Package: devscripts Version: 2.10.35 Severity: normal I see more and more people with changelog entries like: * /etc/acpi/battery.d is ignored on newer kernels (Closes: #491396)
The changelog entry describes the problem instead of the fix (or the change done to avoid the problem). After discussion with the maintainer he told me "I was lazy enough to keep the output of dch --closes <n>". For reference, the proper changelog entry should have been something like this: * adapt foo to use the new /sys/class/power_supply interface instead of the /proc/acpi/ one which got removed in kernel 2.6.26. Closes: #491396 So I really believe that as-is this option is encouraging bad practices concerning changelog entries. I suggest to put a warning in the manpage and to change what's added so that it becomes a template like this: * Fix "<bug subject>": <explain the change and why it's needed> (Closes: #<bug>) The developer should then replace the <explain...> part. Thanks for your consideration. -- Package-specific info: --- /etc/devscripts.conf --- --- ~/.devscripts --- DEBRELEASE_UPLOADER=dput DEBCHANGE_RELEASE_HEURISTIC=changelog DEBCHANGE_MULTIMAINT_MERGE=yes DEBCHANGE_PRESERVE=yes DEBUILD_LINTIAN_OPTS="--color always -I" -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages devscripts depends on: ii dpkg-dev 1.15.0 Debian package development tools ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii perl 5.10.0-13 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages devscripts recommends: ii at 3.1.10.1 Delayed job execution and batch pr ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-3 A simple mail user agent ii bzr 1.5-1 easy to use distributed version co ii curl 7.18.2-7 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii cvs 1:1.12.13-11 Concurrent Versions System ii dctrl-tools 2.13.0 Command-line tools to process Debi ii debian-keyring 2008.07.22 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D ii debian-maintainers 1.42 GPG keys of Debian maintainers ii dput 0.9.2.32 Debian package upload tool ii dupload 2.6.4 utility to upload Debian packages ii elinks [www-browse 0.11.4-2 advanced text-mode WWW browser ii epiphany-gecko [ww 2.22.3-1 Intuitive GNOME web browser - Geck ii equivs 2.0.7-0.1 Circumvent Debian package dependen ii fakeroot 1.9.6 Gives a fake root environment ii galeon [www-browse 2.0.6-2 GNOME web browser for advanced use ii git-core 1:1.5.6.3-1.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi ii gnupg 1.4.9-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii iceape-browser [ww 1.1.11-1 Iceape Navigator (Internet browser ii iceweasel [www-bro 3.0.1-1 lightweight web browser based on M ii libauthen-sasl-per 2.12-1 Authen::SASL - SASL Authentication ii libcrypt-ssleay-pe 0.57-1+b1 Support for https protocol in LWP ii libparse-debcontro 2.005-2 Easy OO parsing of Debian control- ii libsoap-lite-perl 0.710.08-1 Client and server side SOAP implem ii libterm-size-perl 0.2-4+b1 Perl extension for retrieving term ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin ii libwww-perl 5.813-1 WWW client/server library for Perl ii libyaml-syck-perl 1.05-1 Fast, lightweight YAML loader and ii links [www-browser 2.1pre37-1.1 Web browser running in text mode ii lintian 1.24.3 Debian package checker ii lsb-release 3.2-19 Linux Standard Base version report ii lynx-cur [www-brow 2.8.7dev9-1.2 Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup ii mailx 1:20071201-3 Transitional package for mailx ren ii man-db 2.5.2-2 on-line manual pager ii openssh-client [ss 1:5.1p1-2 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original ii patchutils 0.2.31-4 Utilities to work with patches ii strace 4.5.17+cvs080723-2 A system call tracer ii subversion 1.5.1dfsg1-1 Advanced version control system ii tla 1.3.5+dfsg-14 GNU Arch revision control system ii unzip 5.52-12 De-archiver for .zip files ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.2-2+b1 WWW browsable pager with excellent ii wdiff 0.5-18 Compares two files word by word ii wget 1.11.4-1 retrieves files from the web Versions of packages devscripts suggests: ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent pn cvs-buildpackage <none> (no description available) pn devscripts-el <none> (no description available) pn gnuplot <none> (no description available) ii libfile-desktopentry-perl 0.04-1 Perl module to handle freedesktop pn libnet-smtp-ssl-perl <none> (no description available) ii mutt 1.5.18-4 text-based mailreader supporting M ii svn-buildpackage 0.6.23 helper programs to maintain Debian -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
