[Bug 330430] Re: RFE: document relation between DEBCHANGE_TZ and TZ more clearly (patch included)

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This bug was fixed in the package devscripts - 2.10.67ubuntu1

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devscripts (2.10.67ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable; remaining changes:
    - Demote Recommends to Suggests:
      + libcrypt-ssleay-perl: only needed for a corner case (uscan on SSL
        download sites), wasn't installed by default in previous releases
        either, and seems quite dead upstream; universe only.
      + libsoap-lite-perl: only needed for one less common command ("select")
        for bts, which isn't useful for Ubuntu itself, and pulls in a lot of
        other universe Perl libraries; universe only.
      + debian-{keyring,maintainers}: not useful enough in Ubuntu; universe
        only.
      + equivs: too much of a hack to install by default; universe only.
      + libyaml-syck-perl: transition-check is fairly Debian-specific.
    - scripts/debchange.{pl,1}:
      + Adjust --security template for Ubuntu.
      + Add -U/--upstream flag that forces original "just increment
        the end" behaviour; Ubuntu is upstream for some pieces of software.
      + Add --distributor= to override lsb_release output.
      + Default to "maverick" as distribution.
      + Add "ubuntu1" to version string for new versions, with tweaks for
        special cases.
      + Add -R/--rebuild flag for Ubuntu's no-change rebuilds.
      + Don't use the last distribution in debian/changelog when doing
        "dch -r" on Ubuntu. "Just because it was last uploaded to jaunty
        doesn't mean that's the right thing to do now." Thanks to Colin
        Watson. (LP: #429288)
    - scripts/debcommit.pl: support commiting to bzr from debian/.
    - scripts/debsign.{sh,1}: Implement DEBSIGN_ALWAYS_RESIGN variable to skip
      the "Would you like to use the current signature?" question. (Debian
      #447955)
    - scripts/debuild.pl: Enforce Ubuntu merge policy.
    - scripts/dscverify.pl: Add Ubuntu keyrings.
    - scripts/rmadison.pl: Change default URL parameter to ubuntu.
    - Add test/debchange.pl, test/Makefile: debchange test suite; call it
      during build in debian/rules. Also add lsb-release build dependency for
      this, so that debchange uses Ubuntu mode.
  * Add natty as an allowable distribution for Ubuntu (Closes: #593659).

devscripts (2.10.67) unstable; urgency=low

  * debcommit: Use the first detected changelog instead of the last.  (Closes:
    #591368)
  * debsnap: Remove use of pure-perl specific functions from JSON module.
    (Closes: #591392)
  * debchange: Clarify how the TZ environment variable affects debchange.
    Based on a patch by Rolf Leggewie.  (LP: #330430)
 -- Benjamin Drung <bdrung at ubuntu.com>   Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:39:01 +0200

** Changed in: devscripts (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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RFE: document relation between DEBCHANGE_TZ and TZ more clearly (patch included)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330430
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Status in “devscripts” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “devscripts” package in Debian: Fix Released

Bug description:
Binary package hint: devscripts

$ DEBCHANGE_TZ="Asia/Tokyo" dch -i

The above should just work.  Right now, it is necessary, to define that variable in ~/.devscripts which is more troublesome to change on the fly (pun intended).