Don, thanks for explaining this!
Martin On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Don Armstrong <d...@debian.org> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2015, Martin T wrote: >> apt-listchanges uses NEWS and changelog files in Debian packages. Are >> NEWS and changelog files always or at list usually updated, i.e. is it >> safe to trust those? > > changelog.Debian.gz files are updated on every new version which is > present in Debian, however, they are primarily used for reporting > changes in Debian packaging, and only occasionally report changes by > upstream. > > Upstream changelog files (usually /usr/share/doc/foopkg/changelog.gz or > similar) are copied straight from upstream, and may be up to date or not > depending on upstream's policies. > > NEWS.Debian.gz files are only updated when there is something > significant to report; it's perfectly normal for these not to be updated > for months or years (or not be present at all). > > -- > Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com > > I shall require that [a scientific system's] logical form shall be > such that it can be singled out, by means of empirical tests, in a > negative sense: it must be possible for an empirical scientific system > to be refuted by experience. > -- Sir Karl Popper _Logic of Scientific Discovery_ ยง6 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/20150213172057.go27...@teltox.donarmstrong.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cajx5yvgxanpjvp8rppynnfbebtl6bltrdmen+ff_nousbey...@mail.gmail.com
