Tag: debian-changelog-line-too-short
Severity: pedantic
Check: debian/changelog
Explanation: The given line of the latest changelog entry appears to contain a
very terse entry.
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This can make it hard for others to understand the changelog entry.
Please keep in mind that:
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- It is not uncommon that people read changelog entries that are more
than a decade old to understand why a change was made or why a
package works in a specific way.
- Many users will read the changelog via
apt-listchanges(1)
- The information in debian/changelog
is permanent.
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Examples for entries that are too short include "dh 11" or simply
"R³" - these could be expanded to, for example:
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- Switch to debhelper compat 11.
- Set Rules-Requires-Root: no.