Re: [STUMP] Should the upstream ChangeLog be included in a snapshot package?

[Shawn]

Luca Capello <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi all!
>
> Since the ChangeLog file has been replaced by the output of `git log`, I
> was asking myself if the Debian package should include it or not,
> assuming that I'm not packaging a released version, but a Git snapshot
> instead.
>
> The major problem is that the ChangeLog should be manually generated:
> it's true that the Debian package reflects a Git snapshot, but once the
> source package enters Debian, it doesn't contain anymore the .git
> folder.  This means that if someone wants to grab the Debian sources and
> build the package, she/he cannot rely anymore on any `git` command.
>
> This situation is very similar to other software whose authors prefer
> the VCS log instead of a manually edited ChangeLog: other examples are
> Conkeror [1] or the BESE software [2], for which there's no upstream
> ChangeLog in the Debian packages.
>
> Suggestions?

It makes sense to me to include a ChangeLog generated from git log.

-Shawn