debchange: "quantal" is the default distribution in precise
Bug #1001068 reported by
Paul Collins
This bug affects 10 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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devscripts (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Adam Conrad | ||
Quantal |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.1 alters debchange's default for the distribution field to "quantal". I would imagine that that majority of precise users who invoke debchange will be preparing uploads to precise, i.e. for their PPAs.
From my skim of the devscripts changelog, it looks like this update usually waits until after release. Please consider reverting debchange's default distribution in precise to "precise".
[TESTCASE]
mkdir debian
dch --create -v 0.1 --package foobar 'Test'
dch -r ''
# dpkg-parsechangelog should show 'precise' as distribution
description: | updated |
summary: |
- "quantal" is the default distribution in precise + debchange: "quantal" is the default distribution in precise |
Changed in devscripts (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in devscripts (Ubuntu Precise): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in devscripts (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
description: | updated |
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I got bitten by this several times already. The manual of dch states that unless you pass -D it will take the distribution from the previous changelog entry.