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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Bizarre changelog entries in some gnome packages
From:       Mathieu Roy <yeupou () coleumes ! org>
Date:       2004-03-23 13:41:53
Message-ID: m3vfkv8yu6.fsf () dionysos ! attique ! in
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Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 03:48:54PM +0100, Martin Albert wrote:
>> On Sunday 21 March 2004 02:27, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> > maintainer(s) can lose these changelog messages easily and then
>> 
>> I don't think that should happen. Rewriting history is considered bad 
>> practice. Add changes on top that make better packages.
>
> It's not rewriting history if the changelog didn't document history in
> the first place.

And on what basis do you decide what is history and what is not? 

These malformed changelog entries are definitely a part of the 
package's history. 


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