On Tue, 05 Aug 2014, Yavor Doganov wrote: > Don Armstrong wrote: > > When working with NMUs, you can either > > > > 1) Incorporate the NMU changelog entries before your new changelog entry > > > > 2) Include a separate section in your new changelog entry which > > acknowledges the NMU-specific changes and the bugs that they fixed > > without including the NMU changelog entries. > > with option #1 the changelog entry "Ack NMU, thanks NMUer" seems to be > nothing more than a simple acknowledgment that the maintainer confirms > the changes made by the NMU. [...]
> I mean, if the maintainer is basing the new release on the NMU, there > is an implicit assumption that the NMU has been ACK'ed and this > changelog entry is more or less redundant. Pretty much. The only real reason to include that is the "thanks NMUer" part; it's a good way to show that you appreciate the work of the NMUer. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results. -- Richard M Stallman _GNU Manifesto_ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
