Bug#1002458: "version in VCS newer than in repository" might be a bit overzealous
Hi,
On Wed, 22 Dec 2021, Marc Haber wrote:
> when I upload a package (for example, foo 1.0-1), I immediately create a
> new changelog stanza for a new version foo 1.0.2~1 so that noone
> accidentally makes a commit that might end up in the changelog for the
> already-uploaded version 1.0-1.
>
> This causes the tracker to always show the "version in VCS is newer than
> in repository, is it time to upload?" hint for all my packages.
>
> I'd therefore like to be able to either switch this "action needed" item
> off, or it to be smarter, for example by ignoring commits that only
> touch the changelog.
The package tracker uses the vcswatch data at
https://qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch.json.gz and it doesn't
provide me this data AFAIK.
Christoph, would it be possible to export a supplementary flag showing
when the changes in NEW or COMMITS contain only changes to
debian/changelog?
Cheers,
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