to me again, shoud I move all the 'Close' tags on the > >> REJECTED package to the last version? > > > >I saw something like this in some packages: > > > > * Fixed in previous upload: Closes #xxx, #yyy, #zzz > > > >That made sense to me > > That makes no sense to me; it's just noise in the changelog (and it > doesn't tell the submitter anything useful, since it doesn't say *how* > the bugs were fixed ...). There have even been some uploads with no > other purpose than to close some bugs, which just puts more load on the > autobuilders for no reason.
Hear, hear. The real reason why a bug was closed should always be listed. In detail if necessary, there's no byte limit on changelogs! I've done differently rarely, recently with a new XMMS which closed 17 bugs and I had to finish the changelog within hours :) The upstream author gave me a list, and he is reliable. Later a bug submitter found out that we missed his bug, even. :) -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
