Policy
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Note: Copied verbatim from Scott James Remnant's mail last August 30, 2006, in the ubuntu-devel mailing list.
In line with the recent change to the sync policy, Lucas Nussbaum proposed the following change to the merge policy:
- The last changelog entry of a merged package should contain the list of Ubuntu changes remaining in the package. Something like:
xxxxx (vvv-1ubuntu1) edgy; urgency=low * Merged with Debian. Changes are: + Modified build-dep on libfoo to build on edgy. + Added .desktop file.
It would help a lot when trying to understanding changes (no need anymore to read 10+ changelog entries to understand the reason for a change!)
This was a recommendation for the edgy merge process; by consensus of the Ubuntu Technical Board, this has now been changed to a policy.
Future merges must include, in the changelog entry for the merge, a list of the remaining Ubuntu changes.
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