debian/README.ubuntu-dev

[Scott James Remnant]

On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 18:12 +0100, Stefan Potyra wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 7. November 2007 18:01 schrieb Scott James Remnant:
> > While you're doing merges and upstream updates, you're probably trying
> > to work out what you did six months ago; maybe someone else did it!
> >
> > Some packages you need to download patches from some other website
> > (where they're kept up to date).
> >
> > Others you might have to follow certain steps to regenerate files, etc.
> >
> >
> > Figuring this out, or remembering it, each time is tedious.
> >
> > I'd encourage you all, as you do this, to document what steps you take,
> > where you get the patches, why certain decisions were made, etc.
> >
> > I suggest we use a common debian/README.ubuntu-dev file to do this.
> 
> Isn't debian/changelog the place where this should get documented?
> 
Not for everything -- e.g. the steps to regenerate the readahead lists
isn't suitable for putting in a changelog entry; it's general
documentation that should be attached to the package.

Scott
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Scott James Remnant
scott at ubuntu.com
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